This best-selling full-color book is the third edition of "Agriscience: Fundamentals & Applications," a modern agriscience book that will introduce the "millennium generation" to careers in agriculture. This revision expands on the vision of the original text in the areas of agricultural education and integrating science and technology components with the principles of agriculture. It carefully takes readers through all major science areas - from plant, animal sciences, to food science, and environmental technology, and adds many new applications for practical usage and understanding of the material. Scientific discoveries and internet icons enhance the full-color text, giving students of today the foundation they need to be the agriculturists, scientists, and innovators of tomorrow.
This third edition of "Agriscience: Fundamentals & Applications," addresses the basic levels of modern agriscience concepts using language and examples designed to meet the needs of beginning students interested in natural science careers. The text integrates broadened principles of agriculture through all the major science areas, and adds many new applications of science, technology, math, agriculture, natural resources and the environment. New full-color photographs and illustrations have been added for visual enhancement, as well as internet icons to help students explore agriscience topics beyond the boundaries of the text. The unit profiles and student activities provide instructors with innovative ways to teach modern agriscience concepts, as this book contains invaluable resources for introductory agriscience curriculums.
