INTEGRATED ENGLISH REFERENCE NOTES - Prof. Dr. Ziya Yurttaş

Agriculture
� Agriculture is the work of growing crops and raising farm animals.
� Agronomy is the work of producing field crops in large and open fields.
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� Horticulture is the work of producing fruits and vegetables in protected areas.
� Agricultural extension is a technical service based on an out-of-school educational
system and aimed at improving the living conditions of the people who are
engaged in Agriculture.
� There are eleven Departments in the College of Agriculture at Atatürk University.
They are, in order of the date of establishment, the Departments of:
o Agricultural Economics,
o Animal Husbandry,
o Soil Science,
o Field Crops,
o Agricultural Engineering,
o Agricultural Mechanization,
o Horticulture,
o Plant Protection,
o Food Technology,
o Aquaculture and
o Landscape Architecture.
� Photosynthesis is a process by which chlorophyll containing cells in green plants
synthesize carbohydrates from carbodioxide and water in the presence of sun light.
In other words, it is a process by which plants make sugar from water and air.
� Erosion occurs on sloping surfaces rather than level areas.
� Some bacteria are beneficial, but some are harmful, causing various diseases.
� A plow is an implement to till or turn over the soil.
� A roller is used to break up the clods and compact the seed bed.
� In general, tillage serves three purposes. It prepares the seed bed, destroys the
weeds, and improves the soil.
� Rotation is a practice of growing different crops at different times on the same soil.
� A tractor can draw a two or more furrow plow.