Lockhart and Wiseman's Crop Husbandry Including Grassland
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Lockhart and Wiseman's Crop Husbandry Including Grassland

  1. 694 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Lockhart and Wiseman's Crop Husbandry Including Grassland

About this book

Lockhart and Wiseman's Crop Husbandry Including Grassland, Tenth Edition delivers the latest developments in crop varieties, crop protection products and environmental schemes. This new edition reflects the changing world around us, with sections covering the principles of crop production and chapters on plants, climate, soil management, fertilizers, manures, weeds and diseases that threaten farm crops. Other chapters focus on crop husbandry techniques and the integration of sustainability across the board in crop production. This update also includes an additional focus on the principles of plant breeding, seed production and certification considerations necessary for today's agriculture. - Features contributions from leading experts that are specifically structured to help students see the whole picture of crop husbandry - Presents a fully revised and updated resource that reflect the latest scientific advances and current approaches - Includes expanded coverage on World Agricultural Systems - Provides a summary of recommended websites and references for expanded knowledge

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Yes, you can access Lockhart and Wiseman's Crop Husbandry Including Grassland by Alison Samuel,Louisa Dines,Steve Finch,Gerry P. Lane,A M Samuel in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Technology & Engineering & Agriculture. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Front Matter
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Foreword
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. List of Illustrations
  9. List of Tables
  10. 1 : Plants
  11. 2 : Climate and weather
  12. 3 : Soil health and management
  13. 4 : Fertilisers and manures
  14. 5 : Weeds of farm crops
  15. 6 : Diseases of farm crops
  16. 7 : Pests
  17. 8 : Sustainable crop production
  18. 9 : Precision crop production
  19. 10 : Organic crop husbandry
  20. 11 : Plant breeding and seed production
  21. 12 : World cropping systems
  22. 13 : Cereals
  23. 14 : Oilseeds and pulses
  24. 15 : Root crops
  25. 16 : Energy and industrial crops
  26. 17 : Fresh produce crops
  27. 18 : Arable forage crops
  28. 19 : Introduction to grass production/characteristics of grassland and the important species
  29. 20 : Establishing and improving grassland
  30. 21 : Grazing management
  31. 22 : Conservation of grass and forage crops
  32. Appendices
  33. Index
  34. A