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Founder of modern soil science; coined the term "pedology" W. B. George: 1899–1972: Canada: Kemptville Agricultural School lecturer and chairman of the Fertilizer Advisory Board of Ontario Konstantin Glinka: 1867–1927: Russia: Prominent Russian soil scientist Eugene W. Hilgard: 1833–1916: USA: Father of modern soil science in the USA ...
[1] [5] [6] [4] The Jamaica Hope was a combination of the British Jersey cow with the Holstein and the Indian Sahiwal breed, and could produce up to an average of 12 litres of milk a day, three times that produced by other cattle on the island. Lecky's work revolutionized the Jamaican dairy industry, and scientists flocked to Jamaica to see his ...
The early concepts of soil were based on ideas developed by a German chemist, Justus von Liebig (1803–1873), and modified and refined by agricultural scientists who worked on samples of soil in laboratories, greenhouses, and on small field plots. The soils were rarely examined below the depth of normal tillage.
Fertilizer is a major contribution to agriculture history increasing the fertility of the soil and minimizing nutrient loss. [1] Scientific study of fertilizer was advanced significantly in 1840 with the publication Die organische Chemie in ihrer Anwendung auf Agrikulturchemie und Physiologie (Organic Chemistry in Its Applications to ...
George Washington Carver (c. 1864 [1] – January 5, 1943) was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. [2] He was one of the most prominent black scientists of the early 20th century.
for their remarkable discoveries of mechanisms governing plant-insect and plant-plant interactions. Their scientific contributions on chemical ecology have fostered the development of integrated pest management and significantly advanced agricultural sustainability. 2009: No award: 2010 David Baulcombe United Kingdom
After similarly analyzing the Watkins collection, scientists from John Innes Center in a separate study discovered that a gene located in chromosome 2a provides effective resistance to powdery ...
GM crops are as natural and safe as today's bread wheat, opined Dr. Borlaug, who also reminded agricultural scientists of their moral obligation to stand up to the antiscience crowd and warn policy makers that global food insecurity will not disappear without this new technology and ignoring this reality global food insecurity would make future ...