Lockhart & Wiseman's crop husbandry including grassland / edited by H.J.S. Finch, A.M. Samuel and G.P.F. Lane
- Additional Titles
- Lockhart and Wiseman's crop husbandry including grassland and Crop husbandry including grassland
- Published
- Amsterdam : Elsevier, [2014]
- Edition
- Ninth edition.
- Physical Description
- xl, 567 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
- Additional Creators
- Finch, H. J. S., Samuel, A. M. (Alison M.), Lane, G. P. F., and Lockhart, J. A. R.
- Series
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1.Plants -- 1.1.Introduction -- 1.2.Plant physiology -- 1.3.Plant groups -- 1.4.Structure of the seed -- 1.5.Plant structure -- 1.6.Plant requirements -- 1.7.Legumes and nitrogen fixation -- 1.8.The control of plant growth and development -- 1.9.Sources of further information and advice -- 2.Climate and weather -- 2.1.Introduction -- 2.2.Solar radiation and rainfall -- 2.3.Air and soil temperature -- 2.4.Other aspects of climate and weather -- 2.5.Climate change -- 2.6.Sources of further information and advice -- 3.Soils and soil management -- 3.1.Introduction -- 3.2.Soil formation -- 3.3.The physical make-up of soil and its effect on plant growth -- 3.4.Farm soils -- 3.5.Soil fertility and productivity -- 3.6.Sources of further information and advice -- 4.Fertilisers and manures -- 4.1.Nutrients required by crops -- 4.2.Trace elements -- 4.3.Units of plant food -- 4.4.Straight fertilisers -- 4.5.Compound fertilisers -- 4.6.Application of fertilisers -- 4.7.Organic manures -- 4.8.Residual values of fertilisers and manures -- 4.9.Fertilisers and the environment -- 4.10.Sources of further information and advice -- 5.Weeds of farm crops -- 5.1.The impact of weeds -- 5.2.Weed types and identification -- 5.3.Control of weeds: general -- 5.4.Herbicide resistance -- 5.5.Spraying with herbicides: precautions -- 5.6.Sources of further information and advice -- 6.Diseases of farm crops -- 6.1.Introduction to plant disorders -- 6.2.Symptoms -- 6.3.Some important types of plant pathogens -- 6.4.Other disorders -- 6.5.The control of plant diseases -- 6.6.Fungicide resistance -- 6.7.Sources of further information and advice -- 7.Pests of farm crops -- 7.1.Introduction -- 7.2.Insect pests -- 7.3.Other pests of crops -- 7.4.Types of pest damage -- 7.5.Methods of pest control -- 7.6.Classification of pesticides -- 7.7.Resistance -- 7.8.Integrated pest management -- 7.9.Sources of further information and advice -- 8.Cropping techniques -- 8.1.Introduction -- 8.2.Drainage -- 8.3.Irrigation -- 8.4.Warping -- 8.5.C laying -- 8.6.Tillage and cultivations -- 8.7.Control of weeds by cultivation -- 8.8.Crop management: key issues -- 8.9.Break crops and crop rotations -- 8.10.Sources of further information and advice -- 9.Sustainable crop management -- 9.1.Introduction -- 9.2.The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) -- 9.3.Sustainable agriculture -- 9.4.The development of Integrated Crop Management (ICM), Integrated Farm Management (IFM) and sustainable crop production -- 9.5.Food quality and safety in the food chain: farm assurance schemes -- 9.6.Wildlife and conservation -- 9.7.Key points -- 9.8.Sources of further information and advice -- 10.Precision farming -- 10.1.Introduction -- 10.2.Data collection -- 10.3.Data interpretation -- 10.4.Auto-steering and controlled traffic farming -- 10.5.The technology -- 10.6.Sources of further information and advice -- 11.Organic crop husbandry -- 11.1.Introduction -- 11.2.Achieving organic status -- 11.3.Rotations -- 11.4.Soil and plant nutrition -- 11.5.Weed control -- 11.6.Disease control -- 11.7.Pest control -- 11.8.Husbandry examples -- 11.9.Other systems -- 11.10.Organic farming and the environment -- 11.11.Sources of further information and advice -- 12.Plant breeding and seed production -- 12.1.Introduction -- 12.2.Plant breeding methods -- 12.3.Target traits in breeding -- 12.4.Choosing the right variety -- 12.5.Seed quality -- 12.6.Seed production -- 12.7.Sources of further information and advice -- 13.Cereals -- 13.1.Introduction -- 13.2.Cereal identification -- 13.3.Grain quality in cereals -- 13.4.Cereal growth, yield and inputs -- 13.5.Harvesting -- 13.6.Grain-drying methods -- 13.7.Moist grain storage -- 13.8.Cereal straw -- 13.9.Wheat -- 13.10.Durum wheat -- 13.11.Barley -- 13.12.Oats -- 13.13.Rye -- 13.14.Triticale -- 13.15.Maize for grain -- 13.16.Sources of further information and advice -- 14.Combinable break crops -- 14.1.Introduction -- 14.2.Oilseed rape -- 14.3.Linseed and flax -- 14.4.Sunflowers -- 14.5.Soya beans -- 14.6.Evening primrose -- 14.7.Borage -- 14.8.Combinable pulses -- 14.9.Sources of further information and advice -- 15.Root crops -- 15.1.Introduction -- 15.2.Potatoes -- 15.3.Sugar beet -- 15.4.Future trends -- 15.5.Sources of further information and advice -- 16.Industrial crops -- 16.1.Introduction -- 16.2.Specific crops: Miscanthus -- 16.3.Short Rotation Coppice -- 16.4.Wetland crops -- 16.5.Crops for anaerobic digestion (AD) -- 16.6.Woodland biomass -- 16.7.Liquid biofuel crops -- 16.8.Lubricant oil crops -- 16.9.Fibre crops -- 16.10.Pharmaceuticals, neutraceuticals, essential oils and cosmetics -- 16.11.Carbohydrate crops -- 16.12.Sources of further information and advice -- 17.Fresh produce crops -- 17.1.Growing fresh produce crops -- 17.2.Fresh peas -- 17.3.Broad beans -- 17.4.Green beans -- 17.5.Lettuce -- 17.6.Baby leaves and herbs -- 17.7.Cabbages -- 17.8.Broccoli -- 17.9.Cauliflowers -- 17.10.Brussels sprouts -- 17.11.Bulb onions -- 17.12.Leeks -- 17.13.Carrots -- 17.14.Edible swede and turnips -- 17.15.Strawberries -- 17.16.Sources of further information and advice -- 18.Arable forage crops -- 18.1.Crops grown for their yield of roots -- 18.2.Crops grown for grazing -- 18.3.Crops grown for ensiling -- 18.4.Sources of further information and advice -- 19.Introduction to grass production/characteristics of grassland and the important species -- 19.1.Types of grassland -- 19.2.The nutritive value of grassland herbage -- 19.3.Identification of grasses -- 19.4.Identification of legumes -- 19.5.Grasses of economic importance -- 19.6.Forage legumes of economic importance -- 19.7.Herbs -- 19.8.Grass and legume seed mixtures -- 19.9.Sources of further information and advice -- 20.Establishing and improving grassland -- 20.1.Establishing leys -- 20.2.Grassland improvement and renovation -- 20.3.Improving a sward by changing the management -- 20.4.Improving a sward by renovation -- 20.5.Fertilisers for grassland -- 20.6.Irrigation of grassland -- 20.7.Sources of further information and advice -- 21.Grazing management -- 21.1.Introduction -- 21.2.Stocking rate or density -- 21.3.Principles of grazing management -- 21.4.Grazing systems -- 21.5.Strategies to minimise parasitism at grass -- 21.6.The energy yield from grass and forage - the Utilised Metabolisable Energy (UME) calculation -- 21.7.Sources of further information and advice -- 22.Conservation of grass and forage crops -- 22.1.Introduction -- 22.2.Crops for silage making -- 22.3.The silage-making process -- 22.4.Factors affecting silage fermentation -- 22.5.Hay -- 22.6.Green-crop drying -- 22.7.Sources of further information and advice -- Appendix 1 Soil texture assessment in the field -- Appendix 2 Nomenclature of crops -- Appendix 3 Nomenclature of weeds -- Appendix 4 Nomenclature of diseases -- Appendix 5 Nomenclature of pests -- Appendix 6 Crop seeds -- Appendix 7 Agricultural land classification (ALC) in England and Wales.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781782423713 (paperback)
1782423710 (paperback) - Note
- AUTH: ROYAL AGRICULTURAL UNIV.
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Forms
- Also issued online.
- Source of Acquisition
- Purchased with funds from the Louis W. Schatz Libraries Collection in Tree Genetics; 2014
- Endowment Note
- Louis W. Schatz Libraries Collection in Tree Genetics
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