02514nam 2200589 450 991082773980332120200520144314.00-12-800617-X(CKB)3710000000450642(EBL)2102165(SSID)ssj0001573477(PQKBManifestationID)16227729(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001573477(PQKBWorkID)14841213(PQKB)11744983(MiAaPQ)EBC2102165(Au-PeEL)EBL2102165(CaPaEBR)ebr11081546(CaONFJC)MIL822746(OCoLC)915311392(PPN)198681909(EXLCZ)99371000000045064220150805h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSix chemicals that changed agriculture /Robert L. ZimdahlAmsterdam, [Netherlands] :Academic Press,2015.©20151 online resource (211 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-12-800561-0 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.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. 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, and processed. Agriculture is the world's most important environment interaction, the essential human activity, and an increasingly controversial activity because of its use and presumed misuse of chemistry. The major characteristics of US agriculture for at least the last six decades have been risiAgricultural chemicalsLimeNitrogen fertilizersAgricultural chemicals.Lime.Nitrogen fertilizers.630.24Zimdahl Robert L.282942MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827739803321Six chemicals that changed agriculture4035374UNINA