Geilfus C.-M. Controlled Environment Horticulture: Improving Quality of Vegetables and Medicinal Plants

Springer, 2019. — 230 p. — ISBN: 978-3-030-23196-5.Садоводство Окружающей среды, которым управляют: Улучшение Качества Овощей и Лекарственных растений
An understanding of crop physiology and ecophysiology enables the horticulturist to manipulate a plant’s metabolism towards the production of compounds that are beneficial for human health when that plant is part of the diet or the source of phytopharmaceutical compounds.
The first part of the book introduces the concept of Controlled Environment Horticulture as a horticultural production technique used to maximize yields via the optimization of access to growing factors. The second part describes the use of this production technique in order to induce stress responses in the plant via the modulation of these growing factors and, importantly, the way that this manipulation induces defence reactions in the plant resulting in the production of compounds beneficial for human health. The third part provides guidance for the implementation of this knowledge in horticultural production.Protected Cropping in Horticulture
Plant Secondary Compounds
Hydroponic Systems in Horticulture
Controllable Production Factors in Horticulture
Light
Nutrient Deficiencies
Salt Stress
Drought Stress
Thermal Stress
Wounding
Mycorrhiza
Microbial and Plant-Based Biostimulants
Mineral Biofortification
CO2 Enrichment
Hormones
Intercropping
Exercises
Acrylamide Concentrations of Deep-Fried Potatoes
Enrichment of Anthocyanin in Pak Choi
Improving Flavour of Tomatoes
Biofortification of Carrots
Enrichment of Flavonoids in Lettuce
Effect of Germination Substrates on Tomato Plants