Growing Stevia for Market: Farm, Garden, and Nursery Cultivation of the Sweet Herb, Stevia rebaudiana, ISBN 0978629353, ISBN-13 9780978629359, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US

Stevia is a natural alternative to sugar and artificial sweeteners. This guide gives instructions and suggestions for growing, harvesting, and marketing stevia leaves and bedding plants, illustrated with b&w photos. Information has been compiled from growers, research trials, and the author's own experiences. Material is in chapters on climate and day length, plant propagation, field preparation and plant care, field planting, harvesting and postharvest, and marketing and economics. An appendix offers summaries of field trials. Th includes lists of stevia buyers, organizations, books, US, Canadian, and Indian sources for plants and seeds, companies related to stevia leaf testing and extraction, US and Canadian companies providing machinery and supplies for stevia production, and US sources for dried stevia leaf. Goettemoeller holds a degree in horticulture and has written other books on stevia. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()