Greenhouse technology and management / by Nicolás Castilla ; translated by Esteban J. Baeza ; reviewed by A.P. Papadopoulos.
By: Castilla, Nicolás [author.]
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BookPublisher: Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, 2013Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xxi, 335 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781780641034 .Subject(s): Greenhouses | Plastics in agricultureDDC classification: 635.9823 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Greenhouse cultivation has expanded in recent decades with increased demand for horticultural production. This book covers current technologies and management practices of general greenhouse production, with a particular emphasis on plastic greenhouses and vegetable growing. The author begins by addressing the natural greenhouse microclimate, in the context of managing greenhouse systems such as ventilation, cooling, heating, carbon dioxide enrichment, light management, crop physiology, greenhouse design and construction criteria. The book then moves on to cover other issues of greenhouse management including irrigation and fertilization, soil and substrate cultivation, plant protection, regulation, economic analysis, environmental impact, and post-harvest, production strategies and marketing. Providing an integrated approach to greenhouse production this practical text aims to provide clear advice on optimising the yield and quality of crops grown under greenhouse conditions.
Translation of the second ed.: Invernaderos de plástico: tecnologâia y manejo.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-326) and index.
Protected cultivation -- The external climate -- The greenhouse climate -- The plastic greenhouse -- Greenhouse heat exchanges -- Crop physiology: photosynthesis, growth development and productivity -- Facilities and active and passive climate control equipment: low temperature management - heating -- Management of high temperatures: cooling -- Air movement in the greenhouse: carbon dioxide enrichment - light management -- The root medium: soil and substrates -- Irrigation and fertilization -- Regulation and control systems: computer climate management - mechanization -- Plant protection -- Economic and environmental analysis -- Postharvest -- Marketing -- Greenhouse production strategies.
CIT Module AGRI 6019 - Core reading.
CIT Module AGRI 8010 - Core reading.
CIT Module BIOL 6011 - Core reading.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- 1 Protected Cultivation
- 2 The External Climate
- 3 The Greenhouse Climate
- 4 The Plastic Greenhouse
- 5 Greenhouse Heat Exchanges
- 6 Crop Physiology: Photosynthesis, Growth, Development and Productivity
- 7 Facilities: Climate Control Equipment, Low Temperature Management and Heating
- 8 Management in High Temperatures: Cooling
- 9 Air Movement in the Greenhouse: Carbon Dioxide and Light Management
- 10 The Root Medium: Soil and Substrates
- 11 Irrigation and Fertilisation
- 12 Regulation and Control Systems: Computer Climate Management and Mechanization
- 13 Plant Protection
- 14 Economic and Environmental Analysis
- 15 Post-Harvest
- 16 Marketing
- 17 Greenhouse Production Strategies