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Chemical composition of soils and plants, nutrient cycling, properties of fertilizers and their interaction with soil. Methods of agrochemical survey, interpretation of analyses, and development of fertilization systems based on them.
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Antoine Lavoisier's revolutionary discoveries in quantitative analysis and substance classification became the foundation for agrochemistry. The article reveals how the transition to a strict scientific nomenclature enabled agronomists to proceed to the precise calculation of plant nutrient supply
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The article examines the stages of development of the humus theory, tracing the evolution of ideas about soil fertility from ancient concepts to the scientific works of the 18th century. The author analyzes how the understanding of the role of organic matter in plant nutrition changed the agronomic views of that time
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The article examines the key discoveries of Carl Sprengel in the field of plant mineral nutrition and the role of Justus von Liebig in the development of agricultural chemistry. The reader will learn how the theory of the necessity of returning nutrients to the soil to maintain soil fertility was formed
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The article describes the key stages in the formation of agrochemistry through the lens of classic field studies and the development of the water culture method. You will learn how scientists identified the essential mineral nutrients for plants and laid the foundation for modern fertilizer production
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The article describes how the scientific works of Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov laid the physico-chemical foundation for the development of national soil science and plant cultivation. The reader will learn about the connection between the scientist's discoveries and modern agronomic models and plant nutrition theory
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The article examines the stages of the scientific discovery of photosynthesis and the role of 18th-century scientists in understanding the mechanism of plant carbon nutrition. You will learn how experiments with leaf gas exchange helped form the modern agronomic theory of crop productivity
