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Six Chemicals That Changed Agriculture is a scientific look at how the chemicals used in today's food production were developed, evaluated, and came to be in wide-spread use. From fertilizers to pest management, antibiotics to DNA, chemicals have transformed the way our food is grown, protected...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zimdahl, Robert L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Elsevier Ltd., [2015]
Temas:
Agricultural chemicals.
Lime.
Nitrogen fertilizers.
Phosphatic fertilizers.
Herbicides.
Insecticides.
Recombinant DNA.
Antibiotics.
Produits chimiques agricoles.
Chaux.
Engrais azotés.
Engrais phosphatés.
ADN recombinant.
calcium oxide.
herbicide.
insecticide.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > Crop Science.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > General.
Agricultural chemicals
Antibiotics
Herbicides
Insecticides
Lime
Nitrogen fertilizers
Phosphatic fertilizers
Recombinant DNA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Six Chemicals That Changed Agriculture is a scientific look at how the chemicals used in today's food production were developed, evaluated, and came to be in wide-spread use. From fertilizers to pest management, antibiotics to DNA, chemicals have transformed the way our food is grown, protected, and processed. Agriculture is the world's most important environment interaction, the essential human activity, and an increasingly controversial activity because of its use and presumed misuse of chemistry. The major characteristics of US agriculture for at least the last six decades have been risi.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780128006177
012800617X
0128005610
9780128005613

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