Greenhouse Ecosystems: Volume 20
Published on 1. July 1999
Book
Hardback
434 pages
978-0-444-88267-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book - the first, integrated treatment of the greenhouse ecosystem - consists of sixteen chapters by an international list of expert authorities and is divided into four parts.
The first section consists of four chapters describing greenhouses, their history and geographical distribution; their mechanical structures, light - transmitting cladding and environmental control mechanisms; the way in which these modify the greenhouse's aerial microclimate and root environments.
The second section contains six chapters dealing with the biological contents of greenhouses; the most widely grown edible fruit and salad crops, ornamental flower and foliage crops; the diseases and the pests attacking these crops and the growers cultivating them.
The third section has four chapters dealing with the flows of energy, carbon, water and nutrients within and across the boundaries of the greenhouse.
The two chapters of the fourth section describe the dynamic simulation models which have been used to calculate the potential yields of greenhouse crops and to optimize their management.
The volume's many-faceted approach makes it a unique information resource for those concerned with research and analysis of greenhouse management as well as the ecology of this most intensive and controlled of agroecosystems.
The first section consists of four chapters describing greenhouses, their history and geographical distribution; their mechanical structures, light - transmitting cladding and environmental control mechanisms; the way in which these modify the greenhouse's aerial microclimate and root environments.
The second section contains six chapters dealing with the biological contents of greenhouses; the most widely grown edible fruit and salad crops, ornamental flower and foliage crops; the diseases and the pests attacking these crops and the growers cultivating them.
The third section has four chapters dealing with the flows of energy, carbon, water and nutrients within and across the boundaries of the greenhouse.
The two chapters of the fourth section describe the dynamic simulation models which have been used to calculate the potential yields of greenhouse crops and to optimize their management.
The volume's many-faceted approach makes it a unique information resource for those concerned with research and analysis of greenhouse management as well as the ecology of this most intensive and controlled of agroecosystems.
Reviews / Votes
(L.H. Allen, Jr.)The topics of greenhouse energy balance and microclimate are discussed in several of the chapters; and this is one of the strong points of the book. A table is provided that cross references a number of available greenhouse simulation models.(...)this book really does fill a role in describing greenhouse environments as specialized highly modified, highly controlled, and highly managed ecosystems.(...)There are many positive aspects of this book, too numerous to mention.
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This book - the first, integrated treatment of the greenhouse ecosystem - consists of sixteen chapters by an international list of expert authorities(...)The volume's many-faceted approach makes it a unique information resource for those concerned with research and analysis of greenhouse management as well as the ecology of this most intensive and controlled of agroecosystems.
Acta Horticulturae, Vol. 3
(J.E. Bedger, School of the Chicago Botanic Garden)
(...)an extensive treatment of greenhouses and their artificial environments. Sixteen chapters written by a number of international experts describe greenhouses and their history, geography and operational details.(...)Each chapter includes extensive references for further details on each topic related to greenhouses. There are systematic lists of genera mentioned and subjects treated in the course of this book. Given 'Greenhouse Ecosystems' comprehensive and historical approach, it will appeal to researchers, students, designers, educators and horticulturists of all persuasions.
Chicago Botanic Garden - Current Book Reviews
(J. &Cbreve;atsky)
The book is well edited and produced...I am convinced that the book will be welcome by plant scientists interested in the experimental treatment of the plant response to greenhouse environment.
Photosynthetics, Vol. 37/4
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Weight
1190 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-444-88267-7 (9780444882677)
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Born in London, UK 1929, G. Stanhill was educated in Llandudno, N. Wales, and worked in agriculture and horticulture 1945-1949. He graduated (B.Sc.) in Horticulture in 1953 and (Ph.D.) in Horticultural Climatology in 1956 from University of Reading, UK and worked as a Scientific Officer at the Irrigation Division, National Vegetable Research Station, Wellesbourne, UK 1954-1958. Since 1958 he has been a scientist at the Institute of Soils and Water, Agricultural Research Organization, Israel, working in the following roles: Head of Department of Agricultural Meteorology, 1956-1977; Director of Institute 1977-1980; Full research Professor since 1970, Emeritus since 1994. G. Stanhill took Sabbatical leaves at the Ecology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tenessee, USA, 1968-1969; Lord Marks Fellow at Botany School, University of Cambridge and Overseas Fellow, St. John's College, Cambridge, UK 1975-1976; Visiting Professor at Soil and Water Science Department, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA, 1986; Sir Frederick Master Fellow, C.S.I.R.O. Division of Water Resources, Canberra and Griffith, Australia 1993; Visiting scholar Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, UK 1994.
