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• Beautyberry
  ...publisher = [[Agricultural Research Service]] | date = Feb 06 | journal = Agricultural Research | title = Learning from our elders: Folk Remedy Yields Mosquito-
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• Spiraea thunbergii
  ...ving organisms) for use as plant growth regulators and weed suppression in agricultural fields and in natural ecosystems. <ref> [http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=affic
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• Fertilizer
  ...matter, i.e. carbon based), or [[inorganic]] (containing simple, inorganic chemicals). They can be naturally occurring compounds such as [[peat]] or [[mineral]] ===Agricultural versus horticultural===
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• Pollinator decline
  ...] today. [[Pollination management]] seeks to protect, enhance, and augment agricultural pollination. The steady increase in beekeeper migration (for pollination service on agricultural crops) has masked the issue of pollinator decline from much public awarenes
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• Weed
  ...by the speaker to be a [[nuisance]] in a [[garden]], [[lawn]], or other [[agricultural]] development. ...dvantages and allows them to proliferate in disturbed environments such as agricultural fields or areas with disturbed soils like roadsides, construction sites and
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• Agriculture
  ...or the study of the practice of agriculture&mdash;more formally known as [[agricultural science]]. ...ulture]] is a major element of [[history of the world|human history]], as agricultural progress has been a crucial factor in worldwide [[social change|socio-econo
  27 KB (3,823 words) - 14:20, 7 May 2007
• Pesticide
  ...ting used in Sumeria about 4,500 years ago. By the [[15th century]], toxic chemicals such as [[arsenic]], [[Mercury (element)|mercury]] and [[lead]] were being ...tudied using a [[hydrology transport model]] to study movement and fate of chemicals in rivers and streams. Pesticides are strongly implicated in [[pollinator
  33 KB (4,652 words) - 04:14, 6 April 2007
• Plant breeding
  ...ip for Africa's Development</ref> <ref>Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. 2002. [http://www.worldbank.org/html/cgiar/publications/gef/CGIAR ...odification of plants that can produce [[pharmaceutical]]s (and industrial chemicals), sometimes called ''[[pharmacrop]]s'', is a rather radical new area of pla
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• Bees
  ...and wildlife. Many of these bees survive in refuge in wild areas away from agricultural spraying, only to be poisoned in massive spray programs for [[mosquito]]es, ...concerning diseases can usually be had through the experiment stations or agricultural colleges as well as the United States Department of Agriculture.
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• Invasive species
  ..., also known as chemical competition. In allelopathy, a plant will secrete chemicals which make the surrounding soil uninhabitable, or at least inhibitory, to o Agricultural weeds cause an overall reduction in yield. Most weed species are accidental
  45 KB (6,803 words) - 12:29, 14 May 2007
• Photography
  Every experiment station and agricultural college finds in photography an indispensable adjunct both to its records a ...als— as magnesium—which, either alone or in combination with oxygen-giving chemicals, produce a light of great brightness and high actinic power for an instant.
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• Noni
  ...g from combination of an alcohol and an acid in noni fruit, noniosides are chemicals giving noni its noxious smell and taste | journal = Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
  27 KB (3,862 words) - 08:47, 16 October 2007
• Earthworm
  ...ve to changes in the environment. Introduced species are commonly found in agricultural environments along with persistent natives. Most of the 75 or so exotics ha ...s of worm population in the soil is to avoid the application of artificial chemicals. Adding organic matter, preferably as a surface mulch, on a regular basis
  24 KB (3,609 words) - 04:03, 8 March 2010
• Foodborne illness
  ...ety of toxins that affect the environment. For foodborne illness caused by chemicals, see [[Food contaminants]]. | title = Guidance for Industry and FDA - Letter to State Agricultural Directors, State Feed Control Officials, and Food, Feed, and Grain Trade Or
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• Cannabis cultivation
  ...rally only non-drug cultivars of ''C. ruderalis'' are grown for industrial/agricultural purposes whereas for consumption high-cannabinoid cultivars of both ''C. in * Ideal [[pH]] between 6.0 and 7.0. To increase pH one can add agricultural lime during watering. For decrease ground coffee or lemon peels may be used
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• Olive
  ...end of the [[Caspian Sea]]. Its fruit, also called the olive, is of major agricultural importance in the Mediterranean region as the source of [[olive oil]]. The ...en to a rich purple colour (black olives). Canned black olives may contain chemicals that turn them black artificially.
  48 KB (8,043 words) - 20:29, 22 February 2010
• Common bean
  ...manure, may be expected to give good returns. Or, in the absence of these chemicals, 200 pounds or so of a commercial fertilizer such as is usually applied for ...ability formed one of the principal food-crops of that ancient and unknown agricultural race, the ruins of whose cities and irrigating canals are now the only witn
  38 KB (6,527 words) - 23:15, 2 February 2010
• Wolfberry
  ...n+certificate%22+usda+&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us] is in actuality simply an agricultural training program for China's rural poor.[http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cac ...iochemistry)|receptors]], "master" control properties over other bioactive chemicals and cells, and characteristic spectral peaks defining one berry's geographi
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• Organic Gardener's Composting
  ...to consider anything that might help us grow a better garden and we enjoy agricultural science at a lay person's level. ...ng them. During the early part of this century, our focus changed to using chemicals; organic wastes were often considered nuisances with little value. These da
  380 KB (62,788 words) - 19:57, 13 July 2009
• Horticulture
  ...tanist to the horticulturist. Horticulture is a composite of botanical and agricultural subjects. ...New England," 1895, is interesting. In a still narrower field, Boardman'a "Agricultural Bibliography of Maine" is critical and invaluable. The chapter on "American
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