Horticulture: Principles and Practices (2nd Edition)
This highly-regarded and very popular text is hailed by some as the most comprehensive, up-to-date text of its kind and the best introductory horticulture book available today. In preparing this new Second Edition, noted author, researcher and instructor George Acquaah has retained his easy-to-read writing style and the excellent pedagogical features of the first edition, while expanding and updating vital coverage of the latest developments and newest technologies.Horticulture: Principles and Practices, Second Edition,clearly speaks to the practical information needs of anyone involved in the field of horticulture, whether for passing interest or a lifelong career.Chapters are organized into six main parts:The Underlying ScienceClassifying and Naming Horticultural Plants; Plant Anatomy; Plant Growth Environment; Plant Physiology; Plant Genetics and Improvement; Post Harvest Handling and Marketing of Horticultural ProductsProtecting Horticultural PlantsBiological Enemies of Horticultural Plants; Principles and Methods of Disease and Pest ControlPropagating Horticultural PlantsSexual Propagation; Asexual PropagationGrowing Plants IndoorsGrowing Houseplants; Terrarium Culture; Bonsai: The Art of Miniature Plant Culture; Controlled-Environment Horticulture; Growing SucculentsGrowing Plants Outdoors: OrnamentalsPrinciples of Landscaping; Nursery Production and Installation of the Landscape; Turf Production and Use; Pruning; Maintenance of the Landscape and Garden; Cut and Dried Flowers-Production and ArrangingGrowing Plants Outdoors: Vegetables, Fruits, and NutsGrowing Vegetables; Organic Farming; Management of Selected Fruit Trees and Small FruitsThis book is particularly useful for undergraduate courses in introductory horticulture, introductory plant science, and principles of crop production. Additional resources are available to instructors who adopt the text for a course.Among George Acquaah's other published works isPrinciples of Crop Production; Theory, Techniques, and Technology,another excellent Prentice Hall text.