Controlled Environment Horticulture: Improving Quality of Vegetables and Medicinal Plants

Description

An understanding of crop physiology and ecophysiology enables the horticulturist to manipulate a plant’s metabolism towards the production of compounds that are beneficial for human health when that plant is part of the diet or the source of phytopharmaceutical compounds. The first part of the book introduces the concept of Controlled Environment Horticulture as a horticultural production technique used to maximize yields via the optimization of access to growing factors. The second part describes the use of this production technique in order to induce stress responses in the plant via the modulation of these growing factors and, importantly, the way that this manipulation induces defence reactions in the plant resulting in the production of compounds beneficial for human health. The third part provides guidance for the implementation of this knowledge in horticultural production. Front Matter ....Pages I-XV Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Introduction (Christoph-Martin Geilfus)....Pages 3-5 Protected Cropping in Horticulture (Christoph-Martin Geilfus)....Pages 7-17 Plant Secondary Compounds (Christoph-Martin Geilfus)....Pages 19-33 Hydroponic Systems in Horticulture (Christoph-Martin Geilfus)....Pages 35-40 Front Matter ....Pages 41-42 Light (Christoph-Martin Geilfus)....Pages 43-56 Nutrient Deficiencies (Christoph-Martin Geilfus)....Pages 57-67 Salt Stress (Christoph-Martin Geilfus)....Pages 69-80 Drought Stress (Christoph-Martin Geilfus)....Pages 81-97 Thermal Stress (Christoph-Martin Geilfus)....Pages 99-111 Wounding (Christoph-Martin Geilfus)....Pages 113-120 Mycorrhiza (Christoph-Martin Geilfus)....Pages 121-129 Microbial and Plant-Based Biostimulants (Christoph-Martin Geilfus)....Pages 131-143 Mineral Biofortification (Christoph-Martin Geilfus)....Pages 145-150 CO2 Enrichment (Christoph-Martin Geilfus)....Pages 151-162 Hormones (Christoph-Martin Geilfus)....Pages 163-173 Intercropping (Christoph-Martin Geilfus)....Pages 175-185 Front Matter ....Pages 187-187 Acrylamide Concentrations of Deep-Fried Potatoes (Christoph-Martin Geilfus)....Pages 189-194 Enrichment of Anthocyanin in Pak Choi (Christoph-Martin Geilfus)....Pages 195-197 Improving Flavour of Tomatoes (Christoph-Martin Geilfus)....Pages 199-205 Biofortification of Carrots (Christoph-Martin Geilfus)....Pages 207-209 Enrichment of Flavonoids in Lettuce (Christoph-Martin Geilfus)....Pages 211-214 Effect of Germination Substrates on Tomato Plants (Christoph-Martin Geilfus)....Pages 215-223 Back Matter ....Pages 225-233