SEC-1005 能打开的专用课件.ppt

 1 Subjects in Agricultural Sciences and Technology There are many concepts of agriculture given by different researchers. Definition in a Dictionary: (a) The science or art of cultivating the soil, harvesting crops, and raising livestock (husbandry farming); (b): The science or art of the production of plants and animals useful to man and in varying degree the preparation of these products for man’s use and their disposal (as by marketing). (from Webester’s Third New International Dictionary) Agriculture is a production division in which products required by society are obtained through human’s activities to control and enhance the functions of plants and animals used in a commercial production.  Agricultural sciences and technologies include: 1.1 Agronomy Crop cultivation, breeding, farming, growing….., intercropping, rotation, ….. Agricultural sciences and technologies include: 1.1 Agronomy 1.2 Horticultural sciences Agricultural sciences and technologies include: 1.1 Agronomy 1.2 Horticultural sciences 1.3 Soil sciences Soil fertility, soil biology, irrigation, fertilization, ….. Tillage Non-tillage Mulch Grass Fertilization Organic fertilizers: compost, manure, etc. Biological fertilizers: PGPR, P, S, or K- bacteria Bacillus sp, Mycorrhizal Fungi, etc. Chemical fertilizers: KNO3, (NH4)NO3, (NH4) 2SO4 , Urea, Calcium superphosphate, Zn 2SO4, Cu 2SO4, Fe 2SO4, HBO3, etc. NPK (18:15:16) complex Agricultural sciences and technologies include: 1.1 Agronomy 1.2 Horticultural sciences