Agriculture and Food Articles

• Agriculture and Food
  Geography
  Soil Types
  Earth Science
  Sustainability
  Endangered Plants
   

  Monoculture

  Monoculture describes systems that have very low diversity. In agriculture, "monoculture" describes the practice of relying on a very small number of genetic variants, or cultivars of a food crop for ... > more
• Fish
  Fisheries
  Marine Biology
  Sea Life
  Agriculture and Food
  Healthy Aging
   
  

  Fish farming

  Fish farming is the principal form of aquaculture, while other methods may fall under mariculture. It involves raising fish commercially in tanks or enclosures, usually for food. A facility that ... > more
• Agriculture and Food
  Soil Types
  Sustainability
  Food
  Endangered Plants
  Nature
   
  

  Agriculture

  Agriculture is the process of producing food, feed, fiber and many other desired products by the cultivation of certain plants and the raising of domesticated animals (livestock). The practice of ... > more
• Endangered Plants
  Agriculture and Food
  Organic
  Botany
  Invasive Species
  Soil Types
   

  Weed control

  Weed control, a botanical component of pest control, stops weeds from reaching a mature stage of growth when they could be harmful to domesticated plants, sometimes livestocks, by using manual ... > more
• Endangered Plants
  Nature
  Botany
  Cloning
  Genetically Modified
  Agriculture and Food
   

  Transgenic plants

  Transgenic plants are plants that have been genetically engineered, a breeding approach that uses recombinant DNA techniques to create plants with new characteristics.They are identified as a class ... > more
• Organic
  Soil Types
  Agriculture and Food
  Acid Rain
  Geochemistry
  Sustainability
   

  Fertilizer

  Fertilizers or fertilisers are compounds given to plants with the intention of promoting growth; they are usually applied either via the soil, for uptake by plant roots, or by foliar spraying, for ... > more
• Agriculture and Food
  Endangered Plants
  Botany
  Pests and Parasites
  Nature
  Food
   
  

  Greenhouse

  A greenhouse (also called a glasshouse or hothouse) is a building where plants are cultivated. A greenhouse is built of glass or plastic; it heats up because the sun's incoming electromagnetic ... > more
• Rainforests
  Forest
  Ecology Research
  Ecology
  Soil Types
  Agriculture and Food
   
  

  Slash and burn

  Slash and burn (a specific practice that may be part of shifting cultivation or swidden-fallow agriculture) is an agricultural procedure widely used in forested areas. Although it was practised ... > more
• Agriculture and Food
  Food
  Nutrition
  Healthy Aging
  Seeds
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Cereal

  Cereal crops are mostly grasses cultivated for their edible seeds (actually a fruit called a caryopsis). Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities worldwide than any other type of crop and ... > more
• Agriculture and Food
  Insects (including Butterflies)
  Endangered Plants
  Trees
  Invasive Species
  Food
   
  

  Pollination management

  Pollination Management is the label for horticultural practices that accomplish or enhance pollination of a crop, to improve yield or quality, by understanding of the particular crop's pollination ... > more

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