00000cam a22000003i 4500 UP-1685523046125456336 Buklod 20230911085601.0 m |o d | cr ||||||||||| 080421s2007 xx d r |||| u| 0131140752 (iLib)UPMNL-00002708010 CASM-26153 CD Books International, Inc. Php9,027.00 CASM rda eng SB91 P56 2007 McMahon, Margaret Hartmann 's plant science growth, development, and utilization of cultivated plants Margaret McMahon, Anton M. Kofranek, Vincent E. Rubatzky. Plant science Fourth edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ Pearson Education 2007. xx, 594 pages illustrations 28 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Rev. ed. of: Plant science / Hudson T. Hartmann, William J. Flocker, Anton M. Kofranek. Includes bibliographical references and index Unit I : Environmental, cultural, and social factors that influence the cultivation and utilization of plants -- History, trends, issues, and challenges in plant science -- Terrestrial ecosystems -- Human impact on ecosystems -- Climate - solar radiation and moisture availability -- Climate - temperature, air movement, and composition -- Soil and managing soil, soil water, and fertility -- Integrated management of weeds, insects, and diseases -- Unit II : Plant structure, chemistry, growth and development, genetics, and biodiversity -- Structure of higher plants -- Stages of growth and development -- Plant chemistry and metabolism -- Photosynthesis and respiration -- Soil and plant water relations -- Plant nutrients -- Genetics and propagation -- Crop biodiversity : Naming, classifying, origin, and germplasm preservation -- Unit III : Crops : Their production and utilization systems -- Field crops grown for food, fiber, fuel, and other industrial uses -- Forage crops and rangelands -- Vegetable production -- Temperate fruit and nut crops -- Tropical and subtropical crops and crop production systems -- Nursery production -- Landscape plants : Evergreen trees and shrubs, deciduous trees and shrubs, and herbaceous plants -- Floriculture -- Turfgrasses -- Residential and public landscapes -- Harvest, post-harvest handling, storage, distribution, and marketing Plants, Cultivated. Botany, Economic. Kofranek, Anton M. Rubatzky, Vincent E. Hartmann, Hudson T. (Hudson Thomas) 1914- Plant science. FO UPMNL CASM SB91 P56 2007 Book