This third edition is designed to enable people who wish to explore and investigate the science behind the natural resources of the land-based technologies in practical professional situations. It is intended to enable the learner to competently carry out routine scientifi c applications of horticultural principles.
The book is best regarded as a method to import practical understanding to the learner in a ‘ hands-on ’ environment, very much on the basis that ‘ an ounce of practical is worth a tonne of theory ’ . This is approached through action learning strategies used to relate and present land-based science as an interactive applied process. There is therefore, in one textbook, coverage of most of the primary science used in the land-based technologies.