Agrophysics 2816874 214151842 2008-05-22T09:25:58Z Gabi bart 470645 related to [[biophysics]], '''Agrophysics''' is a new [[branch]] of science bordering on [[physics]] and [[agronomy]], whose objects of study are the [[ecosystem]] and the biological [[Physical body|object]]s affected by [[human]] [[activity]], studied and described using the methods of [[physical science]]s. Agrophysics is closely related to [[biophysics]], but is restricted to the [[biology]] of the [[plant]]s and [[animal]]s involved in [[agriculture|agricultural]] activities and [[biodiversity]]. It is different from biophysics in having the necessity of taking into account the specific features of the research objects, which involves the knowledge of [[Agricultural science|agricultural technology]], [[biotechnology]] and [[genetics]]. Agrophysics is close to certain [[exact science|fundamental sciences]] like biology, whose methods and knowledge it utilizes (especially in the field of [[Environmental science|environmental]] [[ecology]] and [[plant physiology]]), and physics, from which it acquires the [[research method]]s, especially that of physical experiment and model. The scope of interest of Agrophysics is not focused solely on technical problems of agronomy and on practical [[implementation]] of [[science]]s and that are aspects that makes it different from [[research]] of [[agricultural engineering]] which provides grounds for classifying Agrophysics as the [[fundamental science]]s. Physical [[Model theory|model]]s, closely related to [[biophysics]], are ready to solve either global or local aspects of behaviour of the complex systems to be studied, including of energy consumption, food safety etc. The needs of agronomy concerning the study of the local complex [[soil]]-[[plant]]-[[atmosphere]] system lay at the root of the emergnece of Agrophysics. The scope of the branch of science, originally limited to the study of [[relation]]s within the ecosystem, expanded over time onto influencing the properties of agricultural [[Crop (agriculture)|crops]] and produce as [[food]]s and [[Post-harvest handling|raw postharvest]] materials, and onto the issues of [[quality]] assessment in [[food science]]. A research centre that is focused on the development of the science and defines its unique character is the Institute of Agrophysics, [[Polish Academy of Sciences]] in [[Lublin]]. cyt: "Agrophysics, utilizing the achievements of exact sciences for solving major problems of agriculture, is involved in study of materials and processes occurring in the production and processing of agricultural crops, with particular emphasis on the condition of the environment and the quality of farming materials and food productions." ==See also== *[[Metagenomics]] *[[Metabolomics]] *[[Nitrogenomics]] *[[Proteomics]] *[[Genomics]] *[[Soil plant atmosphere continuum]] ==References== *''Fundamentals of Agrophysics'' by P. V, etc. Vershinin, 1959, Publisher: IPST, ISBN 0-7065-0358-9 *''Fundamentals of Agrophysics'' (Osnovy agrofiziki) by A. F. Ioffe, I. B. Revut, Petr Basilevich Vershinin, 1966, English : Publisher: Jerusalem, Israel Program for Scientific Translations; (available from the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Va.) *''Soil Aeration and its Role for Plants'' by J. Gliński, W. Stępniewski, 1985, Publisher: CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, USA, ISBN 0-8493-5250-9 *''Soil Physical Condition and Plant Roots'' by J. Gliński, J. Lipiec, 1990, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, USA, ISBN 0-8493-6498-1 *''Scientific Dictionary of Agrophysics: polish-English, polsko-angielski'' by R. Debicki, J. Glinski, J. Horabik, R. T. Walczak - Lublin 2004, ISBN 83-87385-88-3 *''Physical Methods in Agriculture. Approach to Precision and Quality'', edts. J. Blahovec and M. Kutilek, Kluwer Academic Publishers, New York 2002, ISBN 0-306-47430-1. *''АГРОФИЗИКА - AGROPHYSICS'' by Е. В. Шеин (J.W. Chein), В. М. Гончаров (W.M. Gontcharow), Ростов-на-Дону ([[Rostov-on-Don]]), Феникс (Phoenix), 2006. - 399 c., 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" ==External links== *[http://www.agrophys.ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=74 Agrophysical Res. Inst. Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences] *[http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/AFSIC_pubs/srb9902.htm Sustainable Agriculture: Definitions and Terms] *[http://www.ipan.lublin.pl/en/editorial_activities/international_agrophysics/search.html?stan=form International Agrophysics] *[http://www.pta.lublin.pl/english.htm Polish Society of Agrophysics] *[http://www.ipan.lublin.pl/en/about_us/index.html Bohdan Dobrzański Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences in Lublin] *[http://pmalabs.tf.czu.cz/ Free Association of PMA Labs, Czech University of Agriculture, Prague] [[Category:Agronomy]] [[Category:Applied and interdisciplinary physics]] [[cs:Agrofyzika]] [[de:Agrophysik]] [[pl:Agrofizyka]] [[pt:Agrofísica]] [[ru:Агрофизика]]