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Engineering agriculture at Texas A & M : the first hundred years /

The abundance of agricultural production enjoyed in the United States is the result of a federal-state partnership that relies on land grant universities to respond to the needs of society through research, invention, problem-solving, outreach, and applied science and engineering. The Biological and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Dethloff, Henry C. (Autor), Searcy, Stephen W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station, TX : Texas A & M University Press, 2015.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Texas A & M AgriLife Research and Extension Service series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Founding the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
  • The emergence of agricultural engineering
  • Texas and the mechanization of agriculture
  • Rural electrification in Texas
  • Agricultural engineering and the growth of Texas agribusiness
  • King cotton sustained: new dimensions of Texas agriculture
  • The total environment: soil, water, and air
  • Food and fiber engineering
  • Achieving "oneness"
  • Engineering the total environment
  • Education, research, and outreach in biological and agricultural engineering
  • The second century.