- Plant breeding and genetics
- Plant pathology
- Horticulture
- Soil science
- Entomology
- Production techniques (e.g., irrigation management, recommended nitrogen inputs)
- Improving agricultural productivity in terms of quantity and quality (e.g., selection of drought-resistant crops and animals, development of new pesticides, yield-sensing technologies, simulation models of crop growth, in-vitro cell culture techniques)
- Minimizing the effects of pests (weeds, insects, pathogens, mollusks, nematodes) on crop or animal production systems.
- Transformation of primary products into end-consumer products (e.g., production, preservation, and packaging of dairy products)
- Prevention and correction of adverse environmental effects (e.g., soil degradation, waste management, bio-remediation)
- Theoretical production ecology, relating to crop production modelling
- Traditional agricultural systems, sometimes termed subsistence agriculture, which feed most of the poorest people in the world. These systems are of interest as they sometimes retain a level of integration with natural ecological systems greater than that of industrial agriculture, which may be more sustainable than some modern agricultural systems.
- Food production and demand on a global basis, with special attention paid to the major producers, such as China, India, Brazil, the US and the EU.
- Various sciences relating to agricultural resources and the environment (e.g. soil science, agroclimatology); biology of agricultural crops and animals (e.g. crop science, animal science and their included sciences, e.g. ruminant nutrition, farm animal welfare); such fields as agricultural economics and rural sociology; various disciplines encompassed in agricultural engineering.
Agricultural biotechnology
Agricultural biotechnology is a specific area of agricultural science involving the use of scientific tools and techniques, including genetic engineering, molecular markers, molecular diagnostics, vaccines, and tissue culture, to modify living organisms: plants, animals, and microorganisms.
Fields or related disciplines
- Agricultural biotechnology
- Agricultural chemistry
- Agricultural diversification
- Agricultural education
- Agricultural economics
- Agricultural engineering
- Agricultural geography
- Agricultural philosophy
- Agricultural marketing
- Agricultural soil science
- Agroecology
- Agrophysics
- Animal science
- Animal breeding
- Animal husbandry
- Animal nutrition
- Farm management
- Agronomy
- Botany
- Theoretical production ecology
- Horticulture
- Plant breeding
- Plant fertilization
- Aquaculture
- Biological engineering
- Genetic engineering
- Nematology
- Microbiology
- Plant pathology
- Forestry, Range management & Wild Life
- Environmental science
- Entomology
- Food science
- Human nutrition
- Irrigation and water management
- Soil science
- Agrology
- Waste management
- Weed science