Greenhouse technology and management by /

• Main Author: Castilla, Nicolás, (Author)
• Other Authors: Baeza, Esteban J., (Translator), Papadopoulos, Athanasios P., (Reviewer)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2013.
• Edition: 2nd edition.
• Subjects: Greenhouses.; Plastics in agriculture.; Agricultural Economics.; Plant Physiology and Biochemistry.; Plant Production.; Fertilizers and other Amendments.; Soil Water Management (Irrigation and Drainage), (Revised June 2002); Automation and Control.; Farm and Horticultural Structures.; Crop production.; Environmental control.; Fertilizers.; Irrigation.; Marketing.; Plant physiology.; Plant protection.; Production.; Protected cultivation.; Soilless culture.; Vegetable growing.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Item Description: Translation of the second ed.: Invernaderos de plástico: tecnología y manejo.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 335 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-326) and index.
• Access: Access limited to subscribing institution.

This book incorporates the experiences in mild-winter greenhouse production systems where the most successful solutions are those that integrate greenhouse design and environmental control with crop husbandry. The content is focused on plastic greenhouses for vegetable growing but includes cross references to glasshouses, high-tech environmental control methods and other cultivation systems when these are needed to fill some gaps and to justify the basic concepts. The major attention is on the principles and techniques of greenhouse technology and management. The book also deals with integrated production, crop physiology, soilless cultivation, irrigation and fertilization, plant protection, postharvest, economics, marketing and production strategies.