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Vegetable Production and Practices
Gregory E Welbaum
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Description for Vegetable Production and Practices
Paperback. Successful vegetable production in a modern competitive market requires an understanding of many more factors than the biology of crops and the production techniques involved. Num Pages: 552 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 188 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1338.
This comprehensive new textbook takes a scientific approach to explaining the principles of modern conventional and sustainable commercial vegetable production. The book describes the basic botany of vegetables, environmental requirements for successful growth and development, mineral nutrition, field establishment, harvesting methods and post-harvest handling practices. Professor Gregory E. Welbaum is a former commercial vegetable grower whose family farm has been involved in crop production for several generations. He has taught both classroom and online vegetable crop classes at Virginia Tech for over two decades. Vegetable Production and Practices has been specifically designed to accompany courses in vegetable crop production, so ... Read more
This comprehensive new textbook takes a scientific approach to explaining the principles of modern conventional and sustainable commercial vegetable production. The book describes the basic botany of vegetables, environmental requirements for successful growth and development, mineral nutrition, field establishment, harvesting methods and post-harvest handling practices. Professor Gregory E. Welbaum is a former commercial vegetable grower whose family farm has been involved in crop production for several generations. He has taught both classroom and online vegetable crop classes at Virginia Tech for over two decades. Vegetable Production and Practices has been specifically designed to accompany courses in vegetable crop production, so ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
CABI Publishing
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
1338g
Number of Pages
486
Place of Publication
Wallingford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845938024
SKU
V9781845938024
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Gregory E Welbaum
Gregory E. Welbaum is a professor in the School of Plant and Environmental Sciences at Virginia Tech and has taught both classroom and online vegetable crop classes for over three decades. His successful book Vegetable Production and Practices has been specifically written for classes about vegetable crops based an his personal experiences as a commercial vegetable grower and university researcher. ... Read more
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