The Homesteading Handbook vol. 2 provides the information you need to know in order to grow an organic vegetable garden in your backyard. A good organic garden is the key to a great homestead. Follow the directions in this easy-to-follow handbook and you'll soon have a bounty of delicious and healthy organic vegetables growing in your own backyard. The following topics are covered inside: What …
Handbook of Vegetables and Vegetable Processing, Second Edition is the most comprehensive guide on vegetable technology for processors, producers, and users of vegetables in food manufacturing.This complete handbook contains 42 chapters across two volumes, contributed by field experts from across the world. It provides contemporary information that brings together current knowledge and practice…
Human resource development and management in Agriculture and Horticulture as a whole has become the focus of planning. Comprehensive education in Horticultural science needs to be based on teaching, research and extension interfaces. The book series "Handbook of Vegetables Vol. I, II and III" edited by two eminent vegetable scientists in India (Prof. K. V. Peter and Prof. P. Hazra) is a compreh…
This book “Handbook of vegetables” edited by two eminent vegetable scientists in India (Prof. K. V. Peter and Prof. P. Hazra) and adorned by 26 highly reputed contributors of India and abroad will meet the technology support to maximize productivity against unfortunate diminishing soil fertility, natural resources particularly land and water and rising cost of vegetable production. This bo…
The production and consumption of vegetables has expanded dramatically in the last years, with a global growth in the production of more than 50% in the last decade and it is expected that in the coming years, vegetable crops production will continue its expansion. The vegetables seed market is very dynamic and competitive, and predominant varieties are quickly replaced by new varieties. Theref…
A comprehensive reference on major vegetable crops; The first complete resource for plant breeders that includes the most recent molecular techniques being used across species. The production and consumption of vegetables has expanded dramatically in the last years, with a global growth in the production of more than 50% in the last decade and it is expected that in the coming years, vegetable …
Filled with figures, images, and illustrations, Encyclopedia of Water Science, Second Edition provides effective concepts and procedures in environmental water science and engineering. It unveils a wide spectrum of design concepts, methods, and solutions for enhanced performance of water quality, treatment, conservation, and irrigation methods, as well as improved water efficiency in industrial…
Weeds are a major pest that reduce aesthetics and functionality of turfgrass systems. Knowledge required for effective weed management has evolved in recent years as weeds develop resistance to herbicides, government restriction of broad-spectrum herbicides has increased, and registration of new herbicide active ingredients has slowed. This chapter discusses relevant and recent developments in …
Agricultural drainage, such as runoffs from farmlands and wineries, are contaminated waters. Their management is monitored by environmental protection authorities who set targets of volume or pollutant reductions. Due to large quantities and seasonal variations, the targets are often not met, and effective management remains a problem in many parts of the world. Natural wetlands are known as th…
The implementation of artificial intelligence (AI), together with robotics, sensors, sensor networks, Internet of Things (IoT), and machine/deep learning modeling, has reached the forefront of research activities, moving towards the goal of increasing the efficiency in a multitude of applications and purposes related to environmental sciences. The development and deployment of AI tools requires…