He is the author of 145 scientific publications in agricultural meteorology, agricultural radiation and energy balance and climatic change, and is married with three children. Born in Bad-Nauheim, Germany 1933, H. Zvi Enoch lived in Denmark (1933-43, 1945-63) and Sweden (1943-45) until he immigrated to Israel in 1963. Enoch graduated in 1959 (B.Sc. in agronomy) and 1963 (Ph.D. in Soil Physics and Agrometeorolgy) from The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University in Copenhagen, Denmark. From 1959-63 he worked at The Department of Soil Physics and Agrometeorology (Hydroteknisk Laboratorium), The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University in Copenhagen and since 1963 to the present, at The Institute of Soils and Water, The Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet-Dagan, Israel. From 1969 to 74 he was the 'Israeli counter-part-Biologist' to an FAO project at Bet Dagan, Israel, which built a greenhouse research center with about ten glass and/or plastic clad greenhouses and nine 50m3 large phytotrons equipped for gas-exchange measurements and with weighing lysimeters. H. Zvi Enoch has been a visiting scientist at The Department of Plant Physiology, Horticulture Research International (formerly The Glass House Crops Research Institute) at Littlehampton, West Sussex, England, UK, 1970-71; The Department of Agricultural Engineering, Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan, 1978; lecturer at the Graduate School of Forestry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA, 1980-81; Visiting Research Fellow at The Department of Ecology at Connecticut Agricultural Research Station, New Haven, CT, USA 1981; in 1986 he was a visiting scientist (Directeur de Recherche) at the Department of Ecology at The University of Paris, Orsay, France and in 1992 and 1993 visiting scientist at The Division of Biological Sciences at Lancaster University, Lancaster, England, UK. During 1996 he was visiting scientist at The Institute of Botany, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark, and 1996-97 visiting scientist to The Mae Fah Luang Foundation in Doi Tung and Bangkok, Thailand; in 1997 he was visiting scientist to The Institute of Agrome
He is the author of 145 scientific publications in agricultural meteorology, agricultural radiation and energy balance and climatic change, and is married with three children. Born in Bad-Nauheim, Germany 1933, H. Zvi Enoch lived in Denmark (1933-43, 1945-63) and Sweden (1943-45) until he immigrated to Israel in 1963. Enoch graduated in 1959 (B.Sc. in agronomy) and 1963 (Ph.D. in Soil Physics and Agrometeorolgy) from The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University in Copenhagen, Denmark. From 1959-63 he worked at The Department of Soil Physics and Agrometeorology (Hydroteknisk Laboratorium), The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University in Copenhagen and since 1963 to the present, at The Institute of Soils and Water, The Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet-Dagan, Israel. From 1969 to 74 he was the 'Israeli counter-part-Biologist' to an FAO project at Bet Dagan, Israel, which built a greenhouse research center with about ten glass and/or plastic clad greenhouses and nine 50m3 large phytotrons equipped for gas-exchange measurements and with weighing lysimeters. H. Zvi Enoch has been a visiting scientist at The Department of Plant Physiology, Horticulture Research International (formerly The Glass House Crops Research Institute) at Littlehampton, West Sussex, England, UK, 1970-71; The Department of Agricultural Engineering, Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan, 1978; lecturer at the Graduate School of Forestry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA, 1980-81; Visiting Research Fellow at The Department of Ecology at Connecticut Agricultural Research Station, New Haven, CT, USA 1981; in 1986 he was a visiting scientist (Directeur de Recherche) at the Department of Ecology at The University of Paris, Orsay, France and in 1992 and 1993 visiting scientist at The Division of Biological Sciences at Lancaster University, Lancaster, England, UK. During 1996 he was visiting scientist at The Institute of Botany, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark, and 1996-97 visiting scientist to The Mae Fah Luang Foundation in Doi Tung and Bangkok, Thailand; in 1997 he was visiting scientist to The Institute of Agrome
Content
Preface. List of Contributors. The History and Geography of the Greenhouse (H.Z. Enoch, Y. Enoch). Greenhouse Structures (Chr. von Zabeltitz). Physical Principles of Microclimate Modification (W. Day, B.J. Bailey). The Root Medium (S. Dasberg). Edible Foliage and Fruit Crops (J.H. Groenewegen). Cut Flowers in the Greenhouse (A.M. Armitage, I. Socolovski). Indoor Ornamental Foliage and Flowering Pot Plants (C.A. Conover et al.). Plant Diseases in Greenhouses (Y. Elad). Arthropod Fauna (M.P. Parrella). Humans - Health, Psychological and Sociological Factors (P. Lundqvist). Energy Cycle (A. Baille). The Greenhouse Carbon Cycle (C. Gary, A. Baille). The Water Cycle (O. Jolliet). The Nutrient Cycle (S. Dasberg). Potential Production Within the Greenhouse Environment (H. Challa, M. Bakker). Optimal Dynamic Management of the Greenhouse Climate (I. Seginer). Systematic List of Genera. Author index. Systematic index. General index.