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The role of extension specialists in agricultural production

The role of extension specialists in agricultural production dations and in turn gathering and disseminating their in­ INVITED VIEWPOINT formation as a part of a team effort. Farmers are only a part of the total agricultural enterprise, the other com­ The Role of Extension Specialists in ponents being the seedsmen, fertilizer and pesticide Agricultural Production dealers, machinery manufacturers, local bankers, food Today's productive agriculture has not come about by processors and even the consumers. The extension plant pathologist is a most important farmers reading in textbooks about how to grow corn or tomatoes or cotton or by an agricultural engineer design­ person in successful agricultural production, since dis­ eases may limit the yield and quality of most crops. ing a mechanical harvester or any other single person's efforts. Rather, our farm technology advances arise from Farmers need regular advice on seed treatments to remove pathogens from seeds, rotations to minimize the work of thousands of people including plant breeders, agronomists, entomologists, plant pathologists, pathogen populations present in crop debris, foliage agricultural engineers, economists and many others who sprays where appropriate, and harvest transport and develop, adapt, test and demonstrate superior methods storage precautions to reduce disease problems. The for growing, harvesting, storing and marketing food basic scientist http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australasian Plant Pathology Springer Journals

The role of extension specialists in agricultural production

Australasian Plant Pathology , Volume 5 (3) – Jan 23, 2011

The role of extension specialists in agricultural production

Abstract

dations and in turn gathering and disseminating their in­ INVITED VIEWPOINT formation as a part of a team effort. Farmers are only a part of the total agricultural enterprise, the other com­ The Role of Extension Specialists in ponents being the seedsmen, fertilizer and pesticide Agricultural Production dealers, machinery manufacturers, local bankers, food Today's productive agriculture has not come about by processors and even the consumers. The extension plant pathologist is a...
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Springer Journals
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Subject
Life Sciences; Plant Pathology; Plant Sciences; Agriculture; Entomology; Ecology
ISSN
0815-3191
eISSN
1448-6032
DOI
10.1071/APP9760043
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Abstract

dations and in turn gathering and disseminating their in­ INVITED VIEWPOINT formation as a part of a team effort. Farmers are only a part of the total agricultural enterprise, the other com­ The Role of Extension Specialists in ponents being the seedsmen, fertilizer and pesticide Agricultural Production dealers, machinery manufacturers, local bankers, food Today's productive agriculture has not come about by processors and even the consumers. The extension plant pathologist is a most important farmers reading in textbooks about how to grow corn or tomatoes or cotton or by an agricultural engineer design­ person in successful agricultural production, since dis­ eases may limit the yield and quality of most crops. ing a mechanical harvester or any other single person's efforts. Rather, our farm technology advances arise from Farmers need regular advice on seed treatments to remove pathogens from seeds, rotations to minimize the work of thousands of people including plant breeders, agronomists, entomologists, plant pathologists, pathogen populations present in crop debris, foliage agricultural engineers, economists and many others who sprays where appropriate, and harvest transport and develop, adapt, test and demonstrate superior methods storage precautions to reduce disease problems. The for growing, harvesting, storing and marketing food basic scientist

Journal

Australasian Plant PathologySpringer Journals

Published: Jan 23, 2011

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