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Article Category: Agriculture

An art, science or practice of producing food, feed, fiber and other desired products through the cultivation of crops, management of the soil, and raising of livestock. Agriculture denotes activities  (i.e. tillage, fertilization, pest control, harvesting, etc.) essential to food and material production. It also includes all techniques in growing and maintaining domesticated animals (e.g. cattle, cows, goats, hogs, poultry, horses, etc.), and handling their by-products. Its prime concern is causing the land to produce more abundantly while protecting it from deterioration and misuse.

Methods of Breaking Seed Dormancy

Various methods have been used by seed scientist and technologists to break the dormancy of seed.A. Scarification, B. Temperature Treatments, C. Light Treatments, D. Treatments with growth regulators & other Chemicals..

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Milk yields affected by music tempo

Dairy cows produce more milk when listening to REM’s ‘Everybody Hurts’ or Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral Symphony’ than when subjected to Wonderstuff’s ‘Size of a Cow’ or the Beatles’ ‘Back In The USSR’..

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The consequences of antibiotic use in horticulture

The problem of antibiotic resistance emerging from the use and misuse of antibiotics in veterinary practice was considered as long ago as the 1960s by the famous Swann Committee…

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