Principles of crop production : theory, techniques, and technology

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Acquaah, George (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson/Prentice Hall , c2005
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Crop production and society
  • 2. Plant morphology
  • 3. Fundamental plant growth processes
  • 4. Plant growth and development
  • 5. Crop improvement
  • 6. Climate and weather
  • 7. Soil and land
  • 8. Plant nutrient and fertilizers
  • 9. Plant and soil water
  • 10. Pests and crop production
  • 11. Agricultural production systems
  • 12. Organic crop production
  • 13. Transgenics in crop production
  • 14. Rangeland and pastures and their management
  • 15. Tillage systems and farm energy
  • 16. Seed, seedling, and seeding
  • 17. Harvesting and storage of crops
  • 18. Marketing and handling grain crops
  • 19. Wheat (common)
  • 20. Rice
  • 21. Corn
  • 22. Sorghum
  • 23. Barley
  • 24. Soybean
  • 25. Peanut
  • 26. Cotton
  • 27. Potato
  • 28. Alfalfa