Modern agricultural science and technology

Author: Wang Shubin
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: This book includes three major parts—agriculture, animal husbandry, and forestry—comprising a total of 23 chapters. Part one covers agriculture, including crops such as rice, wheat, corn, rapeseed, sweet potatoes, potatoes, cotton, fruit trees, vegetables, flowers, tea, medicinal herbs, edible fungi, and silkworm breeding. The second part focuses on animal husbandry and aquaculture, including pigs, cattle, sheep, poultry, rabbits, etc. The third part covers forestry, including an overview, ecological engineering forests, and commercial forests. It provides summaries of the production, storage, processing, consumption, market status, and development trends of agriculture, animal husbandry, and forestry in China and abroad; growth and genetic foundations; modern breeding goals, techniques, and methods; modern planting (animal husbandry) technologies; post-harvest modern commercial processing technologies for agricultural products, such as harvesting, packaging, storage, transportation, processing, and distribution; the application of high-tech modern agricultural biotechnology and information technology; and finally, a chapter summary. In addition to serving as a valuable reference for Party school diploma students to systematically understand the current state of modern agricultural science and technology in China and abroad, this textbook is also available as a reference for faculty and students of agricultural colleges, scientific and technological personnel, and leaders of agricultural administrative departments. This teaching material was commissioned by the Sichuan Provincial Party School and organized by the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, with the participation of personnel from relevant agricultural units and research institutions in the province. The participating organizations include the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the Rural Work Committee of the CPC Sichuan Provincial Committee, the Sichuan Academy of Animal Science, and the Sichuan Academy of Forestry Science, among others. Over 20 people participated in the writing, many of whom are renowned experts and scholars in the province engaged in scientific research in agriculture, animal husbandry, and forestry. The book reflects the rich experience and insights accumulated over the years through their highly effective work.