Principles of crop production : theory, techniques, and technology / George Acquaah.
Publication details: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2005.Edition: 2nd editionDescription: xxvii, 740 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cmISBN:- 0131145568
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Part One . Underlying Principles
Chapter 1. Crop Production and Society
1.1 Before Agriculture, people Survived by Hunting and Gathering Food
1.2 Agriculture is an Invention
1.3 Agriculture Provides Food, Feed, and Fiber for society
1.4 Crop Production : An Art, a Science, and a Business
Chapter 2. Plant Morphology
2.1 What is Plant Taxonomy
2.2 Taxonomy is a work in progress
2.3 Visual identification of plants requires familiarity with plant morphology
etc
Chapter 3.Fundamental plant growth process
3.1 The Plant is a Metabolic machine
3.2 Photosynthesis:harnessing Light energy to make food
3.3 Cellular respiratory: harvesting chemical Energy from food molecules
Chapter 4. Plant Growth and Development
4.1 What is Growth?
4.2 Variation in Growth Pattern
4.3 Not all dry matter Accumulation is Economic
4.4 Types of yields
etc
Chapter 5. Crop Improvement
5.1 The science of Genetics
5.2 Plant Breeders Genetically Manipulate plants to produce new traits
5.3 Methods of Breeding Depend on the Breeding Systems of the plant
5.4 Common Plant Breeding Objectives
etc.
Chapter 6. Climate and Weather
6.1 Crop Productivity is a subject to the vagaries of the Weather
6.2 Water is critical to crop productivity
6.3. All Physiological Processes are affected by temperature
etc
Includes bibliographical references and index: p. 733- 740
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