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Managing Turfgrass Pests
CRC Press 2013; US$ 149.95Written by three of the top professionals in the turfgrass field, Managing Turfgrass Pests, Second Edition brings together hundreds of solutions and best practices to help you manage turfgrass weeds, diseases, and insects more effectively. Since the publication of the bestselling first edition, advances in pest-resistant turfgrass cultivars and pest... more...
Knott's Handbook for Vegetable Growers
Wiley 2013; US$ 99.95The leading one-stop reference for commercial vegetable growers for more than 50 years Rooted in tradition, branching out to the future. For more than half a century, Knott's Handbook for Vegetable Growers has provided generations of commercial growers with the most timely, accessible, and useful information available on the subject. The Fifth Edition... more...
Perennial Garden Color
Texas A&M University Press 2013; US$ 30.00Gardeners in Texas and the South face their own special problems with climate and growing seasons, and they need a guide written specifically for the region in order to have the greatest chance of success. William C. Welch?s Perennial Garden Color directly fills this need, and for years gardeners have relied on this book to aid their efforts to... more...
An Introduction to Plant Breeding
Wiley 2013; US$ 104.95Plants have been successfully selectively bred for thousands of years, culminating in incredible yields, quality, resistance and so on that we see in our modern day crops and ornamental plants. In recent years the techniques used have been rapidly advanced and refined to include molecular, cell and genetic techniques. An Introduction to Plant Breeding... more...
The Apothecaries' Garden
The History Press 2013; US$ 13.11Founded in 1673 by the Society of Apothecaries, the Chelsea Physic Garden led the world for over 300 years in the research and classification of new plants. Sue Minter examines its history and many notable achievements. Foreword by H R H The Prince of Wales. more...
The Garden Club of America
Smithsonian 2013; US$ 29.95How women changed the American landscape from planting war victory gardens to saving the redwoods, beautifying the highway to creating horticultural standards. In 1904, Elizabeth Price Martin founded the Garden Club of Philadelphia. In 1913, twelve garden clubs in the eastern and central United States signed an agreement to form the Garden Guild.... more...
Plant Breeding Reviews
Wiley 2013; US$ 225.00Contents 1. Bikram Gill: Cytogeneticist and Wheat Man - 1 2. Synthetic Hexaploids: Harnessing Species of the Primary Gene Pool for Wheat Improvement - 35 3. Breeding Early and Extra-Early Maize for Resistance to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses in Sub-Saharan Africa - 123 4. Almond Breeding - 207 5. Breeding Loquat - 259 6. ... more...
Water Use Efficiency for Irrigated Turf and Landscape
CSIRO Publishing 2013; US$ 138.95Covers all aspects of water management in irrigated urban open space areas and how to achieve high water use efficiency. more...
Culture and Horticulture
North Atlantic Books 2013; US$ 17.95Various studies have shown time and again that small organic farms and home gardens are capable of producing more food per acre with less fossil energy than large-scale commercial agricultural installations dependent on machines and toxic chemical fertilizers and pesticides. This classic book by Wolf D. Storl, a respected elder in the practice of permaculture,... more...
Kirstenbosch - the most beautiful garden in Africa
Random House Struik 2012; US$ 28.00This centenary publication tells the story of its establishment, its setbacks and triumphs, its benefactors and heros. It outlines the Garden's scientific eminence - as the repository of knowledge on our prized flora - and details many attractions that make it a favourite destination for Capetonians and visitors alike. more...









