Agriscience: Fundamentals and Applications - Hardcover

Cooper, Elmer L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0827362781 ISBN 13: 9780827362789

Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning, 1995

Synopsis

Patterned after FFA-endorsed curricula, this best-selling full-color text integrates basic biological and technological concepts with principles of production agriculture. It carefully takes students through all major science areas from plant and animal sciences, to food science, to environmental technology. The Second Edition features several new Agri-profiles of hi-tech agricultural careers, as well as the latest information on integrated pest management, agribusiness, and natural resource management. Stocked with pedagogical aids, such as performance-based objectives, terms-to-know, chapter-ending reviews, and objective, essay, and review questions, as well as a complete supplement package, this edition provides the tools needed to plan and implement a successful introductory Agriscience program. (plant and animal science, science of living things, biotechnology, natural resource management, hydroponics management)

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Elmer Cooper is a professor emeritus of the University of Maryland. He taught in public schools for over 17 years, including grades 8 through 12 and adults. Dr. Cooper served as State Supervisor of Agriculture/Agribusiness and Renewable Natural Resources in Maryland for four years. He was a teacher and educator at Virginia Tech and the University of Maryland for 12 years, and many outstanding teachers in the field have benefited from his guidance.

Edition details

• Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0827362781
• ISBN 13: 9780827362789
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 784