本教材由三部分构成：正文、阅读材料和问题。正文及阅读材料主要选自欧美大学园艺专业的一些教材、博士论文、最新园艺方面的书籍和杂志、国际园艺会议发表的论文、从网站下载的材料等，内容涵盖了果树、蔬菜、花卉作物的栽培、育种和病虫害防治技术，以及设施园艺方面的最新技术和最新研究动态。本教材旨在使学生在掌握园艺专业英语词汇、语言特点的同时，了解园艺专业的一些发展和研究动向。为加深理解，教材中增加了一些图片和表格，每篇课文及阅读材料后都根据其内容，提出一些问题，以便于学生的理解和掌握。

Lesson 1 The History and the Development of Protected Cultivation

Reading Material 

The Geographical Distribution of the Greenhouses

Lesson 2 Goals of Greenhouse Climate Control

Reading Material

Concepts of Microclimate Physics

Lesson 3 Soil Properties of Horticultural Crop Cultivation

Reading Materials

1. Orchard Soil Management and Deciduous Fruit Tree Nutrition

2. Plant-growing Media

Lesson 4 Soilless Cultivation

Reading Material

Soilless Culture Technique

Lesson $ Effects of Salinity on Crops

Reading Materials

1. Salinity, Transpiration and Greenhouse Tomato Production

2. Yield Response to Salinity

Lesson 6 Drip Irrigation Technology

Reading Material

NMSU Scientist Studies Latest Drip Irrigation Technology

Lesson 7 Plasticulture

Reading Material

The Future of Plasticulture: Challenges and Opportunities

Lesson 8 Biotechnology and Horticulture

Reading Materials

1. Haploids and Anther Culture

2. Gene Transfer

Lesson 9 Crop Production Situation

Reading Material

CO2 Enrichment in Practice 

Lesson 10 Dry Matter Production and Distribution

Reading Material

The Growth and Yield Responses of strawberry to Elevated

CO2 and N Supply

Lesson 11 Plant Biological Control and Natural Pollination

Reading Material

Insect Biology and Ecology: A Primer

Lesson 12 Plant Disease

Reading Material

Chemical Control in Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

Lesson 13 Quality and Harvest of Horticultural Products

Reading Materials

1. Hand Harvesting of Fruit Crops

2. Postharvest Handling of Nine Specialty Cut Flower Species

Lesson 14 Horticultural Management Support

Reading Material

Decision Support Systems and the Expert Systems

Lesson 15 Flower Differentiation, Pollination and Fruit

Set 

Reading Material

Flowering Habits of Fruit Trees

Lesson 16 Greenhouse Tomatoes

Reading Material

Botany of Tomato

Lesson 17 Pruning Fruit Trees

Reading Material

The Jujube Fruit

Lesson 18 Assortment of Ornamental Crops

Reading Material

Propagation of Ornamental Crops

Lesson 19 Propagation of Horticultural Crops

Reading Materials

1. Kiwifruit Breeding Programmes in New Zealand

2. Selection Programmes in China

Lesson 20 Writing A Research Report

Reading Material

The Application of Tables and Figures on Writing a Scientific

Paper

Lesson 21 Principles of Landscaping

Reading Material

What Is Landscaping

Lesson 22 The Mechanics of Lawn Establishment

Reading Material

Lawn Maintenance

附录I 果树名录

附录Ⅱ 蔬菜名录

附录Ⅲ 花卉名录

附录Ⅳ 果树作物主要病虫害名录

附录V 蔬菜作物主要病虫害名录

附录Ⅵ G1ossaries