Buch, Englisch, 316 Seiten, Format (B × H): 171 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 776 g
Technology for Optimal Crop Production, Second Edition
Buch, Englisch, 316 Seiten, Format (B × H): 171 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 776 g
ISBN: 978-90-04-69703-4
Verlag: Brill
'Greenhouse horticulture' is an easy-to-read textbook for all those interested in protected cultivation, from university students and teachers to professional advisers in the field and managers of horticultural companies. Also available as E-book see greenhouse-horticulture-second-edition
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This book provides an integrated approach to crop growth and development and the technical aspects of greenhouse cultivation and climate management. It combines an analysis of the relationship between crop production and ambient climate with an explanation of the processes that determine the climate in a protected environment. With the ability to modify the environment comes the need for growers to strike a balance between the costs and benefits of technology. This book outlines the methods and gives several examples of how to make 'optimal' choices about technology.
Sustainable management of shoot and root environment is discussed, as well as the pros and cons of vertical farming. The processes addressed in this book, like crop growth, energy balance and mass exchange, apply to any kind of greenhouse. Therefore, in spite of the word 'technology', this is not a book about high-tech greenhouses only.
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Chapters:
1: Introduction
2: Crop as a production machine
3: Radiation, greenhouse cover and temperature
4: Properties of humid air and physics of air treatment
5: Ventilation and mass balance
6: Crop transpiration and humidity in greenhouses
7: Crop response to environmental factors
8: Heating in climate-controlled greenhouses
9: Cooling and dehumidification
10: Supplementary lighting
11: Carbon dioxide supply
12: Managing the shoot environment
13: Root zone management: how to limit emissions
14: Vertical farms
15: The future
