Isbn: 9789381226650 - protected cultivation (english) [hardcover] [jan 01, 2013] (2 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. History. 3. Concept of green house. 4. Green house technology. 5. Growing media. 6. Drip irrigation. 7. Management of the green house environment. 8. Varieties. 9. Pepper plant propagation. 10. Fertigation and nutritions. 11. Hydroponics. 12. Flower and fruit. 13. Harvesting and grading. 14. Pest and disease management. 15. Physiological disorders. 16. Economics of protected agriculture. 17. Development constraints and future prospect of protected agriculture. Glossary. References. Protected cultivation is future of agriculture because of Land and Water is Natures gift to human beings as limited and non levies forever. Ever increasing population and due to modernization the infrastructure work is sprawling diameter to arable lands day by day converting agricultural lands to industrial lands with sharp dwindling of cultivated lands and at the same time the land value touching the sky. Water resources in world wide are fastly diminishing. The one and only answer of this problem is protected cultivation. Greenhouses the name which you can sustain and fulfill the demand of food and fibre in near future. After thorough studies of inter-relationship among soil, water, crop, land terrain and related agro climatic conditions, this subject keep the importance place in our studies to maintain the face of present requirement and practical application made the compulsion to study the suitable courses for readers who can easily understand the important of this studies and protects the crop and deliver skill of cultivation which is quite different than conventional cultivation in consideration to technical aspects of agriculture. This book contains several aspects which really need to study for protected agriculture like nutritional, crop management, environment control and choice of crops under various form of cultivation as region specific adoption. Incorporation of modern and cost effective techniques which is outcome from the research is also the part of this book. Now a day number of good books available in market but mostly related to theoretical and little bits of practical aspects that has been compensated in the book by research finding and experiential learning. Thus, tried to write a small composed form of knowledges if any short comings found in the book definitely will be corrected in further edition. …