1Preface
736.4 Rainwater storage
2Chapter 1.Greenhouse
746.4.1 Drain Water Storage Capacity
31.1 Advantages of greenhouse
756.4.2 Cleaning Drain Water
41.1.1 Longer Growing Season
766.4.3 Methods to Clean the Drain Water
51.1.2 Garden in Any Weather
776.5 Exercise
61.1.3 Grow a Wide Variety of Plants
78Chapter 7. Pest Control
71.1.4 Protection from Pests and Predators
797.1 Introduction
81.1.5 Create the Optimum Growing Environment
807.1.1 Aphids
91.1.6 Protect Plants from Bad Weather
817.1.2 Fungus Gnats, Shore Flies and Bloodworms
101.1.7 Go Green with Your Greenhouse
827.1.3 Thrips
111.1.8 Grow Plants without Dangerous Pesticides
837.1.4 Greenhouse and Sweet Potato Whiteflies
121.1.9 Keep Beneficial Insects Inside
847.1.5 Cutworms, Armyworms, Loopers and Other Caterpillars
131.1.10 Easily Customize the Greenhouse to Your Needs
857.1.6 Leafminers
141.1.11 Enjoying Raising Your Own Food
867.1.7 Mealybugs
151.1.12 Save Energy
877.1.8 Mites
161.1.13 Relaxation and Stress Relief
887.1.9 Slugs and Snails
171.2 History of greenhouse
897.2 Sanitation
181.3 Greenhouses Today
907.3 Biological control
191.4 Exercise
917.3.1 Augmentative Biological Control
20Chapter 2.Types of Greenhouse
927.3.2 Different Types of Biological Control Agents
212.1 Greenhouse type based on the shape
937.4 Chemical control: 7.4.1 Pesticide Management
222.2 Greenhouse type based on utility
947.5 Mechanical pest control
232.3 Greenhouse type based on construction
957.5.1 Handpicking:
242.5 Maintenance of greenhouses
967.5.2 Burning:
252.5.1 General Maintenance
977.5.3 Trapping:
262.5.2 Maintaining the Growing Environment
987.5.4 Barriers:
272.6 Exercise
997.5.5 Temperature Control:
28Chapter 3.Greenhouse Climate Control
1007.5.6 Drying:
293.1 Greenhouse cooling system.
1017.5.7 Radiation:
303.1.1 Evaporative Cooling
1027.5.8 Ultrasonic Vibrations:
313.1.2 Pad and Fan Systems
1037.6 Exercise
323.1.3 High-pressure Fog Systems
104Chapter 8. Natural Greenhouse
333.2 Greenhouse heating system
1058.1 Introduction
343.2.1 Conduction
1068.2 History: 8.2.1 Description
353.2.2 Convection
1078.3 Mechanism
363.2.3 Radiation
1088.4 Role in climate change
373.3 Factors Affecting Heat Loss
1098.5 Causes of Greenhouse Effect
383.4 Other Heating System Design Considerations
1108.5.1 Burning of Fossil Fuels
393.5 Ventilation
1118.5.2 Deforestation
403.6 Exercise
1128.5.3 Farming
41Chapter 4. Greenhouse Production
1138.5.4 Industrial Waste and Landfills
424.1 Introduction
1148.6 Effects of Greenhouse Effect
434.2 Choice of the species
1158.6.1 Global Warming
444.3 Choice of the cultivar
1168.6.2 Depletion of Ozone Layer
454.4 Traditional versus innovative greenhouse production
1178.6.3 Smog and Air Pollution
464.5 Exercise
1188.6.4 Acidification of Water Bodies
47Chapter 5. Soilless Culture
1198.7 Exercise
485.1 Introduction
120Chapter 9. Greenhouse Gases
495.1.1 Feeding Plants in Soilless Systems
1219.1 Introduction
505.1.2 Open- and Closed-loop Soilless Systems
1229.2 Causes of greenhouse gases
515.2 Water culture or hydroponic systems: 5.2.1 Deepwater Culture (DWC)
1239.2.1 Burning Fossil Fuels
525.3 Aeroponics
1249.2.2 Farming and Forestry
535.4 Substrate culture
1259.2.3 Agriculture
545.5 Exercise
1269.2.4 Livestock
55Chapter 6. Water Management
1279.3 Greenhouse gases
566.1 Greenhouse water cycle
1289.3.1 Water Vapor
576.1.1 An influx of Irrigation Water
1299.3.2 Carbon Dioxide
586.1.2 Mixing With Drain Water
1309.3.3 Methane
596.1.3 Addition of Nutrients
1319.3.4 Nitrous Oxides and Fluorinated Gases
606.1.4 Distribution of the Irrigation Water Through the Greenhouse
1329.3.5 Sulphur Hexafluoride
616.1.5 Filtering and Cleaning of the Drain Water
1339.3.6 Ozone
626.2 Why root zone management?
1349.4 Exercise
636.2.1 Choosing Your Substrate
135Chapter 10. Greenhouse Effects
646.2.2 Substrate Design
13610.1 Introduction
656.2.3 Inert Hydrophilic Fibers
13710.2 Causes of global warming
666.3 Key elements of the water system
13810.2.1 Man-made Causes of Global Warming
676.3.1 Water Dosing Unit
13910.2.2 Natural Causes of Global Warming
686.3.2 Irrigation Unit
14010.3 Effects of global warming
696.3.3 Irrigation Capacity
14110.4 Exercise
706.3.4 Drippers
142Appendix
716.3.5 Drain Collection and Reuse
143Glossary
726.3.6 Disinfecting Unit
144Index
