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  title info:
    title: Science and the garden
    sub title: the scientific basis of horticultural practice
  name:
    name part: Ingram, David S.
  name:
    name part: Vince-Prue, Daphne.
  name:
    name part: Gregory, P. J.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2016
    edition: Third edition.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: Most conventional gardening books concentrate on how and when to carry out horticultural tasks such as pruning, seed sowing and taking cuttings. Science and the Garden, Third Edition is unique in explaining in straightforward terms some of the science that underlies these practices. It is principally a book of 'Why' ' Why are plants green' Why do some plants only flower in the autumn' Why do lateral buds begin to grow when the terminal bud is removed by pruning' Why are some plants successful as weeds' Why dus climate variability and change mean change for gardeners' But it also gus on to deal with the 'How', providing rationale behind the practical advice. The coverage is wide-ranging and comprehensive and includes: the diversity, structure, functioning and reproduction of garden plants; nomenclature and classification; genetics and plant breeding; soil properties and soil management; environmental factors affecting growth and development; methods of propagation; size and form; colour, scent and sound; climate; environmental change; protected cultivation; pest, disease and weed diversity and control; post-harvest management and storage; garden ecology and conservation; sustainable horticulture; gardens and human health and wellbeing; and gardens for science. This expanded and fully updated Third Edition of Science and the Garden includes two completely new chapters on important topics: -Climate and Other Environmental Changes -Health, Wellbeing and Socio-cultural Benefits Many of the other chapters have been completely re-written or extensively revised and expanded, often with new authors and/or illustrators, and the remainder have all been carefully updated and re-edited. Published in collaboration with the Royal Horticultural Society, reproduced in full colour throughout, carefully edited and beautifully produced, this new edition remains a key text for students of horticulture and will also appeal to amateur and professional gardeners wishing to know more about …
  table of contents: Diversity in the plant world -- The plant body : structure and function -- Reproduction : securing the future -- Naming plants -- Selecting and breeding plants -- Soils and roots -- Soil cultivation and fertility -- The plant environment : light and water -- Plants and seasons -- Growing plants from seed -- Vegetative propagation -- Size and form -- Colour, scent, and sound in the garden -- Climate and weather -- Climate and other environmental changes -- Protected cultivation -- The diversity of the undesirables -- Controlling the undesirables -- Maturation, ripening, and storage -- Garden ecology -- Garden wildlife and conservation -- Low input and low impact gardening -- Health, well being and socio-cultural benefits -- Gardens for science.
  note: edited by David S. Ingram, Daphne Vince-Prue, Peter J. Gregory.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Horticulture
  subject:
    topic: Gardening
  subject:
    topic: GARDENING
    topic: Essays
  subject:
    topic: GARDENING
    topic: Reference
  subject:
    topic: GARDENING
    topic: Vegetables
  subject:
    topic: SCIENCE
    topic: Life Sciences
    topic: Horticulture
  subject:
    topic: Gardening
  subject:
    topic: Horticulture
  classification: SB318
  classification: 635
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    title info:
      title: Science and the garden
    origin info:
      publisher: Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2016
      edition: Third edition.
    identifier: (DLC) 2015024749
  identifier: 9781118778395
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  identifier: 1118778413
  identifier: 111877843X
  identifier: 9781118778432
  identifier: 2015025609
  identifier: EB00666306 Recorded Books
  identifier: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118778418
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 150626
    record change date: 20170124071454.2
    record identifier: ocn912140899
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng