Lockhart and Wiseman's Crop Husbandry Including Grassland Paperback / softback
by Steve (Royal Agricultural College, UK) Finch, Alison M. (Previously Senior Associate Lecturer, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK) Samuel, Gerry P. (Fromerly Principal Lecturer, Royal Agricultural College, UK) Lane
Part of the Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition series
Paperback / softback
Description
Increased yields, markets, and profitability have led to changes in crop husbandry.
Since its first publication in 1966, revised editions of Lockhart & Wiseman's Crop Husbandry Including Grassland have upheld and increased the book's good reputation.
This ninth edition maintains its status as the standard textbook for many agricultural courses. Part one covers the principles of crop production with chapters concerning plants, climate, soil management, fertilizers, manures, weeds, and diseases threatening farm crops.
Part two surveys crop husbandry techniques. Environmental impact has been addressed in greater detail in this edition.
This section looks at issues such as sustainable crop management, precision farming, and organic crop husbandry.
The way these general techniques apply to individual crops is explained in part three.
This part considers a range of cereals, combinable break crops, root crops, industrial crops, and fresh produce crops.
Part four looks at the use of grassland and forage crops, with chapters considering arable forage crops, the characteristics of grassland, and the corresponding methods for establishing and improving grassland.
This part also includes information regarding equine grassland management and conservation of grass and forage crops. This ninth edition of Lockhart and Wiseman's Crop Husbandry Including Grassland is relevant for students throughout the United Kingdom and Europe.
It is a useful reference book for agriculture National Diploma courses, Foundation Degrees, and BSc degrees, and is important for Masters level students entering agriculture from another discipline.
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:608 pages
- Publisher:Elsevier Science & Technology
- Publication Date:15/07/2014
- Category:
- ISBN:9781782423713
Information
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:608 pages
- Publisher:Elsevier Science & Technology
- Publication Date:15/07/2014
- Category:
- ISBN:9781782423713