Horticulture: Plants for People and Places, Volume 1 Production Horticulture /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dixon, Geoffrey R. (Editor), Aldous, David E. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Business.; Management science.; Food > Biotechnology.; Agriculture.; Environment.; Social sciences.; Life Sciences.; Food Science.; Environment, general.; Business and Management, general.; Social Sciences, general.

Volume one of Horticulture – Plants for People and Places describes how the array of plentiful, high quality fresh fruit, vegetables, and ornamentals supplied to retail consumers is achieved. This feat demands the intensive manipulation of plant growth, reproduction and postharvest husbandry across...