Unit 1 1
Part A Temperature 1
Part B Condition Factors 9
Unit 2 14
Part A Plant Growth Factors Which Affect Nursery Crop Production 14
Part B Pruning 17
Unit 3 25
Part A Sexual Propagation of Flower 25
Part B Management 32
Unit 4 42
Part A Asexual Propagation of Flower 42
Part B Others Asexual Propagation Methods 51
Part A Nursery Container Production Overview 58
Unit 5 58
Part B Potting Media 66
Unit 6 75
Part A Cultivation of Specific Woody Crop Groups 75
Part B Calculating Plant Needs 86
Unit 7 93
Part A General Principles of Postharvest Physiology 93
Part B Storage of Cut Flowers and Potted Plants 105
Unit 8 112
Part A Gerbera 112
Part B Hedera 125
Unit 9 132
Part A Genetic Engineering for Cut-Flower Improvement 132
Part B Geophytes 140
Part A How to Establish a Healthy New Lawn 143
Unit 10 143
Part B Managing Turf in Shade 151
Unit 11 157
Part A Vegetable Seed Savers 157
Part B Storing Seeds for Longevity 165
Unit 12 173
Part A Breeding Methods 173
Part B Plant Improvement 183
Unit 13 191
Part A Growing Tomatoes 191
Part B Vegetable Crops 200
Unit 14 210
Part A RAPD ANALYSIS OF Seed Purity in a Commercial Hybrid Cabbage Cultivar 210
Part B The Polymerase Chain Reaction 221
Part A Propagation of Nursery Stock 228
Unit 15 228
Part B Propagation of Fruit Trees 237
Unit 16 255
Part A Growing Apple Trees 255
Part B Growing Plum Trees 270
Unit 17 282
Part A Pruning of Apple Trees 282
Part B Pruning and Training Fruit Trees 290
Unit 18 303
Part A Breeding Techniques of Apples 303
Part B Evaluation of Fruit 314
参考译文 323
Keys to Exercises 408