Wikipedia:Agricultural sciences basic topics

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agricultural science

Structured list:

• unsorted topics:

• animals: Animal physiology -- Cattle -- Fish -- Horse -- Physiology --Poultry -- Sheep -- Veterinary medicine -- Fishery[?] -- Aquaculture

• plants: Botany -- Plant breeding -- Algae -- Cash crop[?] -- Fiber -- Fruit -- Grain -- Legume -- Nuts[?] -- Plant physiology -- Post-harvest physiology[?] -- Vegetable -- Greenhouse -- Tree -- Woodland management

• plant and animal protection: phytopathology -- disease management[?] -- pest management[?] -- Malherbology[?] -- Integrated pest management -- Entomology

• biology: Trophic chain[?] -- Epidemiology

• plant and animal nutrition: Nutrition management[?] -- Fertilizer -- Nitrogen -- Animal nutrition[?]

• microorganisms: -- Bacteria -- Virus -- Food microbiology[?] -- Nodosities[?] -- Soil life

• water: Irrigation -- Pollution -- Salinity -- Transpiration -- Nitrate pollution[?] -- Bioleaching -- Water cycle[?] -- Drainage

• soil: Soil science -- Soil -- soil erosion -- soils retrogression and degradation -- Type[?] -- Amendment[?] -- soil remediation[?] -- Pedology

• milieux: climate -- Spatial organisation[?] -- Land management[?] -- Bioclimatology[?] -- Arid-zone agriculture -- Tropical agriculture[?]

• farm equipment: Tractor -- Spreader[?]

• information and process: Modeling[?] -- Biometrics[?] -- Quality control -- Geographic Information System -- Cartography

• techniques and approaches: Microbiology -- Biosalinity -- Biotechnology -- Breeding[?] -- Intercropping[?] -- Organic farming -- Integrated farming[?] -- In-vitro culture[?] -- Permaculture -- Organic gardening -- aquaculture, mariculture

• food industry: Food science -- Food preservation -- Yiest[?] -- Food additive -- Brewing industry -- Food safety -- Quality assurance -- Processing food[?] -- Nutrition -- Packaging[?] -- Labeling[?] -- Pasteurization -- Sterilization -- Food-born disease[?] -- Dairy farming[?] -- Brewing -- Distribution center[?] -- Warehouse[?]

• social and economics: Economic development -- Agricultural economics[?] -- Agribusiness -- Extension services[?] -- Agrarian system[?] -- Agricultura policy[?]

• environment: Ecology -- Biodiversity -- Sustainable agriculture -- Waste management -- Recycling -- Green residus[?]-- Composting -- Ecosystem -- Natural ressources[?] -- Sludge

• agricultural scientists: -- Luther Burbank[?] -- George Washington Carver -- René Dumont -- Mendel[?] -- Louis Pasteur

See also List of sustainable agriculture topics