Six chemicals that changed agriculture /

Six Chemicals That Changed Agriculture is a scientific look at how the chemicals used in today's food production were developed, evaluated, and came to be in wide-spread use. From fertilizers to pest management, antibiotics to DNA, chemicals have transformed the way our food is grown, protected...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Zimdahl, Robert L. (Author)
Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam : Academic Press, 2015.
Subjects:	Agricultural chemicals. Agricultural chemistry > Public opinion. Produits chimiques agricoles. Chimie agricole > Opinion publique. Agricultural chemicals Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The characteristics of modern agriculture enabled by chemicals
Lime : A soil amendment
Nitrogen
Phosphorus
2, 4-D : An herbicide
DDT : An insecticide
Recombinant DNA
Antibiotics
Conclusion.