Agrophysics
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Agrophysics is a branch of science bordering on agronomy and physics, whose objects of study are the
physical sciences
. Using the achievements of the exact sciences to solve major problems in agriculture, agrophysics involves the study of materials and processes occurring in the production and processing of agricultural crops, with particular emphasis on the condition of the environment and the quality of farming materials and food production.
Agrophysics is closely related to
agricultural technology, biotechnology, genetics
etc.
The needs of agriculture, concerning the past experience study of the local complex soil and next plant-atmosphere systems, lay at the root of the emergence of a new branch – agrophysics – dealing this with experimental physics. The scope of the branch starting from
labeling
concerns, considered distinct from the field of nutrition for application in food science.
Research centres focused on the development of the agrophysical sciences include the
St. Petersburg
.
See also
- Agriculture science
- Agroecology
- Genomics
- Metagenomics
- Metabolomics
- Physics (Aristotle)
- Proteomics
- Soil plant atmosphere continuum
Research institutes and societies
- Agrophysical Research Institute in St. Petersburg, Russia
- Bohdan Dobrzański Institute of Agrophysicsin Lublin, Poland
- The Indian Society of AgroPhysics
Scholarly journals
- Acta Agrophysica
- Journal of Agricultural Physics
- Polish Journal of Soil Science
References
- Encyclopedia of Agrophysics in series: Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series edts. Jan Glinski, Jozef Horabik, Jerzy Lipiec, 2011, Publisher: Springer, ISBN 978-90-481-3585-1
- Encyclopedia of Soil Science, edts. Ward Chesworth, 2008, Uniw. of Guelph Canada, Publ. Springer, ISBN 978-1-4020-3994-2
- АГРОФИЗИКА - AGROPHYSICS by Е. В. Шеин (J.W. Chein), В. М. Гончаров (W.M. Gontcharow), Ростов-на-Дону (ISBN 5-222-07741-1- Рекомендовано УМО по классическому университетскому образованию в качестве учебника для студентов высших учебных заведений, обучающихся по специальности и направлению высшего профессионального образования "Почвоведение"
- Scientific Dictionary of Agrophysics: polish-English, polsko-angielski by R. Dębicki, J. Gliński, J. Horabik, R. T. Walczak - Lublin 2004, ISBN 83-87385-88-3
- Physical Methods in Agriculture. Approach to Precision and Quality, edts. J. Blahovec and M. Kutilek, Kluwer Academic Publishers, New York 2002, ISBN 0-306-47430-1.
- Soil Physical Condition and Plant Roots by J. Gliński, J. Lipiec, 1990, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, USA, ISBN 0-8493-6498-1
- Soil Aeration and its Role for Plants by J. Gliński, W. Stępniewski, 1985, Publisher: CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, USA, ISBN 0-8493-5250-9
- Fundamentals of Agrophysics (Osnovy agrofiziki) by A. F. Ioffe, I. B. Revut, Petr Basilevich Vershinin, 1966, English : Publisher: Jerusalem, Israel Program for Scientific Translations; (available from the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Va.)
- Fundamentals of Agrophysics by P. V, etc. Vershinin, 1959, Publisher: IPST, ISBN 0-7065-0358-9
External links
- Agrophysical Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences
- Bohdan Dobrzański Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences in Lublin
- Free Association of PMA Labs, Czech University of Agriculture, Prague
- International Agrophysics
- International Agrophysics - quarterly journal focused on applications of physics in environmental and agricultural sciences
- Polish Society of Agrophysics
- Sustainable Agriculture: Definitions and Terms
