The growth of bulbs;: Applied aspects of the physiology of ornamental bulbous crop plants, (Applied botany)

The Growth of Bulbs: Applied Aspects of the Physiology of Ornamental Bulbous Crop Plants presents an account of ornamental bulbs as plants and as crops, with emphasis on scientific aspects of bulb growing, bulb treatment, and bulb forcing. While the account is biased towards British bulb growing, it also introduces bulb growing in other parts of the world, especially in the Netherlands, the United States, Israel, and Japan. The book's opening chapter discusses the origins of bulbous plants, how they became important as crop plants, and how the various forms now widely grown had been developed. This is followed by separate chapters on bulb types, structure, morphology, development and periodicity; bulb growth and productivity; flower initiation and differentiation; and the storage of bulbs. Subsequent chapters cover bulb physiology and metabolism, bulb disorders, and bulb pests and diseases. The book concludes with reflections on the form of the plant of the future. Content: APPLIED BOTANY: A Series of Monographs , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Editor's Foreword , Page v Preface , Page vii Acknowledgements , Page viii Dedication , Page xii Chapter 1 - Bulbs as crop plants: their origins and present distribution , Pages 1-16 Chapter 2 - Bulb structure, morphology, development and periodicity , Pages 17-44 Chapter 3 - Growth and productivity , Pages 45-71 Chapter 4 - The initiation and growth of bulbs , Pages 72-97 Chapter 5 - Flower initiation and differentiation , Pages 98-115 Chapter 6 - The storage of bulbs , Pages 116-146 Chapter 7 - Post-storage development , Pages 147-183 Chapter 8 - Physiology and metabolism , Pages 184-234 Chapter 9 - Physiological disorders , Pages 235-250 Chapter 10 - Pests and diseases of bulbs , Pages 251-268 Chapter 11 - The future , Pages 269-272 References , Pages 273-291 Author Index , Pages 293-297 Subject Index , Pages 299-311