lesson 1  part a  introduction and commercial branches of horticulture  part b  basic botanical background of horticulture croplesson 2  part a  horticulture plant classification  part b  how plants are namedlesson 3  part a  environments of the tropics  part b  cultural requirements of plantslesson 4  part a  the tropics soils and fields management  part b  plantgrowing media and soil propertieslesson 5  part a  physical control of growth  part b  chemical control of growthlesson 6  part a  mechanisms of plant sexual propagation  part b  asexual propagationlesson 7  part a  plant tissue culture  part b  tissue culture in the banana industrylesson 8  part a  genetic engineering and tropical horticultural industry  part b  mango cultivar improvement and genetic engineeringlesson 9  part a  seed production for horticulture crops  part b  seed treatment for disease controllesson 10  part a  plant pathogens in horticulture crops  part b  a greenhouse without pesticides: fact or fantasy?lesson ii  part a handling and storage before marketing  part b  marketing of fruits and vegetableslesson 12  part a  horticulture and the home  part b  house plantslesson 13  part a  organic farmingagriculture with a future  part b  organic gardeninglesson 14  part a  subtropical and tropical fruits  part b  constraints of lychee development in chinalesson 15  part a  flowers and fruit setting of evergreen fruits  part b  fruits of evergreen treelesson 16  part a  physiology in evergreen fruit tree    buildingmaterials,photosynthesis and respiration  part b  freezing injury in evergreen orchardlesson 17  part a  postharvest physiology of tropical fruit  part b  harvesting and postharvest handling of tropical andsubtropical fruitslesson 18  part a  getting the orchard established for macadamia  part b  managing young trees of macadamialesson 19  part a  olericulture  part b  tomatolesson 20  part a  cucurbits or vine crops  part b  muskmelonlesson 21  part a  the type of tropical flowers  part b  tropical orchids and its adaption to tropical climatelesson 22  part a  foliage plants and bedding plants  part b  cut flowerslesson 23  part a  floral arrangement  part b  bonsailesson 24  part a  elements of landscape design  part b  goals and principles of landscapinglesson 25  part a  establish new lawns  part b  maintaining the lawnlesson 26  part a  types of greenhouses and characteristics ofgreenhouserelated equipment and covering materials  part b  innovative plant factorieslesson 27  part a  greenhouse construction  part b  greenhouse designlesson 28  part a  environmental control of protected cultivation  part b  cooling greenhouselesson 29  part a  hydroponics  part b  type and management of nutrient solutionlesson 30  part a  writing a research paper  part b  common errors in student research papersreferencesappendix i  list of subtropical and tropical fruit tree species inchinese,latin and englishappendix ii  list of subtropical and tropical vegetable species inchinese,latin and englishappendix iii  list of subtropical and tropical flower species inchinese,latin and englishappendix iv  glossary