Introductory Agriculture Notes





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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