Science and the garden : the scientific basis of horticultural practice /
Ingram, D.S.
Science and the garden : the scientific basis of horticultural practice / edited by David S. Ingram, Daphne Vince-Prue, Peter J. Gregory. - 2nd ed. - Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2008. - xviii, 350 p. : col. ill., plans ; 25 cm.
"Published for the Royal Horticultural Society."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Diversity in the plant world -- Know your plant : structure and function -- Reproduction : securing the future -- Naming plants -- Selecting and breeding plants -- Soils and roots -- Soil cultivation and fertility -- The plant's environment : light and water -- Raising plants from seed -- Propagating plants vegetatively -- Shape and size -- Colour, scent and sound in the garden -- Climate, weather and seasonal effects -- Gardening in the greenhouse -- The diversity of undesirables -- Controlling the undesirables -- Maturation, ripening and storage -- Conservation and sustainable gardening -- Gardens and the natural world -- Gardens for science.
9781405160636 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1405160632 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2007043768
GBA779419 bnb
014051800 Uk
Horticulture.
SB318 / .Sc2 2008
635.01/5
SB318 / .S35 2008
Science and the garden : the scientific basis of horticultural practice / edited by David S. Ingram, Daphne Vince-Prue, Peter J. Gregory. - 2nd ed. - Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2008. - xviii, 350 p. : col. ill., plans ; 25 cm.
"Published for the Royal Horticultural Society."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Diversity in the plant world -- Know your plant : structure and function -- Reproduction : securing the future -- Naming plants -- Selecting and breeding plants -- Soils and roots -- Soil cultivation and fertility -- The plant's environment : light and water -- Raising plants from seed -- Propagating plants vegetatively -- Shape and size -- Colour, scent and sound in the garden -- Climate, weather and seasonal effects -- Gardening in the greenhouse -- The diversity of undesirables -- Controlling the undesirables -- Maturation, ripening and storage -- Conservation and sustainable gardening -- Gardens and the natural world -- Gardens for science.
9781405160636 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1405160632 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2007043768
GBA779419 bnb
014051800 Uk
Horticulture.
SB318 / .Sc2 2008
635.01/5
SB318 / .S35 2008