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  2. Agronomy - Wikipedia

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    Agronomy is the science and technology of producing and using plants by agriculture for food, fuel, fiber, chemicals, recreation, or land conservation. Agronomy has come to include research of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, and soil science. It is the application of a combination of sciences such as biology, chemistry, economics ...

  3. Agricultural science - Wikipedia

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    Agricultural science (or agriscience for short [ 1 ]) is a broad multidisciplinary field of biology that encompasses the parts of exact, natural, economic and social sciences that are used in the practice and understanding of agriculture. Professionals of the agricultural science are called agricultural scientists or agriculturists.

  4. Branches of botany - Wikipedia

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    Agronomy – Application of plant science to crop production. Arboriculture – Culture and propagation of trees. Astrobotany - The study of plants in space. Biotechnology – Use of plants to synthesize products. Dendrology – Study of woody plants, shrubs, trees and lianas. Economic botany – Study of plants of economic use or value.

  5. Outline of agriculture - Wikipedia

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    Agronomy – science and technology of producing and using plants for food, fuel, feed, fiber, and reclamation.. Organic gardening – science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants by following the essential principles of organic agriculture in soil building and conservation, pest management, and heirloom variety preservation.

  6. UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

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    Website. caes.ucdavis.edu. The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (Ag&E) is one of four colleges of the University of California, Davis. Established in 1922, it offers degrees in 27 undergraduate majors and thirty-three graduate groups (i.e. M.S. and Ph.D.). [1] As of January 2014, the College has been overseen by Dean Helene ...

  7. Agricultural engineering - Wikipedia

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    Agricultural engineering, also known as agricultural and biosystems engineering, is the field of study and application of engineering science and designs principles for agriculture purposes, combining the various disciplines of mechanical, civil, electrical, food science, environmental, software, and chemical engineering to improve the efficiency of farms and agribusiness enterprises [1] as ...

  8. Animal husbandry - Wikipedia

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    Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fibre, milk, or other products. It includes day-to-day care, management, production, nutrition, selective breeding, and the raising of livestock. Husbandry has a long history, starting with the Neolithic Revolution when animals were first domesticated ...

  9. American Society of Agronomy - Wikipedia

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    The American Society of Agronomy (ASA) is a scientific and professional society of agronomists and scientists of related disciplines, principally in the United States but with many non-U.S. members as well.