Hydroponic food production : a definitive guidebook for the advanced home gardener and the commercial hydroponic grower /: a definitive guidebook for the advanced home gardener and the commercial hydroponic grower. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Howard M. Resh.
• Authors: Resh, Howard M
• Contents: Contents Preface to the Eighth Edition...........................................................................................................xiii; Acknowledgments............................................................................................................................xv; Author.............................................................................................................................................xvii; List of Figures..................................................................................................................................xix; List of Tables.................................................................................................................................xxxv Chapter 1 Introduction...................................................................................................................1 Chapter 2 Plant Nutrition.............................................................................................................13 Chapter 3 The Nutrient Solution..................................................................................................35 Chapter 4 The Medium................................................................................................................89 Chapter 5 Water Culture..............................................................................................................95 Chapter 6 Nutrient Film Technique...........................................................................................149 Chapter 7 Gravel Culture...........................................................................................................207 Chapter 8 Sand Culture..............................................................................................................225 Chapter 9 Sawdust Culture........................................................................................................239 Chapter 10 Rockwool Culture.....................................................................................................251 Chapter 11 Coco Coir Culture.....................................................................................................287 Chapter 12 Greenhouse Environmental Control and Automation...............................................297 Chapter 13 Other Soilless Cultures..............................................................................................359 Chapter 14 Vertical Indoor Farming............................................................................................395 Chapter 15 Tropical Hydroponics and Special Applications.......................................................437 Chapter 16 Plant Culture..............................................................................................................481 Appendix 1 Horticultural, Hydroponic, and Soilless- Culture Societies.....................................571 Appendix 2 Greenhouse Production Resources..........................................................................573 Appendix 3 Units of Measurement: Conversion Factors............................................................577 Appendix 4 Physical Constants of Inorganic Compounds..........................................................579 Appendix 5 Greenhouse and Hydroponic Suppliers...................................................................581 Bibliography ..................................................................................................................................587; Index ...............................................................................................................................................601
• Edition: Eighth edition
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 635.0485; Hydroponics; Food crops
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000518085; 9781000518047; 9781003133254
• Related ISBNs: 9780367678227; 9780367678753
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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