Knott's Handbook for Vegetable Growers

Knott's Handbook for Vegetable Growers

The leading one-stop reference for commercial vegetable growers for more than 50 years

Rooted in tradition, branching out to the future. For more than half a century, Knott's Handbook for Vegetable Growers has provided generations of commercial growers with the most timely, accessible, and useful information available on the subject. The Fifth Edition of this highly regarded horticultural mainstay provides readers with the reliable growing and marketing information they've come to expect, while including new and updated material throughout to maintain its relevance in our ever-changing world.

Filled with valuable information, largely in the form of tables and charts--from hard statistics on vegetable production and consumption to essential information for today's international markets, such as vegetable botanical names and vegetable names in nine languages--Knott's Handbook is part Farmer's Almanac, part encyclopedia, and part dictionary. It also provides detailed, practical specifics on planting rates, schedules, and spacing; soils and fertilizers; methods for managing crop pests; greenhouse vegetable and crop production; insect pest identification; harvesting and storage; and vegetable marketing.

Now available in a new flexible cover designed for ease of use on the desk or in the field, this valuable workhorse features new information on:
* World vegetable production
* Best management practices
* Organic crop production
* Food safety
* Pesticide safety
* Postharvest problems
* Minimally processed vegetables
* Plus, hundreds of Web site links related to vegetable information
Country USA
Brand Wiley
Manufacturer Wiley
Binding Paperback
PartNumber 9780471738282
IsAdultProduct
Height 8.200771
Length 5.299202
Weight 1.4991433816
Width 1.29921
ReleaseDate 2006-10-13
NumberOfItems 1

Country	USA
Brand	Wiley
Manufacturer	Wiley
Binding	Paperback
PartNumber	9780471738282
IsAdultProduct
Height	8.200771
Length	5.299202
Weight	1.4991433816
Width	1.29921
ReleaseDate	2006-10-13
NumberOfItems	1

Knott's Handbook for Vegetable Growers

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