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Agronomy

Agronomical techniques

Soil and Soil management

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

Beneficial organism

Organism that is beneficial for human activity

A mixture used to improve the soil

Crop planted to manage erosion and soil quality

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

Plant or grouping of plants selected for desirable characteristics

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

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

Excrement of seabirds and bats

IBM 7950 Harvest

Cryptanalysis computer

Agricultural artificial application of water to land

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

Layer of material applied to the surface of soil

Nitrogen fixation

Conversion of molecular nitrogen into the biologically-accessible nitrogen compounds

Norfolk four-course system

Method of crop rotation

No-till farming

Agricultural method

Nutrient management

Science and practice of managing nutrients in agriculture

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

Plastic film used in the role of mulch

Stage of crop production immediately following harvest

Fermented, high-moisture stored fodder

Soil salinity control

Controlling the problem of soil salinity

Planting of seeds or other propagules in the ground for germination

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

Preparation of soil by mechanical agitation

Product of the composting process using various species of worms

Method of separating grain from chaff