#Agricultural Sciences

[starry-eyed-butch]

I wish anyone in my real face to face life cared about this—

I got two A’s, A-, B+ for the quarter. I think that should get me on the Deans’ List again. My second quarter, I got honor roll. First quarter was Deans’ list. A good first year I hope I can keep up with. Fingers crossed I can transfer stores and reduce the stress from work.

[ozarkstreetart]

Bat? Fangs? Rare graffiti on a University of Arkansas building. On the historic WPA-built Ag Sciences. And a pointed ear friend on the west side of the Fine Arts Building, built by Edward Durell Stone.

[ketyoulater]

[payaljaglan]

B.Sc. in Agricultural Sciences: Full Form, Courses, Subjects, Eligibility, Exams & Careers

Agriculture is the backbone of the Indian economy. With a rapidly growing population, the need for food and agriculture is increasing rapidly. Agricultural Sciences is a branch of science that deals with the study of agriculture and its various aspects. The Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Agricultural Sciences is a 3-year undergraduate program that provides a strong foundation in the principles of agricultural sciences.

Full Form of B.Sc. in Agricultural Sciences: B.Sc. stands for Bachelor of Science, and Agricultural Sciences is the branch of science that deals with the study of agriculture and its various aspects. Therefore, the full form of B.Sc. in Agricultural Sciences is Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Sciences.

Courses and Subjects in B.Sc. in Agricultural Sciences: B.Sc. in Agricultural Sciences, from the top university in India, is a 3-year undergraduate program that covers various aspects of agriculture, including soil science, crop production, livestock management, plant breeding, horticulture, agricultural economics, and agricultural engineering. The curriculum is designed to provide students with a broad understanding of the field of agriculture.

The course structure includes a mix of theoretical and practical aspects of agriculture. The subjects covered in the course include Soil Science, Crop Production, Horticulture, Agricultural Economics, Plant Breeding, Livestock Management, Agricultural Engineering, and Food Processing.

Eligibility for B.Sc. in Agricultural Sciences: To be eligible for admission to B.Sc. in Agricultural Sciences, a student must have passed 10+2 or an equivalent examination with Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Mathematics, and English as the main subjects. The minimum aggregate marks required for admission may vary from college to college.

Exams for B.Sc. in Agricultural Sciences: The admission process for B.Sc. in Agricultural Sciences varies from college to college. Some colleges conduct their entrance exams, while others admit students based on their 10+2 exam scores. Some of the popular entrance exams for B.Sc. in Agricultural Sciences include ICAR AIEEA, JET Agriculture, and SAAT.

Careers in Agricultural Sciences: Agricultural Sciences is a vast field, and it offers many career opportunities. Graduates with a B.Sc. in Agricultural Sciences, from the top sciences university in India, can work in both the public and private sectors. Some of the popular career options for B.Sc. in Agricultural Sciences graduates include:

Agricultural Scientist: Agricultural scientists conduct research on various aspects of agriculture and develop new technologies and techniques to improve crop yields and livestock production.

Farm Manager: Farm managers are responsible for managing farms and ensuring that all operations run smoothly. They supervise farm workers and manage the day-to-day activities of the farm.

Agricultural Engineer: Agricultural engineers design and develop equipment and machinery used in agriculture. They also design irrigation systems, drainage systems, and other infrastructure used in agriculture.

Horticulturist: Horticulturists are experts in the cultivation of plants, fruits, and vegetables. They work to improve plant growth, prevent plant diseases, and ensure that plants produce high-quality yields.

Agricultural Economist: Agricultural economists study the economics of agriculture and develop policies and strategies to improve the profitability of agriculture.

Conclusion: B.Sc. in Agricultural Sciences is a 3-year undergraduate program that provides a strong foundation in the principles of agriculture. The course covers various aspects of agriculture, including soil science, crop production, livestock management, plant breeding, horticulture, agricultural economics, and agricultural engineering. Graduates with a B.Sc. in Agricultural Sciences can work in both the public and private sectors in various career options. With the increasing demand for food and agriculture, pursuing a career in Agricultural Sciences can be a wise choice.

[exxdrostudies]

I met with my advisor this morning and scheduled four classes! I work 40 hours a week as a service manager at my job so 4 classes may be excessive BUT we’re going to do our best. I think I’m going for an earth sciences minor— however I’m still considering microbiology. I wonder if I can do both? But I’m an online campus student at Southern Oregon University and I will be taking:

Biology 1

Chemistry 1

Intro to Wildland Ecology

Environmental Geology

What’re your best study tips? Best retention tips? Anyone working full time too? Other Rangeland Science folks or similar?

[mindblowingscience]

Hubert Reeves once wrote that "on the cosmic scale, liquid water is rarer than gold". And what is true for the universe is even truer in the Sahel, the name given to the vast, arid belt that skirts the Sahara and stretches across Africa from east to west. Since 3,000 BCE, the peoples of this region have invested tremendous effort into coming up with myriad ways to capture and control this remarkably scarce resource. Faced with the poor distribution of water across space and time, they have had to resort to intelligent, thrifty methods to make the most of even the tiniest drop. Overlooked for many years, the secrets of the Sahelian landscape are starting to pique the interest of researchers and decision-makers.

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[peacephotography]

Metamorphosis, a London-based firm growing food underground, 2022 The intersection between technology and agriculture informs this series, examining radical responses to the varied difficulties facing food production.

