Vegetable Production

Contents: Preface. Acknowledgement. I. Principles of vegetable production: 1. Scope of the vegetable industry. 2. Classification of vegetables. 3. Seed production. 4. Soils. 5. Environmental modifiers influencing vegetable production. 6. Mechanizing vegetable production. 7. Postharvest handling. 8. The marketplace. II. The science and technology of vegetable crops: 9. Solanaceous crops: potato, tomato, pepper. 10. Legumes: pulse crops. 11. Bulbs. 12. Roots. 13. Cole crops--Brassica Oleracea. 14. Sweet corn. 15. Mushrooms. 16. The leafy crops. 17. Petiole crops. 18. Cucumbers, squashes, and melons. 19. Perennials. 20. Herbs or potherbs. 21. Okra. 22. Tropicals. Glossary. Index.

From the Preface: "Vegetable Production was written with two objectives in mind; to compile a balanced undergraduate textbook on current vegetable production knowledge in the United States and Canada, and to full a longstanding void in this field.

Vegetable Production was developed as a textbook for the undergraduate major in horticulture, it is also valuable to students who are shopping around for good commodity option courses in agriculture. Vegetable production should also appeal to the serious vegetable grower seeking balanced information about the vegetable industry as a whole. Providing a better understanding of the vegetable production process from seed to consumption, this book can bring great rewards to the growers of vegetable crops."