Hydroponic Tomato Crop Production
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Hydroponic Salad Crop Production
Hydroponic production of salad crops results in 'year round production of quality greens, free of any contamination and grown and packed under optimum conditions to maximise consumer appeal.
Lettuce crops continue to dominate hydroponic salad production in volume, and this book encompasses all of the most recent developments, scientific findings, and research and grower experience to present the definitive information on hydroponic lettuce production.
As discerning consumers become more sophisticated, the variety and selection of what constitutes a salad becomes broader, and hydroponic salad now encompasses much more than just simple lettuces. Hydroponic Salad Crop Production therefore describes the varieties and production essentials of all currently produced salad and microgreens, while realising this is a market that is sure to evolve.
As hydroponic production becomes more widely accepted and adopted around the world, growers need to consider carefully the different options for system and plant variety in order to produce economic yields. This analysis is carefully presented throughout the book in an easy to understand format.
With contributing authors renowned for their professional involvement in commercial hydroponic production, Hydroponic Salad Crop Production is sure to become a valuable guide for anyone interested in these important crops.
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Hydroponic Tomato Crop Production
Dr Lynette Morgan PhD
In this superb specialist publication, Dr Morgan pieces together a wealth of worldwide scientific research findings, grower experience, management expertise, and up to date technical information on every conceivable topic relevant to modern commercial greenhouse tomato production, and presents it in her delightful easy-reading style making it all readily understood by a wide audience.
Growers, scientists, academics, merchants and anyone involved in commercial hydroponic tomato crop production anywhere in the world, will benefit from the information presented in Dr Morgan’s latest book.
This book is sure to set the standard for publications on this topic for years to come.
Contents
The tomato plant, introduction and history, health benefits, history of greenhouse cultivation, hydroponic tomato fruit markets, cultivars, world production statistics, future production, yields and potential.
Types of tomato, determinate vs indeterminate cultivars, hybrids vs open pollinated,, commercial greenhouse types and cultivars, heirloom types, cultivar selection, disease resistance and codes, seed suppliers.
Protected environments for tomato production – the tomato environment, temperature, heating, cooling, humidity, VPD, light, CO2, O2, outdoor environments.
Hydroponic systems for commercial tomato production – solution culture, flood and drain, growing substrates and their properties.
Organic hydroponic tomato production, certification, allowable inputs, nutrients, P&D control.
Heirloom Tomato production
Tomato nutrition, nutrients, solution concentrations and adjustments, and factors that affect nutrient uptake in tomato crops. water quality, nutrient formulation, solution analysis examples, leachate sampling, nutrient and foliar mineral level interpretation, Nutrient management, nutrient deficiencies and toxicities, pH, irrigation management, deficit irrigation, irregular watering, foliar sprays
Tomato propagation – cultivar selection for disease resistance and characteristics, temperatures determine flower numbers, GE, long shelf life cultivars
Systems of production – determinate vs indeterminate, limited truss, long term layering, intercropping, second head, split head systems, leaf pruning, leaf plucking, lower leaf removal, LAI, crop training, pruning, support, spacing, layering, vegetative growth, flowering, pollination, fruit set and fruit growth, pollinators, fruit thinning, truss pruning,
Crop steering, environmental control for crop growth, DIFS, pre night drop, cultivar differences, temperatures, root zone heating, cooling, vegetative vs generative crop, side shoot retention and removal, topping, crop removal CO2 enrichment and artificial lighting, humidity
Crop and fruit quality, improvements, flavor, shelf life, quality testing, brix, dry weight, acidity, shelf life, self assessment, taste panels,
Pests, Control options, IPM, sprays, and biological control,
Diseases, Control options, sprays, and biological control
Physiological disorders,
Non biotic disorders,
Harvesting, post harvest handling, packaging and storage, ripeness stages, effects on flavor and quality,
References
Index/appendices
Features:
275 pages packed with up to date information sourced from scientists and expert growers worldwide
Full colour illustrations throughout, softcover.
