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Lockhart and Wiseman’s Crop Husbandry Including Grassland (10th Ed.)
Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition Series
Coordinators: Samuel Alison, Dines Louisa, Finch Steve, Lane Gerry P.
Language: EnglishSubject for Lockhart and Wiseman’s Crop Husbandry Including Grassland:
Keywords
Agroecology; Agroforestry; Algorithm; Animal pests; Autonomous agriculture; Barley; BBRO; Beans; Beet pricing; Biodiversity; Bioenergy; Biofuels; Biogas; Biomass; Blight; Bolting; Breeding; British sugar; Carbon dioxide; Carbon sequestration; Cash crops; Cerealidentification; Cereals; Climate change; Climate models; Combinablebreak crops; Compound; Cover crops; Crops; Cultivation; Dietary requirements; Disease control; Disease cycles; Disease symptoms; Diseases of crop plants; Drainage; Drone; Durum wheat; ELMs; Energy; F1 hybrids; Fertiliser; Field-grown; Food security; Fresh; Fresh produce; Frost; Fungicide resistance; Gene editing; Genetic modification; Genetics; Grain drying; Grain quality; Grain storage; Greenhouse gases; Growth stages; Hands free farming; Herbicide resistance; Industry; Insects; Integrated pest management; Irrigation; Legumes; Lupins; Machine guidance; Maize
694 p. · 15.2x22.8 cm · Paperback
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1. Plants 2. Climate and weather 3. Soil health and management 4. Fertilisers and manures 5. Weeds 6. Diseases 7. Pests 8. Sustainable Crop Production Techniques 9. Precision crop production 10. Organic Crop Husbandry 11. Principles of plant breeding, seed production and certification 12. World Agricultural Systems 13. Cereals 14. Oilseeds and Pulse crops 15. Root Crops 16. Energy and industrial crops 17. Fresh produce 18. Arable forage crops 19. Introduction to grass production 20. Establishing and improving grassland 21. Grazing management 22. Conservation of grass and forage crops
Following a 12-year career advising farmers on all aspects of crop production Louisa has held an academic role as?Senior Lecturer in Agronomy at Harper Adams University for the past 11 years. Louisa leads on a number of crop production and crop protection related modules to both undergraduate and postgraduate students and is also responsible for management of the BASIS Certificate in Crop Protection, the statutory qualification required by practitioners in the industry, also sitting on the BASIS Education and Training committee.
Steve Finch, is Principal Lecturer in Crop Production at the Royal Agricultural University, UK
Gerry P. Lane was formerly a Principal Lecturer at the Royal Agricultural University, UK.
- Features contributions from leading experts that are specifically structured to help students see the whole picture of crop husbandry
- Presents a fully revised and updated resource that reflect the latest scientific advances and current approaches
- Includes expanded coverage on World Agricultural Systems
- Provides a summary of recommended websites and references for expanded knowledge
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