Contemporary agriculture is a wide-ranging field with its own unique language. As an aid for improving scientific communication for everyone from students to public decision-makers, the CRC Dictionary of Agricultural Sciences provides a comprehensive guide to the terminology of agriculture. It includes every area of agriculture, from traditional farming to environmental sciences to the latest developments in biotechnology and genetics.

The dictionary provides:

Approximately 15,000 terms

Extensive cross-referencing of closely related entries

Definitions include often-used variants of the principal meaning

More than just a compendium of terms, this dictionary presents clear, concise definitions in traditional dictionary entry format. From agroecology to wildlife biology, the CRC Dictionary of Agricultural Sciences establishes common ground between the various practitioners involved in agriculture, making interdisciplinary communications easier and more precise.

About the author: Dr. Lewis is a world-class scientist and renowned author and editor of numerous scientific papers and books written in English and German. His contributions include research and applications in ecology and agro-ecology; environmental science; environmental and agricultural technology; endocrinology; air pollution sciences; and environmental monitoring and specimen banking. Dr. Lewis has been an academic and government administrator in the United States and Germany and has developed and coordinated several programs of research that were national or international in scope.

An academic and government administrator in the US and Germany and prolific writer on topics relating to the environmental sciences, Lewis provides typical dictionary entries for some 15,000 terms used in the wide range disciplines that contribute to modern agriculture. Many of the entries give the technical name or designation for common names of organisms, chemicals, and other topics. Some also explain that there is no such designation, as when the danger tree is defined as a hazardous tree rather than a rare species from a far corner of the world. The cross-referencing is abundant. There is no index.
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This volume is a comprehensive dictionary of terminology in every area of agriculture. The compilation is broad in its range, as well as intensive and modern. The dictionary provides standardized definitions that establish common ground between the various types of practitioners involved in agriculture. It defines terminology in every area of Agriculture: agricultural economics and business, agricultural education, agricultural mechanics, agroecology, agronomy, animal science, aquaculture, botany, conservation, dairy science, entomology, food science, forestry, horticulture, natural resource management, plant pathology, poultry science, range and wildlife science, and veterinary medicine.