Greenhouse Management

Greenhouse Management

A Guide to Operations and Technology

  • Publisher: Apex Publishers
  • Author: Ted Goldammer
  • Publication Date: April 2025
  • Printing History: Third Edition
  • ISBN (13): 979-8-89766-348-4
  • Page Content: 506 pages
  • Book Cover: Soft cover-nylon matte scuff resistant Layflat film lamination
  • Binding: Perfect
  • Trim size: 8 1/2" x 11"
  • Tables: 41
  • Photographs: 294
  • Illustrations: 38
  • Printed in U.S.A.

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About this Book

Greenhouse Management: A Guide to Operations and Technology is a complete reference book on greenhouse technologies and operations, and the science of growing crops. Written in laymen’s terms, the book systematically starts the reader off by providing an in-depth discussion on greenhouse structures, design, and glazing; heating, cooling, and environmental control systems; growing media; temperature and lighting; carbon dioxide enrichment; plant nutrition, irrigation, and fertigation; seed/plant propagation; chemical growth regulation; and pest management. Finally, a series of appendices provide numerous data relevant to greenhouse management and operations. The information in this book is distilled from a variety of sources, including scientific literature, extension publications, trade publications, reader feedback, and industry experts, who have generously shared their years of experience. This book also has the added value of numerous citations to more in-depth discussion on many topics. The book is thoughtfully organized in an easy-to-read format presenting a seamless flow of topics within chapters. Greenhouse Management has removed some of the intuition and guesswork in understanding greenhouse operations. The result is a more consistent product of higher quality providing a practical “real world” application of greenhouse operations. The primary audience includes growers, technical industry representatives, and university horticulture students.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. Greenhouse Structures and Design

Chapter 2. Greenhouse Glazing

Chapter 3. Greenhouse Curtain Systems

Chapter 4. Greenhouse Mechanization and Material Handling

Chapter 5. Greenhouse Heating

Chapter 6. Greenhouse Ventilation and Cooling

Chapter 7. Greenhouse Environmental Monitoring Systems

Chapter 8. Greenhouse Lighting

Chapter 9. Carbon Dioxide Enrichment in Greenhouses

Chapter 10. Temperature Requirements for Greenhouse Crops

Chapter 11. Managing Vapor Pressure Deficit in Greenhouses

Chapter 12. Growing Media for Greenhouse Crop Crops

Chapter 13. Greenhouse Soil Pasteurization, Fumigation, and Solarization

Chapter 14. Greenhouse Plant Containers

Chapter 15. Greenhouse Production Systems

Chapter 16. Irrigating Greenhouse Crops

Chapter 17. Micro-Irrigation for Greenhouse Crops

Chapter 18. Irrigation Water for Greenhouses

Chapter 19. Greenhouse Water Treatment and Filtration

Chapter 20. Fertigation in Greenhouse Production

Chapter 21. Plant Nutrition of Greenhouse Crops

Chapter 22. Fertilizers for Greenhouse Crops

Chapter 23. Plant Growth Regulators for Greenhouse Crops

Chapter 24. Plant Propagation from Seed

Chapter 25. Vegetative Plant Propagation

Chapter 26. Integrated Pest Management in Greenhouses

Chapter 27. Greenhouse Insect and Mite Management

Chapter 28. Greenhouse Disease Management

Chapter 29. Greenhouse Pesticides

Chapter 30. Pesticide Application in Greenhouses

Chapter 31. Artificial Intelligence in Greenhouses

Appendices

Glossary

References

Index