African gardens and ochards : Growing vegetables and fruits /
Hugues Dupriez
- Tottenham , Mackmillan : c 1992 .
- 322 p. : ill, 28 cm.
Part I Gardens and orchards Chapter 1 Gardens and orchard as a source of variety in food Fields, gardens and orchards Occupying land surface and volume Calculating yields and productivity etc.
Chapter 2 Vegetables, fruits and condiments - health foods The food man needs Foodstuffs Nutritional aspects of food processing
Chapter 3 Laying out and preparing the land for cultivation Bed preparation for seasonal crops Earthing up Planting holes Some gardening tools Additional hoeing
Chapter 4 Managing soil frtility Fertility Soil fertility generated on the farm Ashes and cinders Commercial fertilizers
Chapter 5 Plant spacing above and below the ground Planting patterns Arrangement of plants above the ground
Chapter 6 Pruning Why are plants prunned ? Promoting growth, shape and form of plants Pruning practices that increase yield Observations prior to production pruning ' Harvesting pruning ' etc.
Chapter 7 Diseaes and pests Major plant diseases and pests Secondary infections The symptoms of disease etc.
Chapter 8 Natural methods for the prevention of pests in cultivated plants Nutrition affects the health of cultivated species Pest control and plant environment Plant density and pest control Sources of infection etc.
Chapter 9 Natural methods of pest control Natural products used for pest control Mechanical methods of pest control Food chains
Chapter 10 Biological control of crop pests Direct biological control Indirect biological control
Chapter 11 Pesticides Insecticides Fungicides Rodenticides Other pesticides etc.
Chapter 12 Propagation by seeds and by vegetative material Natural methods of vegetative propagation Choice of quality plantating material Selecting seeds for specific conditions Harvesting and storing seeds and cuttings etc.
Chapter 13 Sowing and planting Direct sowing in the field Establishment of cuttings and tubers Planting depths for seeds Good sowing practices etc.
Chapter 14 Nurseries Objectives in nursery construction Methods of nursery establishment Protecting nurseries
Chapter 15 Transplanting techniques Planting trees
Chapter 16 Timing of sowing and transplanting Planting patterns Sowing calenders Sowing patterns and timing for seasonal crops Timing for trees and perennial crop planting
Chapter 17 Grafting Reasons for grafting Plant structures related to grafting Selecting stock plants and scions Compatibility between plants and scions etc.
Chapter 18 The domestication of wild species of annual and perennial plants How can sponteneous and subspontaneous plants be domesticated
Chapter 19 Gardens and water availability Water requirements and the irrigation of cultivated plants Rainfed market gardening Irrigated gardens Valley bottom cultivation and drainage Water management in perspective
Part II Vegetables, fruits and condiments Chapter 20 Leaf vegetables and pot herbs SP1 Amaranths and celosia SP2 Baobab SP3 Indian Spinach SP4 Basil etc.
Chapter 21 Vegetable and condiment fruits SP20 Egg plant SP21 Dessert date SP22 Fagara SP23 Fig sycamore SP24 Okra etc.
Chapter 22 Cucurbitaceae SP34 Chayote SP35 Citrulius and watermelon SP36 Cucumbers and gherkins SP37 Bitter cucumber etc