1st Edition

Temperate Horticulture for Sustainable Development and Environment Ecological Aspects

    416 Pages 13 Color & 63 B/W Illustrations
    by Apple Academic Press

    416 Pages 13 Color & 63 B/W Illustrations
    by Apple Academic Press

    416 Pages 13 Color & 63 B/W Illustrations
    by Apple Academic Press

    Ecological and genetic control of plant resistance to unfavorable environmental influences is being carried out all over the world, and new varieties and hybrids of plants are being created, resulting in rich, new information and innovative new methods of cultivation. This new volume, Temperate Horticulture for Sustainable Development and Environment: Ecological Aspects, explores the vast biotic diversity in horticulture, with a focus on sustainable development in today's deteriorating environment. The book offers new technologies for a wide range of horticultural crops, including vegetables, fruit, berries, and flowers. The information presented here is the result of original experiments and study of leading specialists in horticulture, plant breeding, and related areas.





    Part 1, Innovation in the Field of Vegetable Growing, looks at several completely new methods for increasing the yield of potatoes and cucumbers. The second part. The Arctic Berries: Ecology and Biochemistry presents an abundance of data on the phytocenotic properties of wild-growing and cultivated berry plants and of arctic raspberry and blueberry in natural populations of taiga zones. The authors studied berry crops, cranberry, Arctic bramble, blueberry, Arctic raspberry, cowberry, growing on the boggy soil and peatlands in taiga zones.





    Part 3, Decorative Plants: Breeding and Biochemistry, provides an overview of winter garden plants and their successful cultivation, looks at the range of resistance to salinization and other stresses of ornamental plants growing, and presents a biochemical analysis of biological active compounds and antioxidants among various species of the genus Aloe.





    Part 4, on Fruit Growing and Breeding, reviews various technologies for the cultivation of various fruits and presents an overview of data on breeding rare fruit crop.





    This volume will be useful for the scientific community, ecologists, geneticists, breeders, and industry professionals interested in using science to implement practical applications in production of fruits, vegetables, and flowers.

    Introduction

    Larissa I. Weisfeld and Gennady E. Zaikov

    Potato Production in Various Soils and Climatic Conditions

    Rafail A. Afanas'ev, Genrietta E. Merzlaya, and Michail O. Smirnov

    Innovations in the System of Accelerated Propagation of Potato Minituber

    Oleg S. Khutinaev, Boris V. Anisimov, and Nizam E. Shabanov

    "Snow Technology" of Potato Cultivation

    Sarra A. Bekuzarova, Zarema A. Bolieva, Soltan S. Basiev, and Alina S. Basieva

    The Use of Wood Wastes of Coniferous When Growing Cucumber Seedlings

    Genrietta E. Merzlaya, R. A. Afanas'ev, Michail O. Smirnov, and Sarra A. Bekuzarova

    Biochemical Composition of Fruits of Wild Growing Berry Plants

    Ekaterina A. Luginina, and Tatyana L. Egoshina

    Cultivation of Arctic Raspberry on Mesotrophic Bogs: Phytocenotic Study in Various Ecological Conditions

    Yulia V. Gudovskikh, Tatyana L. Egoshina, Anastasya V. Kislitsyna, and Ekaterina A. Luginina

    Blueberry Resources Characteristics in Natural Populations and the Prospects of Cultivation in the Taiga Zone

    Natalya V. Kapustina, Ekaterina A. Luginina, and Tatyana L. Egoshina

    Tolerance Improvement of Indoor Plants

    Anatoly Iv. Opalko, Larissa I. Weisfeld, Sarra A. Bekuzarova, Alexey ¿. Burakov, Olga ¿. Opalko, and Fyodor A. Tatarinov

    Evaluation of Salt Resistance of Flowering Plants in the Simulated Conditions

    Nina A. Bome, Marina V. Semenova, Konstantin P. Korolev, Nina V. Biserova, and Alexander Ya. Bome

    Biological Active Compounds Search Among Aloe Spp.

    Natalia N. Sazhina, Peter V. Lapshin, and Nataliya V. Zagoskina

    Cultivation of Apple (Malus Domestica Borkh.): Main Growing Regions, Cultivars, Rootstocks, and Technologies

    Mykola O. Bublyk, Lyudmyla O. Barabash, Lyudmyla A. Fryziuk, and Lyubov D. Boldyzheva

    The Productivity of Apple Orchards on the Terraced and Gentle Slopes

    Zhamal H. Bakuev and Liana Ch. Gagloeva

    Hazelnut (Corylus domestica Kos. Et Opal.) Research and Breeding at the National Dendrological Park "Sofiyivka" NAS of Ukraine

    Ivan S. Kosenko, Anatoly Iv. Opalko, Oleksandr A. Balabak, Olga A. Opalko, and Alla V. Balabak

    Results of Rare Fruit Crop Assortment Improvement

    Volodymyr Mezhenskyj

    Ecological Plasticity and Productivity of Black Currant Cultivars under Instability of Environment

    Tatyana V. Zhidyokhina

    Index

    Biography

    Larissa I. Weisfeld, Anatoly I. Opalko, Sarra A. Bekuzarova

    "The book is devoted to solving the actual problems of production of ecologically safe products: potatoes, vegetables, berries, etc., which meets the relevant international requirements. The information contained in the book allows us to consider the problem of safe production of horticultural products as well as gardening and plant growing in a broad ecological aspect, which is of great importance for the moderate and sustainable use of biological resources. Of particular note is the great contribution made by the editors of the book: Larissa Weisfeld, Anatoly Opalko, Sarra Bekuzarova, as well as Gennady Zaikov and Alexander Goloshchapov, as they consider the actualization of this problem. With regard to direct agricultural production, the book indicates the directions on which agriculture can be oriented with the aim of providing the population with environmentally safe and biologically valuable products. . . . An interesting book useful for professionals and entrepreneurs interested in applying the latest scientific achievements."
    —Volodymyr Ar. Doronin, DSc, Professor, Head of Laboratory of the Institute of Bioenergy Crops and Sugar Beet of NAAS, Ukraine

    "The authors study the extensive biotic diversity in the field of horticulture for the purpose of sustainable development of production in current soil and climatic conditions, including anthropogenic pressure on the soil and composition of the air environment harmful to living organisms by chemicals. Researchers of this volume offer new technologies for a wide range of garden plants, including vegetables (potatoes and cucumbers), fruit and berry (apple or berry crops), nut-bearing crops, as well as floral and ornamental plants, including indoor landscaping of office premises and hotel lobbies and winter garden facilities. [This] volume will be useful for the scientific community, including for ecologists; geneticists and breeders; gardeners who are interested in using science for industrial production of fruits, vegetables and flowers; as well as for beginning scientists, such as graduate students and students who want to live their life in science and practice studying scientific material and English-language literature."
    —Valentin V. Polishchuk, DSc, Professor of Uman National University of Horticulture, Dean of the Department of Landscape Architecture, Ukraine