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Agent that kills members of the arachnid subclass Acari

Aerial application

Dispersal of chemicals from aircraft or helicopters

Military herbicide

Refers to the enterprises, the industry, the system, and the field of study of the interrelated and interdependent value chains in agriculture and bio-economy

Agricultural chemistry

Sub-discipline of applied chemistry

Agricultural cooperative

Autonomous association of farmers and food producers

Agricultural cycle

Annual cycle of crop growth/harvest activities

Agricultural economics

Economic theory applied to food production and land use

Agricultural education

Training in farming, natural resources, and land management

Agricultural expansion

Growth of agricultural land in the 21st century

Agricultural extension

Farm efficiency through education

Agricultural geography

Branch of geography

Agricultural land

Land used for agricultural purposes

Agricultural machinery

Machinery used in farming or other agriculture

Agricultural marketing

The entire process of moving agricultural products from the farm to the consumer

Agricultural philosophy

Philosophical doctrine

Agricultural policy

Laws relating to domestic agriculture and foreign-imported agricultural products

Agricultural pollution

Type of pollution caused by agriculture

Agricultural science

Academic field within biology

Agricultural soil science

Branch of soil science

Any chemical used in agriculture

The study of ecological processes in agriculture

Agroforestry food production system modeled on woodland ecosystems

Land use management system

Agrometeorology

The branch of meteorology that deals with the relationship of weather and climate to crop and livestock production and soil management

Science and technology of producing and using plants for food, fuel, fiber, and reclamation

Chemical compound

Aquaculture involving the farming of algae

Animal breeding

Procreation and rearing of animals under controlled conditions

Food for various animals

Animal husbandry

Management of farm animals

Animal husbandry

Management of farm animals

Animal slaughter

Killing of animals for human food

Animal-free agriculture

Farming without the use of animals or their products

Antibiotic use in livestock

Use of antibiotics for any purpose in the husbandry of livestock

Place containing beehives of honey bees

Farming of aquatic organisms

Aquaculture of catfish

Farming of catfish for food

Aquaculture of giant kelp

Cultivation of seaweed

Aquaculture of salmonids

Farming and harvesting of salmonids under controlled conditions

Aquaculture of tilapia

Third most important fish in aquaculture after carp and salmon

Land capable of being ploughed and used to grow crops

Botanical garden containing living collections of woody plants intended at least partly for scientific study

All measures on tree and tree environment to avoid undesirable developments and to maintain the vitality of a tree

Bait (luring substance)

Object intended to attract animals

Agricultural building used for storage and as a covered workplace

Shoot that grows from an adventitious bud on the base of a tree or shrub, or from an adventitious bud on a root

Human care of honey bees

Beneficial organism

Organism that is beneficial for human activity

Biological pest control

Controlling pests using other organisms

Botanical garden

Garden where plants are grown for scientific study, conservation and public display

Specific group of domestic animals

Agricultural crop grown to sell for profit

Class of chemical compound

Type of Mesoamerican agriculture

Community-supported agriculture

Type of sharing system for food production and distribution

Companion planting

Agricultural technique

A mixture used to improve the soil

Controlled burn

Technique to reduce potential fuel for wildfire through managed burning

Method of tree management

Corporate farming

Large-scale agriculture driven by big business

Crop planted to manage erosion and soil quality

Plant or animal product which can be grown and harvested

Practice of growing a series of dissimilar or different types of crops in the same area in sequenced seasons

Practice of growing a series of dissimilar or different types of crops in the same area in sequenced seasons

The amount of farm product produced per unit area for a given time

Segregation and likely subsequent disposal of organisms based on specific criteria

Plant or grouping of plants selected for desirable characteristics

Agricultural raising and breeding of rabbits

Organization that processes milk

Organization that processes milk

Chemical sprayed or dusted on plants to cause its leaves to fall off

Denkmäler deutscher Tonkunst

Historical edition of music from Germany

Practice of developing agriculture in deserts

Selective breeding of plants and animals to serve humans

Commercial fishing device

Drought tolerance

Ability of a plant to withstand dry conditions

Dryland farming

Techniques for non-irrigated farming when it is normally required

English landscape garden

Style of garden

Environmental impact of agriculture

Agriculture's impact on the environment.

Plant that has been managed for the production of fruit by pruning and tying branches to a flat frame or wall

Extensive farming

Agriculture system that involve low inputs and outputs relative to land area

Farm owned or operated by a family

Area of land for farming, or, for aquaculture, lake, river or sea, including various structures

Substance added to soils to supply plant nutrients for a better growth

Plant grown for fiber

Raising fish commercially in enclosures

Aquaculture facility

Device for catching fish

Commercial product made from fish to feed farm animals

Trap used for fishing

Raising or harvesting fish

Angling equipment

Thin flexible string or line intended for angling

Object to attract fish

Net used for fishing

Device attached to a fishing rod used in winding and unwinding fishing line

Tool used to catch fish

Obstruction placed in tidal waters, or wholly or partially across a river, to direct the passage of, or trap fish

Discipline of horticulture concerned with the cultivation of flowering and ornamental plants

Agricultural foodstuff used to feed domesticated animals

Plant material eaten by grazing livestock

Method of farming where animals can roam freely outdoors

Freshwater prawn farming

Type of aquaculture

Use of smoke, vapor, or gas for the purpose of disinfecting or destroying pests or microorganisms

Chemical compounds used to kill fungi

Commercial cultivation of fungi

Planned space for displaying plants and other forms of nature

Practice of growing and cultivating plants

Genetically modified crops

Plants used in agriculture

Genetically modified tree

Tree whose DNA has been modified using genetic engineering techniques

Geoduck aquaculture

Farming and cultivation of geoduck

Type of fishing net

Raising and breeding of domestic goats

Horticultural technique of joining plant tissues to grow together

Grain storage building

Storage building for grain

Organic material left on an agricultural field to be used as a mulch or soil amendment

