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Author Patil, Mohan Balasaheb

Title Flower crop cultivation and management
Published Ashland : Delve Publishing, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (316 p.)
Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- ABOUT THE EDITOR -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction To Flower Crops Cultivation -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Benefits of Flower Crop Cultivation -- 1.3 Types of Flower Crops Growing Methods -- 1.4 Categories of Flower Crops -- 1.5 Economic Importance of Flower Production -- 1.6 Global Floriculture Outlook -- 1.7 Career Paths In Flower Crops Production -- Chapter 2 Major Types of Flower Crops -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Bedding Flowers -- 2.3 Flowers -- 2.4 Potted Flowers -- 2.5 Indoor Foliage
2.6 Cut Flowers -- Chapter 3 Tasks Involved In Flower Crops Cultivation -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Deciding What Flowers To Grow And Organizing Their Planting -- 3.3 Preparing Soil For Planting Flowers -- 3.4 Maintaining Flowers Which May Involve Spraying, Pruning, Fertilizing and Watering -- 3.5 Grading And Packing Flowers For Sale -- 3.6 Marketing And Selling Flowers -- 3.7 Transporting Flowers To Buyers or Exporters -- 3.8 Maintaining And Repairing Machinery Such as Pumps and Other Equipment -- 3.9 Hiring and Training Workers, and Ensuring That Their Work Is of a High Standard In Flower Farms
3.10 Ensuring That Health And Safety, And Other Regulations, are Complied With In Flower Farms -- 3.11 Ensuring Market Certification Systems (Such As Quarantine Requirements) Are Up To Date -- 3.12 Keeping Production And Financial Records And Write Reports -- 3.13 Researching Growing And Harvesting Techniques, and New Varieties -- Chapter 4 Propagation Methods of Flower Crops -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Raising Flower Crop From Seeds -- 4.3 Raising Flower Crop Through Vegetative Propagation -- 4.4 Raising Flower Crop Through Tissue Culture -- Chapter 5 Cultivating Flower Crops In Greenhouses
5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Advantages Of Growing Flower Crops in Greenhouses -- 5.3 History Of Growing Flower Crops in Greenhouses -- 5.4 Growing Systems For Flower Crops in A Greenhouse -- 5.5 Characteristics Of Flower Growing Medium in a Greenhouse: -- 5.6 Important Flower Crops Commercially Grown in Greenhouses -- Chapter 6 Challenges And Constraints In Flower Crops Cultivation -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Deficiency Information on New Varieties of Flower Crops -- 6.3 Lack of Precise Information on The Production of Different Flower -- 6.4 Poor Transportation
6.5 Lack of Organized Marketing Co-Operatives -- 6.6 Lack of Research And Development In Floriculture -- 6.7 Lack of Market Intelligence -- 6.8 Lack of Detailed Economic Feasibility Studies -- 6.9 Lack of Streamlined Quality Control Mechanism -- 6.10 Poor Co-Ordination Between Government And Private Agencies Involved In Import And Export of Floriculture Products -- 6.11 Lack of Information on Advanced Cultivation Practices -- 6.12 Lack of Appropriate Planting Materials -- 6.13 Lack of Knowledge About Importing And Exporting Countries -- 6.14 Lack of Quality Consciousness of The Produce
Notes Description based upon print version of record
6.15 Lack of Sale Promotion Activities
Subject Floriculture.
Plants, Cultivated.
Flower gardening.
floriculture.
Flower gardening
Floriculture
Plants, Cultivated
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1774078538
9781774078532