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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| The Industry-Scope And Development | |
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| Geographical Location in the United States | |
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| Foreign Competition with United States Flower Crops | |
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| Opportunities and Occupations in the Floriculture | |
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| Types Of Plant Growing Structures | |
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| Greenhouses | |
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| Financing, Locating, and Sizing a Greenhouse Facility | |
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| Control of the Greenhouse Environment | |
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| Effects Of Environmental Factors On Plant Growth | |
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| The Plant | |
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| Light | |
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| Temperature 121 | |
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| Gases | |
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| Growing Media | |
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| Soils: Properties and Makeup | |
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| Artificial Soils | |
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| Sterilization Pasteurization of Growing Media | |
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| Nutrition And Watering | |
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| Essential Elements for Plant Growth | |
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| Fertilizers and Methods of Application | |
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| Water: Plant Requirements and Methods of Application | |
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| Plant Propagation | |
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| Sexual Seed Propagation | |
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| Asexual Vegetative Propagation | |
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| Insects, Mites, and Other Invertebrate Greenhouse Pests | |
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| Greenhouse Diseases | |
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| Regulating Plant Growth | |
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| Container Grown Crops | |
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| Containers and the General Handling of Container Grown Crops | |
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| Flowering Plants I | |
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| Flowering Plants II | |
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| Flowering Plants III | |
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| Flowers from Bulbous Species | |
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| Tropical Foliage Plants | |
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| Bedding Plants SECTION 9.CUT FLOWER CROPS | |
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| Major Cut Flowers: Antirrhinum, Dendranthema, Dianthus | |
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| Orchids and Roses | |
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| Minor Cut Flower Crops | |
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| Postharvest Handling And Marketing Of Potted Plants And Cut Flowers | |
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| Harvesting and Storage Methods | |
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| The Role of the Wholesaler in the Marketing and Distribution of Floriculture Crops | |
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| The Retail Florist, Mass Market, and Other Outlets | |
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| A Partial List of Boom Irrigation Manufacturers and Suppliers | |
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| 1993 List of Association of Natural Biocontrol Products Supplier Members | |
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| University Plant Disease Laboratories in the United States and Canada | |
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| Formula for Preparing a Citric Acid Hydrating Solution | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |