| Description |
1 online resource (235 p.) |
| Series |
Agricultural Science Ser |
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Agricultural Science Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Book title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- About the series -- Key features of the book -- Chapter 1 Plant propagation -- Types of plant propagation -- The plant nursery -- Vegetable crops grown from seed in a nursery -- Advantages of raising seedlings in a nursery -- Conditions for successful nursery seed germination -- Processes in the nursery -- Sowing seeds in the nursery -- Chapter 2 Natural and artificial vegetative propagation -- Definitions of natural and artificial vegetative reproduction -- Natural vegetative propagation |
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Purposes of artificial vegetative propagation -- Methods of artificial vegetative propagation: division -- Methods of artificial vegetative propagation: cuttings -- Methods of artificial vegetative propagation: grafting -- Methods of artificial vegetative propagation: budding -- Chapter 3 Rabbit rearing -- Why should we rear rabbits? -- Explanation of terms -- Breeds of rabbit -- Management and care -- Breeding of rabbits -- Housing and equipment -- Pests and diseases -- Chapter 4 Livestock management: sheep and goats -- How is a goat different from a sheep? |
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The economic importance of livestock -- Breeds of sheep and goats -- Management and care of sheep and goats -- Sheep and goat products -- Biotechnology in sheep and goat production -- Chapter 5 Chemicals in agriculture -- Why chemicals are used in agriculture -- Classification of the range of chemicals used -- Herbicides -- Insecticides -- Fertilisers -- Plant hormones -- Chemicals used on animals -- Chapter 6 Handling and storage of agrochemicals -- Safety precautions when using agrochemicals -- Preparing agrochemicals -- Applying agrochemicals -- Storage of agrochemicals |
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Transportation of agrochemicals -- Disposing of waste agrochemicals and containers -- Safe periods for harvesting crops and slaughtering animals -- Effects of agrochemical misuse -- Chapter 7 Plant protection -- The importance of plant protection -- Agents affecting plant productivity -- Methods of plant protection -- Biological plant protection -- Use of resistant plant varieties -- Mechanical control methods -- Using agrochemicals -- Cultural methods -- Integrated pest management -- Chapter 8 The importance of air, water and cycles in nature -- The importance of air to agriculture |
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The importance of water to agriculture -- The water cycle -- The nutrient cycle -- The nitrogen cycle -- The carbon cycle -- Chapter 9 Forestry and forest conservation -- What is a forest? -- What is forestry? -- Types of forest found in the Caribbean -- The benefits of forests -- The importance of forests for ecological balance -- Sustainable development -- Common forest trees in the Caribbean -- Practices in forest conservation -- Chapter 10 Apiculture -- What is apiculture? -- Types of bees -- The importance of bees in agriculture -- Beekeeping management and care |
| Summary |
- Explore regional and global practices and developments in agriculture. - Review career options in an increasingly lucrative and essential sector. - Enhance understanding of the relevance of agriculture with a project-based approach to select topics. - Prepare for study at the CSEC level with a dedicated project-based chapter scalable to other topics and SBA research at the CSEC level. - Consolidate learning with a clear chapter objectives and end of chapter evaluation |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Pest and disease management |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Vesprey, Augustine
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Berahzer, Edmund
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| ISBN |
9781398307407 |
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1398307408 |
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