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(AIO) Agricultural science (or agriscience for short) is a broad multidisciplinary field of biology that encompasses the parts of exact, natural, economic and social sciences that are used in the practice and understanding of agriculture. Professionals of the agricultural science are called agricultural scientists or...
History
In the 18th century, Johann Friedrich Mayer conducted experiments on the use of gypsum (hydrated calcium sulphate) as a fertilizer.
In 1843, John Lawes and Joseph Henry Gilbert began a set of long-term field experiments at Rothamsted Research Station in England, some of which are still running as of 2018.
In the United States, a scientific revolution in agriculture began with the Hatch Act of 1887, which used the term "agricultural science". The Hatch Act was driven by farmers' interest in knowing the constituents of early artificial fertilizer. The Smith-Hughes Act of 1917 shifted agricultural education back to its voc...
Prominent agricultural scientists
Robert Bakewell
Norman Borlaug
Luther Burbank
George Washington Carver
Carl Henry Clerk
George C. Clerk
René Dumont
Sir Albert Howard
Kailas Nath Kaul
Thomas Lecky
Justus von Liebig
Jay Lush
Gregor Mendel
Louis Pasteur
M. S. Swaminathan
Jethro Tull
Artturi Ilmari Virtanen
Sewall Wright
Wilbur Olin Atwater
Fields or related disciplines
Agricultural biotechnology
Agricultural chemistry
Agricultural diversification
Agricultural education
Agricultural economics
Agricultural engineering
Agricultural geography
Agricultural philosophy
Agricultural marketing
Agricultural soil science
Agroecology
Agrophysics
Animal science
Animal breeding
Animal husbandry
Animal nutrition
Farm management
Agronomy
Botany
Theoretical production ecology
Horticulture
Plant breeding
Plant fertilization
Aquaculture
Biological engineering
Genetic engineering
Nematology
Microbiology
Plant pathology
Range management
Environmental science
Entomology
Food science
Human nutrition
Irrigation and water management
Soil science