Agriscience & technology
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Agriscience & technology
Delmar, c1992
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Agriscience and technology
Available at 3 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Written in response to changing curricula, this comprehensive text introduces students to agriculture by focusing on science and technology. Emphasis is put on state-of-the-art technologies, such as biotechnology, which continue to revolutionise the agriculture industry. This book should be of interest to those students following agriculture or food science/technology courses.
Table of Contents
Technology in an agricultural setting. Part I: Biotechnology. Genetic engineering. Animal management technologies. Animal reproduction technologies. Biotechnology applications for plants. Plant propagation techniques. Part II: Technology: food and fibre. Plant management technologies. Crop production technologies. Processing agriculture products. Agricultural marketing technologies. Part III: Energy and power technology. Power for production agriculture. Electrical energy applications in agriculture. Alternative energy sources for agriculture. Part IV: Computer-aided management. Marketing and business management. Production management. Part V: Environmental technology. Controlled living environments. Protection of natural resources.
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