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Zhao Qiguo (Chinese: 赵其国; 25 February 1930 – 3 January 2023) was a Chinese soil scientist, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. [1] He was president of the Soil Science Society of China from 1987 to 1995.
The Science Society of China (simplified Chinese: 中国科学社; traditional Chinese: 中國科學社, 1915-1960) was a major science organization in the modern history of China. It was initiated by Chinese students at Cornell University in 1914, including P.C. King , H. C. Zen , Zhou Ren , Hsingfo Yang and later renamed Science Society of China.
Father of modern soil science. First scholarly treatment of soil forming processes Johanna Döbereiner: 1924–2000: Brazil: Prominent Brazilian agronomist Vasily V. Dokuchaev: 1840–1903: Russia: Variously the father of modern soil science, pedology, soil geography Friedrich Albert Fallou: 1794–1877: Germany: Founder of modern soil science ...
A soil scientist examining horizons within a soil profile. Soil science is the study of soil as a natural resource on the surface of the Earth including soil formation, classification and mapping; physical, chemical, biological, and fertility properties of soils; and these properties in relation to the use and management of soils.
In his two books First Principles of Soil Science (1857, 2nd ed. 1865) and Pedology or General and Special Soil Science (1862) Friedrich Albert Fallou developed his collected field observations of soil into a systematic approach. He explained why soil formation was worthy of study and appealed for recognition of soil science as a discipline. In ...
Organizations that are involved in agronomy, soil science, &/or crop science. Pages in category "Soil and crop science organizations" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
Chein returned to China in 1916 and taught at Beijing Agricultural College, Tsinghua University, Fudan University, Xiamen University, and Sichuan University. In 1916, Chein published "Two Asiatic Allies of Ranunculus pensylvanicus ", which was the first paper by a Chinese author to express plant names and classifications in Latin, and this ...
China has vast mineral reserves, [2] a significant earthquake risk in its western regions and rare isolated active volcanoes throughout the country. [3] Many geological concepts were discovered very early in China's history. However, it was not until the adoption of European natural science in the late 19th century that geology became a science ...