Publisher's Synopsis
Modern crop production is explained in the light of recent advances in the knowledge of plant structure and function through scientific research. It includes information concerning the economic environment of commercial crop production.;In addition, the authors include a wealth of information concerning the economic environment of commercial crop production. The book gives an integrated explanation of all aspects of plant structure and function including physiology, propagation growth and development, field production, behaviour during storage, marketing of produce and influences on nutritional content of produce. It provides an understanding of plant production in agriculture and horticulture from sowing to consumption, from the point of view of the grower and based on sound scientific understanding of the plant.
