TY  - BOOK
AU  - Burton,L.D.
TI  - Agriscience: fundamentals and applications 
SN  - 9781133686880
AV  - S495 .B95 2015
U1  - 630 23
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - Stamford, CT, USA
PB  - Cengage Learning
KW  - Agriculture
N1  - Includes index; Sec. 1.  Agriscience in the information age -- The science of living things -- Betting living through agriscience -- Biotechnology -- Sec. 2.  You and the new millennium -- Career options in agriscience -- Supervised agricultural experience -- Leadership development in agriscience -- Sec. 3.  Natural resources management -- Maintaining air quality -- Water and soil conservation -- Soils and hydroponics management -- Forest management -- Wildlife management -- Aquaculture -- Sec. 4.  Integrated pest management -- Biological, cultural, and chemical control -- Safe use of pesticides -- Sec. 5.  The quest for more and better plants! -- Plant structures and taxonomy -- Plant physiology -- Plant reproduction -- Sec. 6.  Crop science -- Home gardening -- Vegetable production -- Fruit and nut production -- Grain, oil, and specialty field-crop production -- Forage and pasture management -- Sec. 7.  Ornamental use of plants -- Indoor plants -- Turfgrass use and management -- Trees and shrubs -- Sec. 8.  Animal sciences -- Animal anatomy, physiology, and nutrition -- Animal health -- Genetics, breeding, and reproduction -- Small animal care and management -- Dairy and livestock management -- Horse management -- Sec. 9.  Wave of the future -- The food industry -- Food science
N2  - Agriscience Fundamentals and Applications, 5th edition provides a broad-spectrum overview of the agricultural industry and the industry-based sciences, including basic principles of science as they apply to plants, animals, soils and foods, for high school students. --
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