Knott's Handbook for Vegetable Growers has been the leading one-stop reference for commercial vegetable growers for more than 50 years!

Filled with valuable information, largely in the form of tables and charts—from hard statistics on vegetable production and consumption to essential information for today's international markets, such as vegetable botanical names and vegetable names in nine languages—Knott's Handbook is part Farmer's Almanac, part encyclopedia, and part dictionary. It also provides detailed, practical specifics on planting rates, schedules, and spacing; soils and fertilizers; methods for managing crop pests; greenhouse vegetable and crop production; insect pest identification; harvesting and storage; and vegetable marketing.

Now available in a new flexible cover designed for ease of use on the desk or in the field, this valuable workhorse features new information on:

• World vegetable production
• Best management practices
• Organic crop production
• Food safety
• Pesticide safety
• Postharvest problems
• Minimally processed vegetables

Contents

1. Vegetables and the Vegetable Industry
2. Plant Growing and Greenhouse Vegetable Production
3. Field Planting
4. Soils and Fertilizers
5. Water and Irrigation
6. Vegetable Pests and Problems
7. Weed Management
8. Harvesting, Handling, and Storage
9. Vegetable Seeds

Appendix
Index

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