Knott's handbook for vegetable growers / Donald N. Maynard & George J. Hochmuth.

Contents;

Part 1: Vegetables and the vegetable industry
Botanical names of vegetables
Edible flowers
U.S. vegetable production
Consumption of vegetables in the U.S.
etc.

Part 2: Plant growing and greenhouse vegetable production
Plant growing containers
Seeds and seeding
Temperature and time requirements
Plant growing mixes
Soil sterilization
etc.

Part 3: Field planting
Temperatures for vegetables
Scheduling successive plantings
Time required for seedling emergence
Seed requirements
Planting rates for large seeds
etc.

Part 4: Soils and fertilizers
Nutrient best management practices
Organic matter
Soil-improving crops
Manures
Soil texture
etc.

Part 5: Water and irrigation
Suggestions on supplying water to vegetables
Rooting of vegetables
Soil moisture
Surface irrigation
Overhead irrigation
etc.

Part 6: Vegetable pests and problems
Air pollution
Integrated pest management
Soil solarization
Pesticide application and equipment
etc.

Part 7: Weed management
Weed management strategies
Weed identification
Noxious weeds
Weed control in organic farming
Cover crops and rotation in weed management
etc.

Part 8: Harvesting, handling, and storage
Food safety
General postharvest handling procedures
Predicting harvest dates and yields
Cooling vegetables
Vegetable storage
etc.

Part 9: Vegetables seeds
Seed labels
Seed germination tests
Seed germination standards
Seed production
Seed yields
etc.

Part 10: Appendix
Sources of vegetable information
Periodicals for vegetable growers
U.S. units of measurements
Conversion factors for U.S. units
Metric units of measurements
etc.

Includes bibliographical references and index.