Building made chiefly of transparent material in which plants are grown

Part of the year during which local weather conditions permit normal plant growth

Excrement of seabirds and bats

Hardiness (plants)

Ability to survive adverse growing conditions

Region defined by minimum temperature relevant to the plant survival

Hay (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Practice of breeding snails for human consumption

Type of chemical used to kill unwanted plants

Agriculture of plants

Growing plants without soil using nutrients in water

IBM 7950 Harvest

Cryptanalysis computer

Indigenous horticulture

Horticulture practice

Pesticide used against insects

Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture

Aquaculture which provides the byproducts, including waste, from one aquatic species as inputs for another

Integrated pest management

Approach for economic control of pests

Intensive animal farming

Type of animal husbandry using high inputs and stocking densities to increase production

Intensive farming

Type of agriculture using high inputs to try to get high outputs

Multiple cropping practice involving growing two or more crops in proximity

Agricultural artificial application of water to land

Japanese garden

Type of traditional garden

Layering (horticulture)

Plant propagation technique

Organochlorine chemical and an isomer of hexachlorocyclohexane

Animals kept for production of meat, eggs, milk, wool, etc.

Portable trap used in lobster fishing

Longline fishing

Commercial fishing technique

Chemical compound

Organic matter, mostly derived from animal feces, which can be used as fertilizer

Cultivation of marine organisms in the open ocean

Marine shrimp farming

Aquaculture of shrimp or prawns

Mechanised agriculture

Agriculture using powered machinery

Synthetic organochloride insecticide, now obsolete.

Layer of material applied to the surface of soil

Multiple cropping

Agricultural cropping system

Nitrogen fixation

Conversion of molecular nitrogen into the biologically-accessible nitrogen compounds

Produced for clothing (fiber crops), biofuel (energy crops, algae fuel), biobased chemicals (furfural or medicine (medicinal plants)

Norfolk four-course system

Method of crop rotation

No-till farming

Agricultural method

Nutrient management

Science and practice of managing nutrients in agriculture

Offshore aquaculture

Fish farms in waters some distance away from the coast

Study of cultivation of vegetables

Covered winter garden

Intentionally planted trees or shrubs that are maintained for food production

Organic aquaculture

Holistic method for farming marine species

Organic farming

Type of agriculture that emphasizes natural and environmentally friendly techniques

Flooded parcel of arable land used for growing semiaquatic rice

Branch of agriculture concerned with raising livestock

Land used for grazing

Approach to agriculture and land management

Persian gardens

Type of garden originating from Iran

Pest (organism)

Animal or plant detrimental to humans or human concerns

Substance used to destroy pests

Raising and breeding of domestic pigs

The art and science of changing the traits of plants in order to produce desired characteristics

Facility where plants are propagated and grown to usable size

Plant propagation

Process in growing new plants from a variety of sources

Plastic film used in the role of mulch

Technique of severe pruning of trees

Pollination management

Horticultural practices to enhance pollination

Form of agriculture which includes simultaneous planting of several crops on the same plot

Stage of crop production immediately following harvest

Poultry farming

Part of animal husbandry

Selective removal of parts of a plant

"cultivated variety" of a species

Raceway (aquaculture)

Artificial channel used in aquaculture

Rainfed agriculture

Type of farming that uses rain for water

Large cultivated elevation

Area of land used for raising grazing livestock

Regenerative agriculture

Conservation and rehabilitation approach to food and farming systems

Chemical used to kill rodents

Scallop aquaculture

Commercial activity of cultivating (farming) scallops

Human-like decoy or mannequin placed in fields

Season extension

Any method that allows a crop to be grown and/or harvested beyond its normal outdoor growing season and harvesting time frame, or the extra time thus achieved

Seaweed farming

Farming of aquatic seaweed

Local soil where seeds are planted

Method of fishing with a net

Selective breeding

Breeding for desired characteristics

Process of silk production

Use of land by a tenant in return for a share of the crops produced

Raising and breeding of domestic sheep

Shifting cultivation

Method of agriculture

Fermented, high-moisture stored fodder

Silo (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Sector of forestry that deals with the development, reproduction and care of forest trees

Farming method in which trees are cut and burnt to clear land

Facility where animals are slaughtered for meat

Crop used to smother weeds

Oil-burning device used to prevent frost on fruit trees

Soil salinity control

Controlling the problem of soil salinity

Soil steam sterilization

Farming technique that sterilizes soil with steam in open fields or greenhouses

Planting of seeds or other propagules in the ground for germination

Style of garden or designed landscape

Building for horses and other livestock

Agricultural byproduct of cereal crops

Subsistence agriculture

Farming which meets the basic needs of the farmer and family

Sustainable agriculture

Farming relying on as many renewable resources as possible

Japanese community supported agriculture

Farmer whose land is owned by a landlord

Terrace (earthworks)

Agricultural formation consisting of a slope cut into a series of receding flat surfaces or platforms

Tetraethyl pyrophosphate

Chemical compound

Process of loosening the edible part of cereal grain from the scaly, inedible chaff that surrounds it

Preparation of soil by mechanical agitation

Shaping bushes through foliage clipping

Chemical compound

Gardening technique

Use of a device to remotely catch an animal

Tropical horticulture

Horticulture in the tropics

Heavy fishing line

Urban agriculture

The practice of cultivating, processing and distributing food in or around urban areas

Urban horticulture

Study of the relationship between plants and the urban environment

Product of the composting process using various species of worms

Vertical farming

The practice of growing crops in vertically stacked layers

Cultivation and harvesting of grapes

South American type of raised field agriculture

Method of separating grain from chaff

Domesticated animals for assisting people