Topics included in this presentation include: Botany Climate Requirements Soil Requirements land Preparation Land Preparation Planting Disease Control Harvesting
Each chapter begins with an introduction to the particular properties of the plant group, giving an overview on the economics, production trends, nutritional aspects, chemistry, and technological features. Only the major crops could be treated in detail. With regard to these, we sought to cover...
Organized by body system and ailment makes it easy to locate appropriate therapies. Includes background on the physiology of major systems and ailments so readers can understand how and why a pharmaceutical, botanical, or dietary supplement works. Broad coverage includes green plants, fungi, and...
01/01/2011 The first of two volumes, this book covers major tropical fruits such as avocado, litchi, mango, papaya and pineapple. Early chapters describe the tropics and its soils and deal with key issues such as tree management and postharvest handling, updated and expanded to include best handling...
This unique book is divided into two parts: the first--an ecologically inclusive picture of the interdependency of biblical man and his natural environment, stressing the role of plants in religion, the arts, agriculture, trade and daily life. The second--groups the plants into natural...
The book emphasizes the organization and reproduction of representatives of the plant kingdom and of the Kingdom Moera (bacteria and blue-green algae) and the Kingdom Myceteae (Fungi).
This book includes a descriptive account of plants, mostly indigenous, which are of use to the peoples of Malawi. The majority of the plants are used in some way or other as food. They are listed under their botanical names in alphabetical order.
The purpose of this book is to provide conservation organizations with a concise guide to information on threatened plants. Rather than providing information on each threatened plants, it shows how to find the information.