Principles of Tropical Agronomy

Principles of Tropical Agronomy
Author: Sayed N. Azam-Ali
Publisher: CABI
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2002
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 085199136X
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This book is concerned with the principles by which crop management can influence how plants use environmental resources. It synthesizes current knowledge in plant physiology, environmental physics, soil science and climate to provide a framework for studying crop production in tropical environments.

Principles of Tropical Agriculture

Principles of Tropical Agriculture
Author: Sir Harold Augustin Tempany
Publisher:
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1930
Genre: Agriculture
ISBN:
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Principles of Tropical Horticulture

Principles of Tropical Horticulture
Author: David J Midmore
Publisher: CABI
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2015-04-07
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1780645414
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Principles of Tropical Horticulture leads the reader through a background of environmental influences and plant physiology to an understanding of production and post-harvest systems, environmental adaptation techniques and marketing strategies. Focusing on the principles behind production practices and their scientific basis, rather than detailed biological traits of each crop, this text outlines successes and failures in practices to date and sets out how the quantity and quality of horticultural produce can improve in the future. Case studies are frequently used and chapters cover the production of vegetables, fruit and ornamental crops, including temperate zone crops adapted to grow in the tropics.

Principles of Tropical Horticulture

Principles of Tropical Horticulture
Author: B. B. Desai
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Horticulture
ISBN: 9781681170909
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Tropical horticulture is a branch of horticulture that studies and cultivates plants in the tropics, i.e., the equatorial regions of the world. "TropHort" is an abbreviation for Tropical Horticulture. Tropical Horticulture covers plants such as perennial woody plants (arboriculture), ornamentals (floriculture), vegetables (olericulture), and fruits (pomology) including grapes (viticulture). The origin of many of these crops is not in the tropics but in temperate zones. Their adoption to tropical climatic conditions is an objective of breeding. Many important crops, however, are indigenous to the tropics. The latter embrace perennial crops such as oil palm, vegetables including okra, field crops such as rice and sugarcane, and particularly fruits including pineapple, banana, papaya, and mango.

Integrated Soil Fertility Management in Africa

Integrated Soil Fertility Management in Africa
Author: Nteranya Sanginga
Publisher: CIAT
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2009
Genre: Soil fertility
ISBN: 9290592613
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Forward. A call for integrated soil fertility management in Africa. Introduction. ISFM and the African farmer. Part I. The principles of ISFM: ISFM as a strategic goal, Fertilizer management within ISFM, Agro-minerals in ISFM, Organic resource management, ISFM, soil biota and soil health. Part II. ISFM practices: ISFM products and fields practices, ISFM practice in drylands, ISFM practice in savannas and woodlands, ISFM practice in the humid forest zone, Conservation Agriculture. Part III. The process of implementing ISFM: soil fertility diagnosis, soil fertility management advice, Dissemination of ISFM technologies, Designing an ISFM adoption project, ISFM at farm and landscape scales. Part IV. The social dimensions of ISFM: The role of ISFM in gender empowerment, ISFM and household nutrition, Capacity building in ISFM, ISFM in the policy arena, Marketing support for ISFM, Advancing ISFM in Africa. Appendices: Mineral nutrient contents of some common organic resources.