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The challenges before the Agricultural Scientists of our country today are much more complex than even before. The first issue and the cause of some major problems in the future ? the depletion of the ozone layer, threatens the inhabitants of Earth due to the advent of harmful ultraviolet radiation. The second issue ? global warming and the plight of Antarctica, involves the melting of polar ice caps threatening our coastal regions in the future. Forecast of ...
Agronomy deals with the principles and practices of crop production and soil management. In its broader sense, it includes crop ecology, crop production, crop nutrition, soil fertility, water management, weed control, seed technology etc. To be a good agronomist, one needs to have a sound knowledge of all these agronomic aspects and also name related aspects from other sciences. Rice continues to be the most important food source in the world, with about 20% of ...