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AGRONOMIC PRACTICE [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Agriculture - General
  • Farm Management and Policy
  • Agricultural Economics
DEF

Any activity that uses principles or information from the science of agronomy to support, foster, or enhance crop production.

OBS

Such pratices include selection of seed, seedbed preparation, fertilization, use of suitable soil amendments, planting, cultivation, harvesting, crop sequencing or rotation, strip-cropping, ... use of cover crops, [etc.]

OBS

Not to be confused with "cultural practice"and "agricultural practice" because the term "agronomic" has a "management" connotation that "cultural" and "agricultural" don't have.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Agriculture - Généralités
  • Gestion et politique agricole
  • Économie agricole
CONT

[...] ce projet sera consacré à des travaux de sélection et de croisement visant à augmenter le rendement, la stabilité et la résistance aux maladies, à la mise au point de pratiques agronomiques pour les divers systèmes culturaux et à des études de rentabilité des essais faits au champ.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec «pratique culturale» et «pratique agricole» car le terme «agronomique» a une connotation «gestion» que les terme «cultural» et «agricole» n'ont pas.

Spanish

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