Lockhart and Wiseman’s Crop Husbandry Including Grassland

A new and current release in this comprehensive resource on emerging trends and topics surrounding crop husbandry and crop varieties

Alison Samuel (Edited by), Louisa Dines (Edited by), Steve Finch (Edited by), Gerry P. Lane (Edited by)

9780323857024, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 22 October 2022

694 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 4.2 cm, 1 kg

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.

1. Plants 2. Climate and weather 3. Soil health and management 4. Fertilisers and manures 5. Weeds 6. Diseases 7. Pests 8. Sustainable Crop Production Techniques 9. Precision crop production 10. Organic Crop Husbandry 11. Principles of plant breeding, seed production and certification 12. World Agricultural Systems 13. Cereals 14. Oilseeds and Pulse crops 15. Root Crops 16. Energy and industrial crops 17. Fresh produce 18. Arable forage crops 19. Introduction to grass production 20. Establishing and improving grassland 21. Grazing management 22. Conservation of grass and forage crops

Subject Areas: Agronomy & crop production [TVK], Grasslands, heaths, prairies, tundra [RGBC]