Controlled Environment Horticulture : Improving Quality of Vegetables and Medicinal Plants

Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Unlock the potential of controlled environment horticulture to enhance the quality of vegetables and medicinal plants. This comprehensive guide, authored by Christoph-Martin Geilfus, explores how optimizing growing factors can maximize yields and induce beneficial plant defense reactions. Discover how to manipulate plant metabolism for the production of compounds vital for human health, whether for dietary consumption or phytopharmaceutical sources. The book is structured into three parts, providing an introduction to Controlled Environment Horticulture, detailing its use in inducing plant stress responses, and offering practical guidance for implementation in horticultural production. Perfect for researchers, horticulturists, and anyone interested in advanced plant cultivation techniques. Key Features: * Explores crop physiology and ecophysiology for targeted compound production. * Details techniques for maximizing yields through controlled environments. * Explains how modulated growing factors induce beneficial plant defense reactions. * Provides practical implementation guidance for horticultural production. Product Summary: Controlled Environment Horticulture: Improving Quality of Vegetables and Medicinal Plants, Hardcover, First edition, 233 pages, Written by Christoph-Martin Geilfus, Published by Springer Cham, Release date 02/09/2019, ISBN 9783030231965, English language version.