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AGROCHIMIE [1 record]

Record 1 2006-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Agricultural Chemicals
  • Chemistry
DEF

The science of chemical compositions and changes involved in the production, protection, and use of crops and livestock.

OBS

As a basic science, it embraces, in addition to test-tube chemistry, all the life processes through which humans obtain food and fiber for themselves and feed for their animals. As an applied science or technology, it is directed toward control of those processes to increase yields, improve quality, and reduce costs. One important branch of it, chemurgy, is concerned chiefly with utilization of agricultural products as chemical raw materials.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Agents chimiques (Agriculture)
  • Chimie
DEF

Étude des sols, des engrais et de la protection des récoltes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Agentes químicos (Agricultura)
  • Química
DEF

Rama de la Química que estudia los suelos y los fertilizantes.

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