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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462494003321

Autore

Resh Howard M.

Titolo

Hydroponic food production : a definitive guidebook for the advanced home gardener and the commercial hydroponic grower / / Howard M. Resh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, Fla. : , : CRC Press, , 2013

ISBN

0-429-11141-X

1-4398-7869-2

Edizione

[7th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (551 p.)

Disciplina

639.8/9

Soggetti

Hydroponics

Food crops

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Hydroponic Food Production: A Definitive Guidebook for the Advanced Home Gardener and the Commercial Hydroponic Grower; Copyright; Table of Contents; Preface to the Seventh Edition; Acknowledgments; Author; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1. Introduction; 2. Plant Nutrition; 3. Nutrient Solution; 4. The Medium; 5. Water Culture; 6. Nutrient Film Technique; 7. Gravel Culture; 8. Sand Culture; 9. Sawdust Culture; 10. Rockwool Culture; 11. Coco Coir Culture; 12. Other Soilless Cultures; 13. Tropical Hydroponics and Special Applications; 14. Plant Culture

Appendix 1: Horticultural, Hydroponic, and Soilless-Culture SocietiesAppendix 2: Greenhouse Production Resources; Appendix 3: Units of Measurement-Conversion Factors; Appendix 4: Physical Constants of Inorganic Compounds; Appendix 5: Greenhouse and Hydroponic Suppliers; Bibliography; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Hydroponic Food Production: A Definitive Guidebook for the Advanced Home Gardener and the Commercial Hydroponic Grower, Seventh Edition is a comprehensive guide to soilless culture with extensively new and updated contents from the previous edition published in 2001. Meant for hobby and commercial growers, the book:Shows the



reader how to set up a hydroponic operation with the options of using any of the many hydroponic cultures presently used in the industry to grow vegetable cropsProvides background in plant physiology and nutrition essential for g