Strawberry High-Quality and High-Yield New Technology (Second Revision Edition)

Author: Tang Liangnan, Yang Xiuyuan (editors)
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Publishing Date: 2005-12-01
Features: This book was compiled and revised by Dr. Tang Liangnan and others from the Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. It was first published in November 1992 and revised in May 1996. By the first half of 2005, it had been printed 12 times and distributed nearly 250,000 copies, receiving widespread acclaim from readers. This revision adds many introductions of new and excellent varieties. Throughout the content, it focuses on promoting the application of new technologies, especially in the sections on soil, fertilizer, and water management, as well as pest, disease, and weed control, highlighting organic cultivation techniques. The book covers the following aspects: an overview of strawberry production, the morphology and characteristics of strawberries, major new and excellent varieties, propagation and seedling cultivation, open-field cultivation, protected cultivation, cold storage control cultivation, pot cultivation, pest, disease, and weed control, as well as strawberry harvesting, storage, and processing techniques. The content is systematic, technologically advanced, well-illustrated, easy to understand, and highly practical. It is suitable for (farmers), strawberry specialists, horticultural technicians, and students and teachers of relevant majors in agricultural and forestry colleges.