This is a selection of the reading material recommended for the different modules. Do
not panic – you do not have to read it all!
HR900 Crop Physiology and Production
Brown, L.V. (2002) Applied Principles of Horticultural Science. Second edition. ISBN
0750653426
Benech-Arnold, R.L. & Sanchez, R.A. (2004) Handbook of seed physiology, Applications to
Agriculture. ISBN: 1560229292
Fitter, A. & Hay, R. (2001) Environmental physiology of plants. 3rd edition. Harcourt
Publishers, Academic Press 0122577663
Finch, HJS, Samuel, S.M. & Lane, G.P.F. (2002) Lockhart and Wiseman’s Crop Husbandry
including Grassland. 8th Ed. Woodhead Publishing ISBN 1-85573-549-0
Hartmann, H.T., Kester, D.E. & Davies, F.T. (2002) Plant propagation, Principles and
practices. 7th edition. ISBN 13: 9780136792352
Kader, A. (1992) Postharvest technology of horticultural crops. Second edition. ISBN: 09318176-99-0
Lambers, H., Chapin III, F.S. & Pons, T.L. (1998) Plant Physiological Ecology. ISBN 0-38798326-0
Milthorpe, F.L. & Moorby, J. (1979) An Introduction to Crop Physiology. ISBN: 0521295815
Preece, J.E. & Read, P.E. (2005) The biology of horticulture, an introductory textbook.
Second edition. ISBN: 0-471-46579-8
Thomas, B., Murphy D.J. & Murray, B.G. (2003) Encyclopedia of Applied Plant Sciences.
Elsevier. ISBN: 0-12-227050-9
HR902 Soil, Water and Plant Mineral Nutrition
Brady, N.C. & Weil, R.R. (2002). The Nature and Properties of Soils. Prentice Hall.
Lambers, H. (1998). Plant Physiological Ecology. Springer-Verlag New York. ISBN
0387983260
Bardgett, R (2005). The biology of soil. A community and ecosystem approach. Oxford
University Press
HR922 Organic and Low Input Systems
Briggs, S. Organic Cereal and Pulse Production: A Complete Guide.
Conford P (2001). The Origins of the Organic Movement. Floris Books; Edinburgh
Davies, G. & Lennartsson, M. Organic Vegetable Production: A Complete Guide.
Davies, G. & Turner, B. Weed Management for Organic Farmers, Growers and
Smallholders: A Complete Guide
Hajek, A. (2003) Natural Enemies: An Introduction to Biological Control. Cambridge
University Press.
Lampkin N. H. (1990). Organic Farming. Farming Press; Ipswich
Pretty, J. Agri-culture: Reconnecting People, Land and Nature
Pretty, J. The Earth Only Endures: On Reconnecting with Nature and Our Place in It.
Wright, J. Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in an Era of Oil Scarcity - Lessons from
Cuba.
HR901 Crop Protection
Begon, M., Townsend, C. R & Harper, J. L. (2006). Ecology: from individuals to ecosystems
(4th Edition). Blackwell Publishing (read the various sections on predation in this book. You
will find a previous edition to this book in the library)
Berndt, L A, Wratten, S. D. & Scarratt, S. L. (2006). The influence of floral resource
subsidies on parasitism rates of leafrollers (Lepidoptera: Torticidae) in New Zealand
vineyards. Biological Control, 37, 50 – 55.
Dent, D. (2000). Insect Pest Management. CABI Publishing.
Gullan, P.J. and Cranston, P.S. (2010). The insects – an outline of entomology. WileyBlackwell
Hajek, A. (2003) Natural Enemies: An Introduction to Biological Control. Cambridge
University Press.
Nicholls, C. I., Perez, N., Vasquez, L. & Altieri, M. (2002). The development and status of
biologically based integrated pest management in Cuba. Integrated Pest Management
Reviews, 7, 1 – 16.
Radcliffe, E.B., Hutchison, W.D. & Cancelado, R.E. (2009). Integrated Pest Management:
Concepts, Tactics, Strategies and Case Studies. Cambridge University Press.
Schoonhoven, L.M., van Loon, J.J.A. and Dicke, M. (2005). Insect-Plant Biology. Oxford
University Press.
HR920: Climate Change
Global Climate Change, By Arnold J Bloom, Sinauer Associates Inc.
