Organic Seed Production and Saving (eBook)

Bryan Connolly (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2011 | Revised and updated edition
128 Seiten
Chelsea Green Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-60358-354-1 (ISBN)

Infos

The skills of seed saving are vital for small organic food producers and the whole of agriculture. Farmers and gardeners need to be able to produce their seeds as a basic, inalienable way to control their means of production.Part of the NOFA guides. Includes information on:Strengths and limitations of hybrid varietiesBefore you grow the seed (selecting varieties, saving seed and improving crops, intellectual property rights)Growing seed (pollination biology, harvesting, cleaning, storage, germination testing)Details on individual crops (amaranth, crucifers, beets and chard, lettuce, cucurbits, corn and small grains, nightshades, root veggies)Plus detailed appendices including more info on seed cleaning, seed companies, and more.

Inhalt

1. Strengths and limitations of hybrid varieties

2. Before you grow the seed

3. Growing seed

4. Details on growing individual crops

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.4.2011
• Reihe/Serie: Organic Principles and Practices Handbook Series
• Reihe/Serie: Organic Principles and Practices Handbook Series
• Reihe/Serie: Organic Principles and Practices Handbook Series
• Co-Autor: C. R. Lawn
• Illustrationen: Jocelyn Langer
• Zusatzinfo: Black and white illustrations
• Verlagsort: White River Junction
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Garten
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• Schlagworte: agricultural biodiversity • crop varieties • Genetic Erosion • growing organic • heirloom cultivar • heirloom plant varieties • heritage seeds • how to harvest seeds • how to save seeds • indigenous farming practices and techniques • landraces • Nofa • open pollination • organic • organic agricultural systems • Organic Farming • Organic Gardening • organic growing • saving seeds • seed breeding • seed catalog • seeds • seed saving • seed to seed
• ISBN-10: 1-60358-354-8 / 1603583548
• ISBN-13: 978-1-60358-354-1 / 9781603583541