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Six chemicals that changed agriculture /
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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| 505 | 0 | |a Front Cover; Six Chemicals That Changed Agriculture; Copyright; Contents; Epigraph; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 -- Introduction; CHEMISTRY; ALCHEMY; CHEMISTRY AND THE CHEMICALS IN THIS BOOK; FIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF DEVELOPED COUNTRY AGRICULTURE; AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION; THE MORRILL ACT; THE HATCH AND SMITH-LEVER ACTS; THE PRODUCTIVITY OF AGRICULTURE; REFERENCES; Chapter 2 -- The Characteristics of Modern Agriculture Enabled by Chemicals; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURE'S ERAS; RESULTS AND THE NEW ERA; REFERENCES; Chapter 3 -- Lime: A Soil Amendment; AGRICULTURAL LIME; SOURCES OF LIME. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a WHERE LIME IS NEEDEDAGRICULTURAL ROLE; REFERENCES; Chapter 4 -- Nitrogen; NITROGEN AND LIFE; THE HABER-BOSCH PROCESS; NITROGEN FIXATION; RESULTS OF THE HABER-BOSCH PROCESS; EFFECTS ON AGRICULTURE; REFERENCES; Chapter 5 -- Phosphorus; INTRODUCTION; HISTORY; SOURCES; SUPPLY; AGRICULTURAL ROLE; REFERENCES; Chapter 6 -- 2,4-D: An Herbicide; A NEW CHEMICAL; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PHENOXY ACIDS; MODERN WEED MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPMENT OF 2,4-D; WORLD WAR II; EFFECT ON AGRICULTURE; REFERENCES; Chapter 7 -- DDT: An Insecticide; INTRODUCTION; SYNTHESIS; SILENT SPRING; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; HUMAN EFFECTS. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a MALARIAAGRICULTURAL EFFECTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8 -- Recombinant DNA; INTRODUCTION; THE CASE FOR USE OF RECOMBINANT DNA IN AGRICULTURE; THE CASE AGAINST USE OF RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY IN AGRICULTURE; PRESENT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTS; FUTURE EFFECTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 9 -- Antibiotics; INTRODUCTION; HUMAN USES; ANIMAL USES; THE CONTROVERSY; EFFECTS ON AGRICULTURE; REFERENCES; Chapter 10 -- Conclusion; INTRODUCTION; THE CHALLENGE; THE CHANGES: THE TRANSFORMATION OF AGRICULTURE; THE FUTURE: A BRIEF COMMENT; REFERENCES; Index. | |
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Lime. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Nitrogen fertilizers. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Phosphatic fertilizers. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Herbicides. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Insecticides. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Recombinant DNA. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Antibiotics. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Produits chimiques agricoles. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Chaux. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Engrais azotés. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Engrais phosphatés. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Herbicides. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Insecticides. | |
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