Agronomy is the branch of agriculture and biology that explores the principles and concepts of plants and soils sciences. It also examines management practices designed to optimize production for the benefit of humankind while protecting nature's...

Agronomy is the science of utilizing plants for food, fuel, feed, and fiber. To do this effectively and sustainably, agronomy encompasses work in the areas of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, and soil science.[1] Agronomy is the...

Several strategies are needed to ensure that the world's burgeoning population has adequate access to food. Partnerships of nutrition and agricultural experts can plan ways of integrating nutritional concerns into farming systems, while technology and scientific researchers can discover new methods of production. Food...

S.N. AZAM-ALI and G.R. SQUIRE. CABI Publishing, 10 E 40th Street, Suite 3203, New York, NY 10016. 2002. Paperback, 236 pp., $45.00. ISBN 0-85199 136 X. This book closes a gap frequently found in related publications where imprecise interpretations of cultural practices,...

So little rain has fallen on Dale Richter's southwest Illinois corn and soybean fields this summer that he has no trouble remembering when the storms passed through.Both of them."It's been five weeks since we've had any rain," Richter, 42, said last week from his farm...

The changes have come lightning quick in the nearly three decades since Missouri agricultural extension agents first preached the power of computers to skeptical farmers.Gone are the bulky main frames, archaic floppy disks and bewildered stares that used to greet agricultural educators as they attempted...