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Bringing together the disciplines of agriculture, animal science, plant science and ecology, this book explores how mathematics can be used to understand and explain agricultural processes. It starts by providing a review of the mathematical models currently available to agriculturalists, and the philosophy behind, and objectives of, modeling. The book then applies these techniques to real-life problems faced by people managing crops and animals, including the influence of digestion on animal growth rates and levels of photosynthesis on crop yield.

Table of Contents
1: Role of mathematical models 2: Mathematical programming 3: Growth functions 4: Simple ecological models 5: Environment and weather 6: Crop models 7: Crop husbandry 8: Plant diseases and pests 9: Animal organs 10: Whole-animal models 11: Animal products 12: Animal husbandry 13: Animal diseases

Mathematical Models in Agriculture

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      Publisher CABI Publishing
      Published 5 December 2006
      ISBN-13 9780851990101
      978-0851990101
      ISBN-10 085199010X
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      Agribusiness and primary industries Agriculture and agribusiness

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      Book Synopsis
      Bringing together the disciplines of agriculture, animal science, plant science and ecology, this book explores how mathematics can be used to understand and explain agricultural processes. It starts by providing a review of the mathematical models currently available to agriculturalists, and the philosophy behind, and objectives of, modeling. The book then applies these techniques to real-life problems faced by people managing crops and animals, including the influence of digestion on animal growth rates and levels of photosynthesis on crop yield.

      Table of Contents
      1: Role of mathematical models 2: Mathematical programming 3: Growth functions 4: Simple ecological models 5: Environment and weather 6: Crop models 7: Crop husbandry 8: Plant diseases and pests 9: Animal organs 10: Whole-animal models 11: Animal products 12: Animal husbandry 13: Animal diseases

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