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| Preface | |
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| Vegetables and the Vegetable Industry | |
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| Botanical Names of Vegetables Names of Vegetables in Nine Languages | |
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| Edible Flowers | |
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| U.S. Vegetable Production | |
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| Consumption of Vegetables in the U.S. | |
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| World Vegetable Production | |
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| Nutritional Composition of Vegetables | |
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| Plant Growing and Greenhouse Vegetable Production | |
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| Transplant Production | |
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| Plant Growing Containers | |
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| Seeds and Seeding | |
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| Temperature and Time Requirements | |
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| Plant Growing Mixes | |
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| Soil Sterilization | |
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| Fertilizing and Irrigating Transplants | |
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| Plant Growing Problems | |
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| Conditioning Transplants | |
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| Additional Transplant Production Websites and References | |
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| Greenhouse Crop Production | |
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| Cultural Management | |
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| Carbon Dioxide Enrichment | |
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| Soilless Culture | |
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| Nutrient Solutions | |
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| Tissue Composition | |
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| Additional Sources of Information on Greenhouse Vegetables | |
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| Field Planting | |
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| Temperatures for Vegetables | |
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| Scheduling Successive Plantings | |
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| Time Required for Seedling Emergence | |
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| Seed Requirements | |
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| Planting Rates for Large Seeds | |
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| Spacing of Vegetables | |
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| Precision Seeding | |
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| Seed Priming | |
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| Vegetative Propagation | |
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| Polyethylene Mulches | |
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| Row Covers | |
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| Windbreaks | |
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| Additional Sources of Information on Plasticulture | |
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| Soils and Fertilizers | |
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| Nutrient Best Management Practices | |
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| Organic Matter | |
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| Soil-Improving Crops | |
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| Manures | |
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| Soil Texture | |
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| Soil Reaction | |
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| Salinity | |
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| Fertilizers | |
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| Fertilizer Conversion Factors | |
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| Nutrient Absorption | |
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| Plant Analysis | |
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| Soil Tests | |
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| Nutrient Deficiencies | |
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| Micronutrients | |
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| Fertilizer Distributors | |
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| Water and Irrigation | |
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| Suggestions on Supplying Water to Vegetables | |
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| Rooting of Vegetables | |
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| Soil Moisture | |
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| Surface Irrigation | |
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| Overhead Irrigation | |
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| Drip or Trickle Irrigation | |
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| Water Quality | |
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| Vegetable Pests and Problems | |
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| Air Pollution | |
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| Integrated Pest Management | |
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| Soil Solarization | |
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| Pesticide Use Precautions | |
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| Pesticide Application and Equipment | |
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| Vegetable Seed Treatment | |
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| Nematodes | |
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| Diseases | |
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| Insects | |
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| Pest Management in Organic Production Systems | |
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| Wildlife Control | |
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| Weed Management | |
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| Weed Management Strategies | |
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| Weed Identification | |
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| Noxious Weeds | |
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| Weed Control in Organic Farming | |
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| Cover Crops and Rotation in Weed Management | |
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| Herbicides | |
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| Weed Control Recommendations | |
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| Harvesting, Handling, and Storage | |
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| Food Safety | |
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| General Postharvest Handling Procedures | |
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| Predicting Harvest Dates and Yields | |
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| Cooling Vegetables | |
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| Vegetable Storage | |
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| Chilling and Ethylene Injury | |
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| Postharvest Diseases | |
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| Vegetable Quality | |
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| U.S. Standards for Vegetables | |
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| Minimally Processed Vegetables | |
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| Containers for Vegetables | |
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| Vegetable Marketing | |
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| Vegetable Seeds | |
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| Seed Labels | |
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| Seed Germination Tests | |
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| Seed Germination Standards | |
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| Seed Production | |
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| Seed Yields | |
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| Seed Storage | |
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| Vegetable Varieties | |
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| Vegetable Seed Sources | |
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| Appendix | |
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| Sources of Vegetable Information | |
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| Periodicals for Vegetable Growers | |
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| U.S. Units of Measurement | |
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| Conversion Factors for U.S. Units | |
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| Metric Units of Measurement | |
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| Conversion Factors for SI and Non SI Units | |
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| Conversions for Rates of Application | |
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| Water and Soil Solution Conversion Factors | |
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| Heat and Energy Equivalents and Definitions | |
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| Index | |