本书主要内容包括园艺学基础、果树、蔬菜、观赏园艺等四个方面，
分别选定若干主题。每课主要由课文，相应参考译文，阅读材料组成。为
了加深学生对课文的理解，每课都配有相应的阅读理解资料，而阅读材料
是与课文相关的文章，是课文的拓展部分，以加深学生对一些专业理论、
观点的全面理解。
本书看在帮助读者提高园艺专业英语文献的阅读理解能力， 同时加
强专业英语的翻译、写作、交流能力。另一方面，通过对本教材的学习和
阅读，也可以巩固和拓展读者的专业知识。
本书叮作为园艺及其相关专业学生的英语教材，也可供上述相关专业
的教师、科研人员参考。

Lesson 1 CULTIVATION OF FRUITS
Reading Material: Pruning
Lesson 2 UPTAKE OF FOLIAR-APPLIED NUTRIENTS
Reading Material : Translocation (运转) of Foliar - Absorbed Nutrients
Lesson 3 NATURAL METHODS FOR CONTROL OF INSECTS AND DISEASES
Reading Material: Integrated Crop and Pest Management
Lesson 4 APPLICATIONS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY IN HORTICULTURE
Reading Material: Introduction of Biotechnology in Horticulture
Lesson 5 POMOLOGY AND CLASSIFICATION OF FRUIT TREES
Reading Material : Ⅰ The nutritive value of the fruits and their uses
Ⅱ Great potential in western China's fruit industry
Lesson 6 MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC OF FRUIT TREES
Reading Material: Development of the fruit trees
Lesson 7 PROPAGATION OF FRUIT TREES
Reading Material
Lesson 8 ORCHARD ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT
Reading Material
Lesson 9 TRAINING AND PRUNING FRUIT TREES
Reading Material
Lesson 10 EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS ON FRUIT TREES
Reading Material
Ⅰ Effect of drought stress on apple trees
Ⅱ Citrus and salinity
Lesson 11 PEST AND DISEASE CONTROL OF FRUIT TREES
Reading Material
Lesson 12 HARVESTING AND POSTHARVEST HANDING PROCESSES
Reading Material
Lesson 13 CLASSIFICATION OF VEGETABLES
Reading Material: Vegetable crops
Lesson 14 IMPORTANCE OF VEGETABLES IN NUTRITION
Reading material: The role of vegetables
Lesson 15 VEGETABLES AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT
Reading Material: Nutrients of plant
Lesson 16 TURNIP, CHINESE CABBAGES, MUSTARD
Reading Material
Lesson 17 TOMATO
Reading Material : QTL analysis of fruit quality in fresh market tomato
Lesson 18 CUCUMBER
Reading Material: Muskmelon
Lesson 19 ONION
Reading Material: Management of onion seed production
Lesson 20 INTRODUCTION TO HERBACEOUS ORNAMENTAL PLANTS
Reading Material : Bulbs
Lesson 21 FLOWER ARRANGING BASICS
Reading Material……

本书内容包括园艺学基础、果树、蔬菜、观赏园艺等四个方面，分别选定若干主题，从国外图书、期刊、杂志和网站上精选素材，放映了园艺专业的基础知识和*新动态。本书旨在帮助读者提高园林基础英语的阅读理解能力，同时加强英语的翻译、写作、交流能力。另一方面，通过对本教材的学习和阅读，也可以巩固和拓展读者的专业知识。