Agrophysics
The agrophysics is an interdisciplinary science that theories and methods of physics to questions and problems that agricultural science applies (Agronomy).
history
Refrigeration to preserve food has been known for centuries, as has the use of heat and fire to improve the digestibility of food. The birth of actual agrophysics is related to agricultural engineering , which carried out tractive force measurements on plows as early as the 19th century. The term horse power was introduced by James Watt and the tractive power requirements of agricultural machinery were determined by Max Eyth and Gustav Fischer , the physical conditions in agricultural construction were examined by Hermann Mölbert .
Agrophysics has been widespread in all areas of agricultural science since the mid-1950s . Both the Soil Science and the Plant Breeding , the phytosanitary and quality checks used in addition to the agricultural chemicals increased physical methods.
Electron and neutron rays, electromagnetic rays such as gamma rays, X-rays, the visible spectral range, infrared rays, micro and radio waves are used in agrophysical research. An optical bench for the examination of agricultural products also already exists at the University of Hohenheim .
International research centers that focused on the further development of agrophysical sciences are the Institute of Agrophysics in the Polish Academy of Sciences in Lublin and the Agrophysical Research Institute in the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg .
literature
- Ulrich Bentzien: hook and plow. Berlin 1969.
- Max Eyth: Behind the plow and vice. DVA Munich 1987; ISBN 978-3-421-06303-8
- Gustav Fischer: Agricultural machinery, Eugen Ulmer publishing house, Stuttgart 1928.
- Michael Koch: Traditional work with horses in the field and forest. 1st edition, Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-8001-7383-2
- Klaus Krombholz, Hasso Bertram, Hermann Wandel: 100 years of agricultural engineering - from handcraft to high-tech in Germany. DLG-Verlag, 2009; ISBN 978-3-7690-0737-4
- Manfred G. Raupp: What the grandfather already knew. Staffort and Lörrach 2005.
- Paul Schweigmann: The agricultural machines and their maintenance. Giessen 1955.
- Jan Glinski, Jozef Horabik, Jerzy Lipiec (eds.): Encyclopedia of Agrophysics. (= Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences). Springer, 2011, ISBN 978-90-481-3585-1 . (English)
- Ward Chesworth (Ed.): Encyclopedia of Soil Science. Uniw. of Guelph Canada, Publ. Springer, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4020-3994-2 . (English)
- Е. В. Шеин (JW Chein), В. М. Гончаров (WM Gontcharow): АГРОФИЗИКА - AGROPHYSICS. Феникс (Phoenix), Ростов-на-Дону ( Rostov-on-Don ) 2006, ISBN 5-222-07741-1 - Рекомендовано УМО по классическому университетскому образованию в качестве учебника для студентов высших учебных заведений , обучающихся по специальности и направлению высшего профессионального образования " Почвоведение "
- R. Dębicki, J. Gliński, J. Horabik, RT Walczak: Scientific Dictionary of Agrophysics: polish-English, polsko-angielski. Lublin 2004, ISBN 83-87385-88-3 . (Polish)
- J. Blahovec, M. Kutilek (Eds.): Physical Methods in Agriculture. Approach to Precision and Quality. Kluwer Academic Publishers, New York 2002, ISBN 0-306-47430-1 .
- J. Gliński, J. Lipiec: Soil Physical Condition and Plant Roots. CRC Press, Boca Raton, USA 1990, ISBN 0-8493-6498-1 .
- J. Gliński, W. Stępniewski: Soil Aeration and its Role for Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, USA 1985, ISBN 0-8493-5250-9 .
- AF Ioffe, IB Revut, Petr Basilevich Vershinin: Fundamentals of Agrophysics. (Osnovy agrofiziki) Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem 1966. (available from the US Dept. of Commerce, Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Va.)
- PV Vershinin: Fundamentals of Agrophysics. IPST, 1959, ISBN 0-7065-0358-9 .