Photograph: Joanna Vestey

[rebeccathenaturalist]

I really hope they can work the bugs out of this solution, because if it's done right, it'll really be a win-win situation. Less evaporation of water, and solar power being generated every day? Yes, please. We are smart, resourceful beings, and this is far from the most difficult problem we've had to address.

This is also a great example of how we can go back and fix mistakes of the past. We very, very rarely ever come up with technological solutions that take long-term effects on the environment into consideration, and so the way many things are designed often leads to some sort of damage, whether through manufacture, use, disposal, or all of the above. Retrofitting canals (which have been used in agriculture for thousands of years) will have benefits not only in the ways mentioned above, but also gets people thinking more about the impacts we make.

I'm hoping that this will lead to more new technology being developed in ways that already anticipate and account for negative impacts so that they avoid them in the first place, rather than having to engineer new solution many years down the line.

[muninnhuginn]

The thought that goes into the fake science in dungeon meshi can be something so special actually. Using golems to explain crop rotation and how removing predators from an ecosystem can have knock-on effects. Talking about symbiotic relationships and parasites too! And characters are actually interested in the science so they keep explaining about it. Finally, some exposition I can get behind.

[typhlonectes]

There are more than 1,000 varieties of banana, and we eat one of them. Here’s why that’s absurd...

The lack of diversity could mean the fruit’s extinction. It offers a stark warning of what could happen to other key foods.

Most people don’t question why every banana they’ve ever eaten looks and tastes pretty much the same. Most of us will never try a blue java from Indonesia with its soft, unctuous texture and flavour of vanilla ice-cream, or the Chinese banana that is so aromatic it’s been given the name go san heong, meaning “you can smell it from the next mountain”. The demand for low-cost, high-yielding varieties has resulted in vast monocultures of just one type of globally traded banana, and this is true of many other crops as well. Homogeneity in the food system is a risky strategy, because it reduces our ability to adapt in a rapidly changing world...

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/22/1000-varieties-banana-lack-of-diversity-extinction

[classicryo]

[katiajewelbox]

The surprising diversity of Pineapples (Ananas comosus).

The Active Pineapple Germplasm Bank (Pineapple AGB) of Embrapa Cassava & Fruits (Embrapa/ CNPMF) has more than 700 accessions under field conditions. As backups, there are copies kept in a greenhouse, with one or two plants per accession, cultivated in plastic pots with commercial substrate. An in vitro gene bank was established in 2003, and during the past few years, several studies have been carried out to improve the in vitro conservation protocol. Currently, about 60% of the AGB’s accessions are preserved by this protocol. Another conservation strategy used is cryopreservation of shoot tips and pollen grains, with well-defined methods. One of the most significant advances in the pineapple germplasm conservation has been the implementation of a quality control system, which enabled to define standard operation procedures (SOP) towards a more efficient and safer germplasm conservation.

Source:

Vidigal Souza, Fernanda & Souza, Everton & Aud, Fabiana & Costa, Eva & Silva, Paulo & Andrade, Eduardo & Rebouças, Danilo & Andrade, Danilo & Sousa, Andressa & Pugas, Carlos & Rebouças, Érica & França, Beatriz & França, Rivã. (2022). Advances in the conservation of pineapple genetic resources at Embrapa Cassava and Fruits. 28. 28-33.

[headspace-hotel]

Hahaha i'm researching herbicide resistance among common agricultural weeds, and basically weeds are winning the war on weeds

Glyphosate is rapidly becoming useless as an agricultural herbicide because so many weeds are resistant to it.

160 copies. Amazing.

In the graph on the right, the colored lines show the number of sites of action that weeds are resistant to. Basically, there are certain specific parts of a plant's biology that each herbicide targets, and different herbicides are different. The right hand graph shows weeds that are resistant to multiple herbicides, all the way up to those that are resistant to ELEVEN different herbicides.

We haven't discovered a new usable herbicide mechanism of action in about 30 years. So we're simply running out of herbicides to switch to.

[wachinyeya]

In response to last year’s record-breaking heat due to El Niño and impacts from climate change, Indigenous Zenù farmers in Colombia are trying to revive the cultivation of traditional climate-resilient seeds and agroecology systems.

One traditional farming system combines farming with fishing: locals fish during the rainy season when water levels are high, and farm during the dry season on the fertile soils left by the receding water.

Locals and ecologists say conflicts over land with surrounding plantation owners, cattle ranchers and mines are also worsening the impacts of the climate crisis.

To protect their land, the Zenù reserve, which is today surrounded by monoculture plantations, was in 2005 declared the first Colombian territory free from GMOs.

[mindblowingscience]

A recent preprint posted to bioRxiv investigates how chickpeas have been successfully grown in lunar regolith simulants (LRS), marking the first time such a guideline has been established not only for chickpeas, but also for growing food for long-term human space missions. This study was conducted by researchers from Texas A&M University and Brown University and holds the potential to develop more efficient methods in growing foods using extraterrestrial resources, specifically with NASA's Artemis program slated to return humans to the lunar surface in the next few years.

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[beep-beepster]

I feel like there is a strong correlation to Frank Hubert’s initial subtext with Dune (its islamic religious themes, a premise setting an empire against local populaces, the attention towards ecological developments in desert environments with a bias towards temperate zones from outsiders wanting to “enrich” the land), and all of the recent developments in Gaza and its history, both with the original influences to Hubert’s novel and the timing of a blockbuster adaptation happening while international focus grows towards Palestine, that is going unmentioned outside of the usual jokes and memes