本书是按照高等院校专业英语教学要求,为提高学生的专业英语水平,
收集国外园艺相关的科技文章和新技术介绍,并结合多年来园艺教学实践的
体会、汲取其他有关资料而编写的。本书选材多样,内容丰富,既由蔬菜、
果树和观赏园艺三个方面构成,又从栽培、育种、生物技术、产品采后处理
等各个环节形成园艺学科完整的教学体系。全书18个单元,每一单元由精读
、泛读、关键字句解释、专业词汇和练习组成。课文附有译文可供教师和学
生参考,是高等农林院校本科生的适用教材,也可供园艺工作者和广大业余
爱好者学习参考。

Unit 1
Part A Temperature
Part B Condition Factors
Unit 2
Part A Plant Growth Factors Which Affect Nursery Crop Production
Part B Pruning
Unit 3
Part A Sexual Propagation of Flower
Part B Management
Unit 4
Part A Asexual Propagation of Flower
Part B Others Asexual Propagation Methods
Unit 5
Part A Nursery Container Production Overview
Part B Potting Media
Unit 6
Part A Cultivation of Specific Woody Crop Groups
Part B Calculating Plant Needs
Unit 7
Part A General Principles of Postharvest Physiology
Part B Storage of Cut Flowers and Potted Plants
Unit 8
Part A Gerbera
Part B Hedera
Unit 9
Part A Genetic Engineering for Cut-Flower Improvement
Part B Geophytes
Unit 10
Part A How to Establish a Healthy New Lawn
Part B Managing Turf in Shade
Unit 11
Part A Vegetable Seed Savers
Part B Storing Seeds for Longevity
Unit 12
Part A Breeding Methods
Part B Plant Improvement
Unit 13
Part A Growing Tomatoes
Part B Vegetable Crops
Unit 14
Part A RAPD Analysis of Seed Purity in a Commercial Hybrid Cabbage Cultivar
Part B The Polymerase Chain Reaction
Unit 15
Part A Propagation of Nursery Stock
Part B Propagation of Fruit Trees
Unit 16
Part A Growing Apple Trees
Part B Growing Plum Trees
Unit 17
Part A Pruning of Apple Trees

Part B Pruning and Training Fruit Trees
Unit 18
Part A Breeding Techniques of Apples
Part B Evaluation of Fruit
参考译文
Keys to Exercises

本书是关于介绍“园艺英语”的教学用书,全书18个单元,具体包括了:花卉、蔬菜、果树栽培育种、贮运加工、生物技术及相关的管理系统知识等方面的内容。
本书适合英语专业本科学生以及从事相关工作的专业人士学习、参考使用。