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- Squirrels (6235 bytes)
9: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Rodent]]ia}}
15: ...found in Africa. However, the Sciuridae also include [[flying squirrel]]s, and ground squirrels such a...
17: Typical squirrels include the European [[Red Squirrel]] ''Sciurus vulgaris'...
19: ...These squirrels are [[scatter-hoarder|scatter-hoarders]], i.e. they will gather nuts and store them in...
21: ...eas including attics. Many companies sell bird feeders which are supposedly "squirrel-proof"; most of ... - Tigers (12435 bytes)
15: ..., to the poaching for the fur, tiger numbers have decreased in size and have been placed on the endang...
23: ...tually a silvery-grey tone, though no reliable evidence has been found.
25: ...urpose of stripes is [[camouflage]], serving to hide these animals from their prey (few large animals ...
35: ...ese are the surviving subspecies, in descending order of wild population:
36: ...Image:28_11_07_05.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A... - History of agricultural science (1269 bytes)
3: ...s such as artificial [[fertilizer]]s and [[pesticide|phytosanitary product]]s.
5: ...t and emergence of new fields (e.g., [[integrated pest management]], [[waste management|waste treatment]...
7: ...d technological advances have made it possible to develop new research fields, including [[genetic eng...
13: * [[Gregor Mendel]] - Bontebok (2050 bytes)
17: ... is a chocolate brown colour, with a white underside and a white stripe from the forehead to the tip o...
21: ...good jumpers but they are very good at crawling under things. Mature males form territories and face d...
23: Bontebok were killed as [[pest|pests]] and were reduced to seventeen animals in the w...
25: [[de:Buntbock]] - Pest control (3130 bytes)
1: ...es]] defined as a [[pest]], usually because it is detrimental to a person's [[health]], the [[ecology]...
3: ...ntrol is at least as old as [[agriculture]]. In order to maximize food production, it is necessary to ...
5: ...mixed cropping, and the [[selective breeding]] of pest-resistant [[cultivar]]s also have a long history.
7: ...l-donotfeed-amoswolfe.jpg|thumb|Seagulls can be a pest - Do Not Feed them!]]
9: ...posed. Fly killers or fly traps are often used to deal with them in homes and businesses. - Rice (13724 bytes)
23: ...on [[grade (geography)|steep]] [[mountain|hill]]sides.
24: ... Africa, centuries of trade and exportation has made it a commonplace in many cultures.
27: ...be grown on dry land (including on terraced hillsides) with the help of chemical weed controls.
29: ...elop elongated stems capable of coping with water depths exceeding 2 meters (6 feet).
31: ...ul function in controlling insect [[Pest (animal)|pests]]. - Hydroponics (15454 bytes)
3: ... is also very easy to do; the activity is often undertaken by very young children with such plants as ...
7: ...ess time and sometimes of higher quality, which under certain economic and environmental conditions, m...
9: ...over conditions, maximum density, and low risk of detection; as a result, many [[marijuana]] growers u...
13: ...ed various substances which the plants needed besides water. In the mid-[[19th century]], the German p...
15: ...ericke of the [[University of California, Davis]] demonstrated that plants could be grown soil-free al... - Organic farming (38858 bytes)
1: ...s|US]] and in the [[EU]], organic farming is also defined by [[law]] and regulated by the [[government...
5: ... farm develops its own organic production system, determined by factors like [[climate]], [[crop selec...
7: * no use of synthetic [[fertilizer]]s or [[pesticide]]s, and no GMOs;
8: ...rotection of the soil (from [[erosion]], nutrient depletion, structural breakdown);
12: ... certification]] is available to farms for a fee. Depending on the country, certification is either ov... - Weed control (16617 bytes)
1: ...herbicide]]s. Prevention of weeds from growing is desirable, but often difficult to achieve, due to th...
5: ...all shift in perspective, we can often change our definition to ''a plant whose virtues have not yet b...
6: ...will quickly return [[cultivated]] land to a [[wilderness]] state.
8: ...n, for they are slow to germinate and produce slender, upright stems. Quick growing, broad-leafed weed...
13: ...quivalent to almost 4 percent per day. So that by delaying weeding for another fortnight, the yield wa...
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