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Cengage Your College Experience Strategies for Success the Reader 2005 Edition by John N. Gardner, A Jewler
Introducing the essentials concepts of college success and complimenting them with short readings, the goal of this book is to offer the student the opportunity to evaluate information, think critically and engage in thoughtful debate about the combination of text/readings. Using the best selling and well-respected material of Gardner/Jewler, the authors have pared down the essential material and core concepts. One or two short readings and numerous discussion questions complete each short chapter. Table of contents :- Chapter 1: Geographical Location in the United States. Chapter 2: Foreign Competition with United States Flower Crops. Chapter 3: Opportunities and Occupations in the Floriculture Production Industry. Chapter 4: Greenhouses. Chapter 5: Financing, Locating and Sizing a Greenhouses Facility. Chapter 6: Control of the Greenhouses Environment. Chapter 7: The Plant. Chapter 8: Light. Chapter 9: Temperature. Chapter 10: Gases. Chatper 11: Soils: Properties and Makeup. Chapter 12: Artificial Soils. Chapter 13: Sterilization (Pasteurization) of Growing Media. Chapter 14: Essential Elements for Plant Growth. Chapter 15: Fertilizers and Methods of Application. Chapter 16: Water: Plant Requirements and Methods of Application. Chapter 17: Sexual (Seed) Propagation. Chapter 18: Asexual (Vegetative) Propagation. Chapter 19: Containers and the General Handling of Container Grown Crops. Chapter 20: Flowering Plants I. Chapter 21: Flowering Plants II. Chapter 22: Flowering Plants III. Chapter 23: Flowers from Bulbous Species. Chapter 24: Tropical Foliage Plants. Chapter 25: Bedding Plants. Chapter 26: Major Cut Flowers: Antirrhinum, Pendranthema, Dianthus. Chapter 27: Orchids and Roses. Chapter 28: Minor Cut Flower Crops. Chapter 29: Harvesting and Storage Methods. Chapter 30: The Role of the Wholesaler in the Marketing and Distribution of Floriculture Crops. Chapter 31: The Retail Florist, Mass Market and Other Outlets. Appendices. Glossary. Index.