Preface
Unit 1 An Introduction to Horticulture
Section 1 Lead Reading
Section 2 Passages
Passage A The History and the Development of Protected Cultivation
Passage B Plastic Mulch Film
Section 3 Supplementary Reading
Unit 2 An Introduction to Olericulture
Section 1 Lead Reading
Section 2 Passages
Passage A Tomatoes
Passage B The Use of Mulches in Vegetable Production
Section 3 Supplementary Reading
Unit 3 An Introduction to Pomology
Section 1 Lead Reading
Section 2 Passages
Passage A Pruning
Passage B Grafting
Section 3 Supplementary Reading
Unit 4 An Introduction to Floriculture
Section 1 Lead Reading
Section 2 Passages
Passage A Cut Flowers
Passage B Storage of Cut Flowers
Section 3 Supplementary Reading
Unit 5 Seeds and Soil (1)
Section 1 Lead Reading
Section 2 Passages
Passage A Seed Quality Analysis-Purity Exam & Purity Test
Passage B Soil Properties for the Production of Horticultural Crops
Unit 6 Seeds and Soil (2)
Section 1 Lead Reading
Section 2 Passages
Passage A Testing Seed Viability-Germination Test & Tetrazolium Test
Passage B Plant-growing Media
Unit 7 Soilless Cultivation (1)
Section 1 Lead Reading
Section 2 Passages
Passage A Solid-medium Soilless Culture
Passage B Drip Irrigation
Section 3 Supplementary Reading
Unit 8 Soilless Cultivation (2)
Section 1 Lead Reading
Section 2 Passages
Passage A Liquid Hydroponic System
Passage B Nutrition and Nutrient Uptake in Soilless Culture Systems
Section 3 Supplementary Reading
Unit 9 Nursery and Transplanting
Section 1 Lead Reading
Section 2 Passages
Passage A Sowing Seeds & After-sowing Care
Passage B Transplanting
Unit 10 Growth Environment Factors (1)
Section 1 Lead Reading
Section 2 Passages
Passage A Light
Passage B Temperature
Section 3 Supplementary Reading
Unit 11 Growth Environment Factors (2)
Section 1 Lead Reading
Section 2 Passages
Passage A Water
Passage B Carbon Dioxide
Section 3 Supplementary Reading
Unit 12 Diseases and Insects
Section 1 Lead Reading
Section 2 Passages
Passage A Diseases and Insects of Plants
Passage B Chemical Control in Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Unit 13 Writing a Research Report
Section 1 Lead Reading
Section 2 Passages
Passage A Types of Research Report
Passage B Writing Dissertations and Theses
Section 3 Supplementary Reading
Further Reading
Subject 1 Next Evolution of Agriculture-A Review of Innovations in Plant Factories
Subject 2 Supplemental Lighting for Greenhouse-grown Fruiting Vegetables
Subject 3 Low-potassium Vegetables and Low-nitrate Vegetables
Subiect 4 The Role of the Cuticle in Disease,Biotic and Abiotic Stresses: Challenges for
Maintaining Crop Quality
Subject 5 Potato and Sweet Potato
Subject 6 Pepper and Onion
Glossaries
Main References