Global Warming: The Complete Briefing, By John Houghton, Cambridge University Press
Global Warming. Avery short introduction. By Mark Maslin, Oxford uNiversity Press
Other relevant reading:
Climate Change and Biodiversity, Edited by Thomas E Lovejoy and Lee Hannah Yale
University Press
Plant Growth and Climate Change, Edited by James IL Morrison and Michael D Morecroft,
Blackwell
The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change, A Guide to the Debate, By Andrew E
Dessler and Edward A Parson, Cambridge University Press
Global Warming. A very short introduction. By Mark Maslin Oxford University Press
Environmental Change: Key Issues and Alternative Perspectives. By Frank Oldfield.
Cambridge University Press
Primer on Climate Change and Sustainable Development: Facts, Policy Analysis, and
Applications By Mohan Munasinghe and Rob Swart. Cambridge University Press
A Climate Modelling Primer - Third Edition by Kendal McGuffie and Ann Henderson –
Sellers. Wiley.
On line:
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 4th Assessment.
http://www.ipcc.ch/
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 3rd Assessment.
http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/tar/index.htm
US National Climatic Data centre.
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html
HR929 Cereal, Oilseed and Root Crop Agronomy
Hay, R K M & Walker, A J (1989) An Introduction to the Physiology of Crop Yield. Longman
Scientific, Harlow.
Wibberley, E J (1989) Cereal Husbandry. Farming Press, Ipswich.
Halley, R J (1988) The Agricultural Notebook (Eighteenth Edition). Butterworths, London.
Berry, P.M., Sterling, M., Spink, J.H. Baker, C.J., Sylvester-Bradley, R., Mooney, S., Tams,
A., Ennos, A.R. (2004). Understanding and reducing lodging in cereals. Advances in
Agronomy 84, 215-269.
Spink, J.H., Berry, P.M., Theobald, C., Sparkes, D., Wade, A.P. and Roberts, A. (2004).
Effects of location and management on the target drilling rate for winter wheat. Home-Grown
Cereals Authority Research Project No. 361. HGCA, London, 161 pp.
Berry, P.M. and Spink, J.H. (2009). ‘Canopy Management’ and late nitrogen applications to
improve yield of oilseed rape. Home-Grown Cereals Authority Project Report No 447.
HGCA, London, 212 pp.
HR923 Biological Invasions in Changing Environments
The three books listed below provide general frameworks for invasion biology and ecology
and are particularly useful in providing additional background reading to introductory
lectures. They also provide a number of case studies which may be referred to by individual
lecturers:
Lockwood JL, Hoopes MF & Marchetti MP, 2007. Invasion Ecology. Blackwell Publishing
Davis MA, 2009. Invasion Biology. Oxford University Press
Williamson M, 1996. Biological Invasions. Chapman & Hall.
The fourth text provides a few more specific case studies specific to global change impacts
on invasive species:
Mooney HA, Hobbs RJ, 2000. Invasive Species in a Changing World. Island Press.
HR931 Plant Breeding
JH Gillespie (1998) Population Genetics: a concise guide. Johns Hopkins,University Press.
DS Falconer & TFC Mackay (1996) Introduction to Quantitative Genetics 4th ed. Longman.
M Lynch & B Walsh (1998) Genetics and Analysis of Quantitative Traits. Sinauer Associates.
RR Sokal & FJ Rohlf (1987) Introduction to Biostatistics. WH Freeman & Co.
T Strachan & AP Read (1999) Human Molecular Genetics 3rd ed. BIOS Scientific
Publication
HR933 Challenges of Global Food Security
Food security, nutrition and sustainability (2010). Edited by Geoffrey Lawrence, Krista Lyons
and Tabatha Wellington. Earthscan.
Food security (2010). Bryan L. McDonald. Polity
Food Security and Global Environmental Change (2010). John Ingram (Editor), Polly
Ericksen (Editor), Diana Liverman (Editor). Earthscan
The Future Control of Food: A Guide to International Negotiations and Rules on Intellectual
Property, Biodiversity and Food Security (2008). Tasmin Rajotte (Author), Geoff Tansey
(Editor). Earthscan.
Hungry City: How Food Shapes Our Lives (2008). Carolyn Steel.
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in an Era of Oil Scarcity: lessons from Cuba
(2009). Julia Wright. Earthscan.