本书是关于介绍“农学英语”的教学用书，全书共分18课，从植物组成开始，逐渐过渡到多项农业技术及当今主要农业发展趋势。

本书适合大专院校农学英语专业的学生、从事相关工作的专业人士以及农业科技工作者习、参考使用。

本书共计18课，从植物组成开始，逐渐过渡到多项农业技术及当今主要农业发展趋势。每课包括Part A与Pan B两部分，是农业高等院校的专业英语教材，也可供相关科技人员和管理者作专业阅读使用。

Unit 1

Part A Plants

Part B WHEAT-Tritieum Spp. (Gramineae-Tritieinae)

Unit 2

Part A Botany

Part B The Growth of Plants

Unit 3

Part A Carbon Dioxide Is Nature's Hidden Yield Enhancer

Part B Drainage and Irrigation

Unit 4

Part A Biological Power

Part B Ecofarming

Unit 5

Part A Crop Yields Decline with Topsoil Loss

Part B Potato

Unit 6

Part A Green Revolution

Part B Shrinking Wheat Cultivation Area

Unit 7

Part A Green Gene Technology

Part B The Agro-Eeological Zones(AEZ) Methodology

Unit 8

Part A The Bioteeh Century

Part B Comparison of Different Models for Agriculture

Unit 9

Part A Crop Yield Estimate Comparison Between Two Methods:Energy Balance and Water Balance

Part B Setting Realistic Crop Yield Goals

Unit 10

Part A Biodiversity and Organic Agriculture

Part B Triticum Aestivum L.

Unit 11

Part A Plant Breeding

Part B Jumping Genes Make Genetic Leaps

Unit 12

Part A Food Safety and Quality As Is Affected by Organic Farming

Part B Effect of Till and No-Till Soybean Cultivation on Dynamics of Entomopathogenic Fungi in the Soil

Unit 13

Part A New Wheats Will Help Growers Fight Weeds

Part B CIMMYT Wheats Take the Heat

Unit 14

Part A Induction of Photoperiod Sensitive Genetic Male Steriles for Use in Hybrid Rice Seed Production

Part B Rice

Unit 15

Part A Baby Corn Research Project 1998

Part B Corn

Unit 16

Part A Crop Breeding for Organic Agriculture

Part B U.S. Organic Agriculture Introduction

Unit 17

Part A The Future of Agriculture : Challenges for Environment, Health and Safety Regulation of Pesticides

Part B Feeding a World of 10 Billion People:the Miracle Ahead (I)

Unit 18

Part A A Pilot Project on Rapid Estimates of Crop Area Changes from a Scattered Sample of Mini-Sites

Part B Feeding a World of 10 Billion People:the Miracle Ahead (II)

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