Agriculture
- latin word.
- Ager or Agri means Soil and
- Cultura means cultivation
Defination of Agriculture:
-Agriculture is very broad term encompassing all the aspects of crop production, livestock farming, fisheries, forestry etc.
Agronomy
-Greek word
-agros means field
-nomos means to manage
Defination of Agronomy
-Agronomy is a branch of agriculture science which deals with the principles and practices of soil water and crop management.
Some important scientist
1)Peter Decresenzi
- Father of Agronomy
-Book: Opus ruralium kamo Daram
2) Jethro Tull
- Father of weed Science
-Coined the term Weed
- Book : Horse hoeing husbandry
3)Van Helmont
- Principal of vegetation is water
4) Author Young
-Pot culture experiment
- Book: Annals of Agriculture
Reference
Principles of Agronomy:- Reddy and Reddy
Principles of Agronomy:- S.R. Reddy
Compiled by
M.D. Gadakh
Msc( Agri)
MPKV Rahuri
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