Educating the Next Generation of Agricultural Scientists (1988)

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Glossary Agriculture-related basic sciences. Specialties include bio- chemistry, biophysics, biometrics, ecology, cytology, embryology, entomology, molecular biology, genetics, botany, bacteriology, mi- crobiology, plant genetics, plant pathology, plant physiology, im- munology, nutrition and dietetics, animal physiology, and zoology. Animal sciences. Specialties include animal breeding and ge- netics; animal husbandry, science, and nutrition; and veterinary medicine. Applied agricultural sciences. Specialties essentially include those from Summary Report: 1985 Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities (NRC, 1986a). (See Appendix C.) Ad- ditions to applied agricultural sciences are: 250—veterinary medi- cine; 303—agricultural engineering; 580—environmental sciences; and 585—hydrology. Deletions are: 000—agricultural economics and 030—plant pathology. Biological sciences. Includes specialties listed by numbers 100 through 199 in Summary Report: 1985 Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities (NRC, 1986a). (See Appendix C.) Field of doctorate. Field of doctorate degree. 81

Field of employment. Field of science selected by respondents as most closely related to their principal employment activity. Natural resources and environment. Specialties include fish and wildlife, forestry, environmental sciences, and hydrology. Natural sciences. Includes the specialties listed under the agriculture, biological sciences, health sciences, computer and in- formation sciences, mathematics, and physical sciences headings from Summary Report: 1985 Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities (NRC, 1986a). (See Appendix C.) Other applied agricultural sciences. Specialties include gen- eral and other agriculture and agricultural engineering. Plant and soil sciences. Specialties include agronomy and soils, plant breeding and genetics, soil sciences, other plant sciences, and horticulture and hydrobiology. 82

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