This Trilogy explains "What is Horticulture?". Volume one of Horticulture: Plants for People and Places describes in considerable depth the science, management and technology which underpins the continuous production of fresh and processed horticultural produce. Firstly, there is a consideration of technological innovation derived from basic scientific discoveries which has given rise to entirely new industries, markets, novel crops and changed social habits. Then follows accounts of the modern production of: Field Vegetables, Temperate Fruit, Tropical Fruit, Citrus, Plantation Crops, Berry Crops, Viticulture, Protected Crops, Flower Crops, New Crops, Post-harvest Handling, Supply Chain Management and the Environmental Impact of Production. Each chapter is written by acknowledged world experts. Never before has such an array of plentiful, high quality fresh fruit, vegetables and ornamentals been available year-round in the World's retail markets. Horticulture gives consumers this gift of nutritious, high quality, safe and diverse fresh foods. This is achieved by manipulating plant growth, reproduction and postharvest husbandry. The multi-billion dollar international industry achieving this is Production Horticulture the subject of this informative book.

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Inhaltsangabe1. Introduction; David E. Aldous and Geoffrey R. Dixon 2. Science Drives Horticulture's Progress and Profit; Geoffrey R. Dixon, Ian J. Warrington, Rod Drew and Gerhard Buck-Sorlin 3. Vegetable Crops: Linking Production, Breeding and Marketing; Daniel I. Leskovar, Kevin M. Crosby, Marco A. Palma and Menahem Edelstein 4. Temperate Fruit Species; Guglielmo Costa and Angelo Ramina 5. Tropical and Subtropical Fruits; Victor Galán Saúco, M. Herrero and J.I. Hormaz 6. Citrus Production; Manuel Agustí, Carlos Mesejo, Carmina Reig and Amparo Martínez-Fuentes 7. Viticulture and Wine Science; Yann Guisard, John Blackman, Andrew Clark, Bruno Holzapfel, Andrew Rawson, Suzy Rogiers, Leigh Schmidtke, Jason Smith, and Christopher Steel 8. Plantation Crops; Yan Diczbalis, Jeff Daniells, Smilja Lambert and Chris Searle 9. Berry Crops; Rex M. Brennan, Peter D.S. Caligari, John R. Clark, Pedro N. Brás de Oliveira, Chad E. Finn, Jim F. Hancock, Dorota  Jarret, Gustavo A. Lobos, Scott Raffle and David Simpson 10. Protected Crops; Nazim Gruda and Josef Tanny 11. The Role of Ornamentals in Human Life; Jaap M. van Tuyl, Paul Arens, William B. Miller and Neil O. Anderson 12. New Ornamental Plants for Horticulture; Kevin Seaton, Andreas Bettin and Heiner Grüneberg 13. Postharvest Care and the Treatment of Fruits and Vegetables; Peter M.A. Toivonen, Elizabeth J. Mitcham and Leon A. Terry 14. Designing New Supply Chain Networks: Tomato and Mango Case Studies; Jack G.A.J. van der Vorst, Rob E. Schouten, Pieternel A. Luning, and Olaf van Kooten 15. Environmental Impact of Production Horticulture; Henry Wainwright, Charlotte Jordan and Harry Day Index