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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464633203321

Titolo

Good agricultural practices for greenhouse vegetable crops : principles for Mediterranean climate areas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Rome : , : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, , 2013

ISBN

92-5-107650-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (640 p.)

Collana

FAO plant production and protection papers, , 0259-2517 ; ; v. 217

Soggetti

Greenhouse gardening - Mediterranean areas

Vegetable gardening - Mediterranean areas

Greenhouses

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Produced with a contribution of the Belgian Development Cooperation to FAO's Horticultural facility.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Preface""; ""List of acronyms and abbreviations""; ""1. Regional Working Group on Greenhouse Crop Production in the Mediterranean Region: History and development""; ""2. Greenhouse site selection""; ""3. Greenhouse design and covering materials""; ""4. Greenhouse climate control and energy use""; ""5. Choice of species and cultivars for protected cultivation""; ""6. Water requirements and irrigation management in Mediterranean greenhouses: the case of the southeast coast of Spain""

""7. Protected cultivation for improving water-use efficiency of vegetable crops in the NENA region1""""8. Microirrigation""; ""9. Irrigation water quality for greenhouse horticulture""; ""10. Soil fertility and plant nutrition""; ""11. Growing media""; ""12. Soilless culture""; ""13. Quality of planting materials""; ""14. Cultural practices""; ""15. Integrated pest management and plant hygiene under protected cultivation""; ""16. Integrated pest management""; ""17. Integrated pest management and farmer education: FAO experiences from the Near East and the Maghreb""

""18. Harvest and post-harvest management""""19. Integrated preventive environmental strategy in greenhouse production""; ""20.



Product safety""; ""21. Labelling and certification: integrated farm assurance with fruit and vegetable production""