agronomy

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Mona Lisa, oil on wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503-06; in the Louvre, Paris, France. 77 x 53 cm.

Why Is the Mona Lisa So Famous?

Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.)

All 119 References in “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Explained

Close up of praying mantis walking on stone ground against a blurred background in Japan

6 Animals That Eat Their Mates

William Shakespeare

The Death of Shakespeare

Statue of Nostradamus

Nostradamus and His Prophecies

Russian grand duchess Anastasia; undated photograph. (Anastasiya Nikolayevna, Tsar Nicholas II)

Did Duchess Anastasia Survive Her Family’s Execution?

green digital binary symbols

What Comes After Terabyte?

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crop production agricultural sciences forestry gardening horticulture agricultural economics arboriculture pedology floriculture animal husbandry viticulture plant hardiness zones

Key People

Trofim Lysenko

Trofim Lysenko

Soviet biologist and agronomist

Edward Murray East

American scientist

Jethro Tull, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist; in the collection of the Royal Society for Agriculture, London

Jethro Tull

British agronomist and inventor

Donald Forsha Jones

American agronomist

Ekeblad, Eva

Eva Ekeblad

Swedish aristocrat and agronomist

Jared Eliot

American colonial clergyman

Sir John Bennet Lawes, 1st Baronet

English agronomist