Lockhart and Wiseman’s Crop Husbandry Including Grassland - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0323857027 ISBN 13: 9780323857024

Casa editrice: Woodhead Publishing, 2022

Riassunto

Lockhart and Wiseman’s Crop Husbandry Including Grassland, Tenth Edition delivers the latest developments in crop varieties, crop protection products and environmental schemes. This new edition reflects the changing world around us, with sections covering the principles of crop production and chapters on plants, climate, soil management, fertilizers, manures, weeds and diseases that threaten farm crops. Other chapters focus on crop husbandry techniques and the integration of sustainability across the board in crop production. This update also includes an additional focus on the principles of plant breeding, seed production and certification considerations necessary for today’s agriculture.

• Features contributions from leading experts that are specifically structured to help students see the whole picture of crop husbandry
• Presents a fully revised and updated resource that reflect the latest scientific advances and current approaches
• Includes expanded coverage on World Agricultural Systems
• Provides a summary of recommended websites and references for expanded knowledge

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Informazioni sugli autori

Alison worked as an agronomist in South West England for many years before starting to teach crop production. She was a senior lecturer at several colleges and universities including the Royal Agricultural University and Plymouth University (Seale-Hayne campus) lecturing to diploma, degree and masters course students as well as on professional courses. Specialist crop husbandry subjects included soil science, crop production and protection as well as organic and sustainable farming systems. She was a contributing author to the 9th edition and now leads this 10th edition.

Following a 12-year career advising farmers on all aspects of crop production Louisa has held an academic role as Senior Lecturer in Agronomy at Harper Adams University for the past 11 years. Louisa leads on a number of crop production and crop protection related modules to both undergraduate and postgraduate students and is also responsible for management of the BASIS Certificate in Crop Protection, the statutory qualification required by practitioners in the industry, also sitting on the BASIS Education and Training committee.

Steve Finch, is Principal Lecturer in Crop Production at the Royal Agricultural University, UK

Gerry P. Lane was formerly a Principal Lecturer at the Royal Agricultural University, UK.

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Lockhart and Wiseman’s Crop Husbandry Including Grassland, Tenth Edition delivers the latest developments in crop varieties, crop protection products and environmental schemes. Reflecting the increasing threat from climate change coverage of climate and weather has been enlarged to include the latest information. Further, as farming in the future, especially with the increasing cost of labour and limited availability of suitable staff, farmers will have to rely on new technologies and use of robots. The several and significant changes in this area since the last edition is also reflected as the chapter on Precision Farming is broadened to be appropriately comprehensive. As there is a global market for agricultural commodities it is important that agricultural students have some understanding of world agricultural systems and a new chapter on this subject is now included.

Increased yield demand due to rapidly increasing population, changing climate impact on crops and their growing seasons, economic and regulatory updates have significantly impacted crop husbandry since the publication of the 9^th edition in 2014. Just as previous editions have built upon the solid foundation of the original 1966 publication, this 10^th edition of Lockhart & Wiseman's Crop Husbandry Including Grassland reflects the changing world around us.

Part I covers the principles of crop production with chapters concerning plants, climate, soil management, fertilisers, manures, weeds and diseases threatening farm crops. Part II focuses on crop husbandry techniques. Reflecting current progress, chapters have been re-aligned to address the integration of sustainability across the board in crop production. The revision includes additional focus on the principles of plant breeding and seed production, and now addresses certification considerations necessary for today’s agriculture.

Part III explores core crops from cereals to non-food crops before the book concludes with Part IV’s coverage of grassland and forage crops. Appendix material provides valuable additional reference and resource information for deeper discovery.

This tenth edition of Lockhart and Wiseman’s Crop Husbandry Including Grassland is relevant for students throughout the UK and Europe as well as for those entering agriculture from other areas of expertise who need strong foundational understanding of the topic. It is a useful reference book for agricultural National Diploma courses, Foundation Degrees and BSc degrees and is important for Masters level students entering agriculture from another discipline.

Returning contributor Alison M. Samuel was Senior Associate Lecturer at the University of Plymouth, UK and now acts as lead editor for the work alongside Louisa Dines, Harper Adams University.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Woodhead Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2022
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0323857027
• ISBN 13: 9780323857024
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 694
• Redattore: Samuel Alison, Dines Louisa, Finch Steve, Lane Gerry P.
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