"This book provides an informative global perspective on soilless culture systems (SCS) around the world…the book promises to bring together the current best practice in SCS horticulture to create an important industry reference for all participants." ISHS - Chronica Horticulturae
Soilless cultivation techniques (including hydroponic systems) have attracted growing attention as a way of growing horticultural crops more efficiently without taking up more land. These controlled environment systems are also less vulnerable to climate change and are particularly suited to urban farming as part of the shift to more localised, circular food systems.
Advances in horticultural soilless culture provides a comprehensive assessment of recent research in this important area, paying close attention to the advances in optimising substrates for soilless cultivation, as well as the developments in solid and liquid-medium container systems, fertigation systems, modelling and process control. The collection includes case studies on horticultural crops such as tomatoes, strawberries and ornamentals.
With its distinguished editor and international range of expert authors, Advances in horticultural soilless culture will be a standard reference for university and other researchers involved in horticultural science, hydroponics and soilless cultivation. It will also be a valuable resource for government and other agencies supporting vertical and urban farming systems, as well as companies involved in this sector.
Contributions by: Nazim S. Gruda, Youbin Zheng, Jeb S. Fields, Neil Bragg, Jean Caron, Jean-Charles Michel, Patrizia Zaccheo, Laura Crippa, Francesco Giuffrida, Rosario Paolo Mauro, Yüksel Tüzel, Astrit Balliu, Georgios Nikolaou, Damianos Neocleous, Evangelini Kitta, Nikolaus Katsoulas, Jung-Eek Son, Tae In Ahn, Taewon Moon, Giuseppina Pennisi, Alessandro Pistillo, Elisa Appolloni, Francesco Orsini, Giorgio Gianquinto, Pietro Santamaria, Barbara De Lucia, Angelo Signore, V. Truffault, E. Legast, Mike Nichols, Erik van Os, Arca Kromwijk
