Agribisnis jeruk diawali dengan perbenihan, artinya keberhasilan pembangunan agribisnis jeruk di Indonesia menuntut dukungan industri benih yang tangguh. Penggunaan benih yang bermutu akan menghasi…
Ketahanan dan kedaulatan pangan merupakan isu yang selalu berkembang setiap tahun. Ketahanan pangan diartikan sebagai kondisi terpenuhinya pangan bagi masyarakat, baik jumlah maupun mutunya. Seme…
Kacang tanah dan kacang hijau merupakan komoditas penting sebagai bahan pangan, agroindustri, dan penyedia sumber protein nabati yang murah. Sayangnya, kacang tanah dan kacang hijau kurang mendap…
Agronomy as a profession has a variety of meanings. But in all cases, it has a connotation that relates in some way to the production of crops. It is only natural that those scientists interested i…
In recent years the value of science to society and in turn the obligation of society to support science have become widely questioned. Some national leaders have expressed the feeling, likely shar…
During 1976, an event occurred which is of great significance to all mankind. At some location, probably in one of the developing countries where population growth is high, a child was born, the wo…
Agronomy has again emerged in the eyes of the world as an important profession. The world food production problem has again reared its ugly head and statesmen and laymen alike are looking to crop a…
NITROGEN FIXATION IN GRASES SOMATIC CELL GENETICS AND PLANT IMPROVEMENT SOIL ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS GROWTH OF THE LEGUME SEEDLING YIELDS AND CULTURAL ENERGY REQUIREMENTS FOR CORN AND SOYBEANS WIT…
The genetic yield potential of most crop plants is severalfold greater than the average yields actually achieved by farmers. Even the best performing cultivars commonly yield in the field no more t…
Dramatic reductions during the past two years in the world food supply have jolted a complacent world into the realization that the food-population race remains unquestionably the most critical pro…