Advances in horticultural soilless culture (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Gruda, Nazim S.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"This book, written by well-qualified scientists and edited by an internationally-distinguished expert in greenhouse horticulture, provides a valuable update of the science and the current technologies applied in soilless culture."Professor Dimitris Savvas, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece

"This book from an internationally-recognized editor and authors will be a standard reference book on soilless culture for practitioners, scientists and students. It will serve to trigger practices and innovations increasing sustainability and optimizing product quality in soilless cultivation."Professor Rui Machado, Universidad de Évora, Portugal)

"Soilless culture is rapidly rising around the world due to its ability to deliver reliable yield, quality and produce uniformity, and is very much a technology-driven industry. However, we should also pay attention to best horticultural principles and this book promises to bring together the current best practice in technology and horticulture to create an important industry reference for all participants."Graeme Smith CAg, Chair - International Society of Horticultural Science (ISHS) 'Working Group - Hydroponics & Aquaponics', and Vice Chair - ISHS 'Division - Protected Cultivation and Soilless Culture'

Soilless cultivation techniques (including hydroponic systems) have attracted growing attention as a way of growing horticultural crops more efficiently without taking up more land. These controlled environment systems are also less vulnerable to climate change and are particularly suited to urban farming as part of the shift to more localised, circular food systems.

Advances in horticultural soilless culture provides a comprehensive assessment of recent research in this important area, paying close attention to the advances in optimising substrates for soilless cultivation, as well as the developments in solid and liquid-medium container systems, fertigation systems, modelling and process control. The collection includes case studies on horticultural crops such as tomatoes, strawberries and ornamentals.

With its distinguished editor and international range of expert authors, Advances in horticultural soilless culture will be a standard reference for university and other researchers involved in horticultural science, hydroponics and soilless cultivation. It will also be a valuable resource for government and other agencies supporting vertical and urban farming systems, as well as companies involved in this sector.

Dr Nazim S. Gruda is Professor of Horticulture at the University of Bonn, Germany. Professor Gruda is internationally-renowned for his research and has published widely in areas such as soilless culture and controlled environment cultivation of horticultural crops. He is Chair of an ISHS Working Group and has both organised symposia and edited Acta Horticulturae for the ISHS.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781786764379
• Artikelnr.: 61137985

Inhaltsangabe

1.Soilless culture systems and growing media in horticulture: an overview: Nazim S. Gruda
University of Bonn
Germany; Part 1 Materials 2.Advances in understanding plant root behaviour and rootzone management in soilless culture systems: Youbin Zheng
University of Guelph
Canada; 3.Developments in inorganic materials
synthetic organic materials and peat in soilless culture systems: Jeb S. Fields
Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
USA; and Nazim S. Gruda
University of Bonn
Germany; 4.Developments in alternative organic materials for growing media in soilless culture systems: Nazim S. Gruda
University of Bonn
Germany; 5.Understanding and optimizing the physical properties of growing media for soilless cultivation: Jean Caron
Université Laval
Canada; and Jean-Charles Michel
L'Institut Agro
France; 6.Understanding and optimising the chemical properties of growing media for soilless cultivation: Patrizia Zaccheo and Laura Crippa
University of Milan
Italy; and Francesco Giuffrida
University of Catania
Italy; 7.Understanding and optimising the biological properties of growing media for soilless cultivation: Francesco Giuffrida and Rosario Paolo Mauro
University of Catania
Italy; and Patrizia Zaccheo
University of Milan
Italy; Part 2 Technologies 8.Advances in liquid- and solid-medium soilless culture systems: Yüksel Tüzel
Ege University
Turkey; and Astrit Balliu
Agricultural University of Tirana
Albania; 9.Advances in irrigation/fertigation techniques in greenhouse soilless culture systems (SCS): Georgios Nikolaou and Damianos Neocleous
Ministry of Agriculture
Rural Development and Environment
Cyprus; and Evangelini Kitta and Nikolaos Katsoulas
University of Thessaly
Greece; 10.Advances in nutrient management modelling and nutrient concentration prediction for soilless culture systems: Jung Eek Son
Tae In Ahn and Taewon Moon
Seoul National University
Korea; 11.Advanced hydroponics design for plant cultivation in cities: Giuseppina Pennisi
Alessandro Pistillo
Elisa Appolloni
Francesco Orsini and Giorgio Gianquinto
DISTAL - University of Bologna
Italy; 12.Optimizing product quality in soilless culture systems (SCS): Pietro Santamaria
Barbara De Lucia and Angelo Signore
University of Bari Aldo Moro
Italy; Part 3 Case studies 13.Advances in soilless cultivation of tomatoes and other fruit vegetables: V. Truffault
Futura Gaïa
France; and E. Legast
Centre Technique Interprofessionnel des Fruits et Légumes (CTIFL)
France; 14.Advances in soilless culture strawberry production: Mike Nichols
formerly Massey University
New Zealand; 15.Advances in soilless culture of ornamentals: Erik van Os and Arca Kromwijk
Wageningen University & Research
The Netherlands;