
Six Chemicals That Changed Agriculture
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Key Features
- Offers an historical analysis of the discovery and development some aspects of the chemistry of modern agriculture
- Addresses the advantages, disadvantages, desirable and undesirable results of the use of each of the chosen chemicals and compares and contrasts the real and frequently assumed problems of their use
- Provides valuable insights into the history and application of these focused chemicals, enabling readers to apply the lessons to new agricultural chemical developments
Readership
Researchers and students in agro-chemical engineering, crop development, agriculture science, food toxicology, food safety
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chemistry
- Alchemy
- Chemistry and the Chemicals in this Book
- Five Characteristics of Developed Country Agriculture
- Agricultural Education
- The Morrill Act
- The Hatch and Smith–Lever Acts
- The Productivity of Agriculture
Chapter 2. The Characteristics of Modern Agriculture Enabled by Chemicals
- Agricultural Development
- Agriculture’s Eras
- Results and the New Era
Chapter 3. Lime: A Soil Amendment
- Agricultural Lime
- Sources of Lime
- Where Lime Is Needed
- Effects of Agricultural Lime7
- Agricultural Role
Chapter 4. Nitrogen
- Nitrogen and Life
- Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch3
- The Haber–Bosch Process
- Nitrogen Fixation
- Results of the Haber–Bosch Process
- Effects on Agriculture
Chapter 5. Phosphorus
- Introduction
- History
- Sources
- Supply
- Agricultural Role
Chapter 6. 2,4-D: An Herbicide
- A New Chemical
- Plant Growth Regulators
- Phenoxy Acids
- Modern Weed Management
- Development of 2,4-D
- World War II
- Effect on Agriculture
Chapter 7. DDT: An Insecticide
- Introduction
- History1
- Synthesis
- Silent Spring
- Environmental Effects
- Human Effects
- Malaria
- Agricultural Effects
Chapter 8. Recombinant DNA
- Introduction
- The Case for Use of Recombinant DNA in Agriculture
- The Case Against Use of Recombinant DNA Technology in Agriculture
- Present Agricultural Developments
- Future Effects
Chapter 9. Antibiotics
- Introduction
- Human Uses
- Animal Uses
- The Controversy
- Effects on Agriculture
Chapter 10. Conclusion
- Introduction
- The Challenge
- The Changes: The Transformation of Agriculture
- The Future: A Brief Comment
Product details
- No. of pages: 216
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2015
- Published: July 23, 2015
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780128005613
- eBook ISBN: 9780128006177
About the Author
Robert L Zimdahl
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