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Mathematics for the Green Industry: Essential Calculations for Horticulture and Landscape Professionals

ISBN: 978-0-470-13672-0
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416 pages
July 2008
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Preface.

About the Authors.

Part 1: Mathematical Principles.

Chapter 1. Basic Math Skills.

Chapter 2. Measurement and Calculations with Measured Values.

Chapter 3. Geometry.

Part 2: Green Industry Applications.

Chapter 4. Calculating the Area of Landscape Features.

Chapter 5. Fertilizer Calculations.

Chapter 6. Pesticide and Plant Growth Regulator Calculations.

Chapter 7. Calibration of Application Equipment.

Chapter 8. Mathematical Applications for the Turfgrass Industry.

Chapter 9. Mathematical Applications for the Landscape Industry.

Chapter 10. Mathematical Applications for the Greenhouse, Nursery, and Interior Landscape Industries.

Appendix A. Metric System Prefixes.

Appendix B. Tables of Equivalents.

Appendix C. Table of Conversion Factors.

Appendix D. Squaring-Up Gardens and garden Structures.

Appendix E. Solutions to Practice Problems.

Index.

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