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Having variety. For example, many species of organisms living together.

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Ability of a plant to defend itself against attacks by pathogens.

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Process by which humans select organisms with desirable traits and then control the breeding process so that these traits are passed to offspring.

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Poor quality soil. Degraded soils usually have low fertility because of neglect or abuse.

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An organism that breaks down dead or decaying matter into simpler compounds.

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Area in a body of water with reduced biological activity due to a lack of oxygen.

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To dig up soil to loosen it and disrupt weeds. Also called tilling..

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A variety that has been intentionally bred for desirable traits and retains those distinguishing features in future generations.

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A tool or implement used to break up the soil and uproot weeds.

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The process of using pollen from one plant with desirable traits to fertilize the female egg of another plant with the same or different desirable traits.

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Short for cross pollination.

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The types of crops that are grown in an area and how and when those crops are grown.

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Computerized information-based devices used to measure the levels of various nutrients needed by a crop.

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Growing  different types of plants in a field from year to year.

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The number of plants in a given area.

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An agronomist who uses science to advise farmers about the best way to grow their crops.

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Plants that people grow for their use. Most crops become food or feed. Some are used to make medicines, fuels, clothes, and other things.

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Type of legume used for food. Also known as black-eyed peas or crowder peas.

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A crop grown to protect the soil and improve its fertility.

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An organism that eats other organisms.

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Preserving or protecting something.

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Process of using mathematical equations to explain how a complex real-life system works, like climate.

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Process by which water, a gas, becomes liquid water.

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Decayed organic matter from plants and manure that is used as a fertilizer.

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Quick growing plants that can keep other plants from growing.

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A soil structure. Soil particles are arranged in tall vertical shapes or columns, often with rounded tops.

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Area along the boundary where an ocean and land meet.

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Black or dark-brown rock that formed from decayed plants and animals. Can be burned as fuel.

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Weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.

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Smallest-sized soil particles. Often have plate-like shapes. Feels sticky when wet. Also refers to a soil texture that consists of at least 40% clay particles.

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Strand of DNA that carries genetic information in the form of genes.

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Green pigment in plants, algae, and some bacteria that captures light energy for photosynthesis.

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A grass grown to produce grain for food or feed. Wheat, corn, rice, and sorghum are all cereals.

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Substance that speeds up a chemical reaction.

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Crop that is grown to be sold rather than used for another purpose by the farmer.

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Anything that releases carbon into the atmosphere.

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A natural reservoir that stores more carbon than it releases. Soil is an excellent carbon sink.

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Important greenhouse gas composed of carbon and oxygen. Also the gas that plants need to make food.

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One of the three major components of food. Consists of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen compounds that the body uses for energy.

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Movement of carbon between Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and ecosystems.

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Area of soil just above the water table where the soil pores are beginning to be filled with water.

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A genetically engineered cotton that includes a gene from Bacillus thuringiensis, a natural soil bacterium that produces proteins that kill certain insects.

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A fungal disease that causes stems to rot.

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Chemical compound that includes bromine and behaves a lot like nitrates in fertilizers.

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Producing new forms of plants and animals by genetic changes in order to improve them.

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A soil structure. Soil particles are arranged into shapes that resemble small cubes with sharp or rounded edges.

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Water polluted with animal or human waste. Not suitable to be re-used to irrigate crops or lawns.

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Wide range of procedures and techniques to modify living organisms for human purposes. Some techniques, like breeding plants, have been used for thousands of years.

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All living things on Earth in both land and water ecosystems.

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Organic matter coming from living or recently living plants, animals, and other organisms. Can be used to make fuel.

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The study of living organisms.

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Renewable fuel source contained in plants and other organic materials.

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Fuel made from the oil in plants.

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The study of chemical characteristics and processes of living organisms.

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Dry pulp, or residue, that remains after extracting the juice from sugarcane and similar plants. Used to make paper and as fuel to generate electricity.

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Single-celled microorganisms that can be found almost everywhere. They can be beneficial or harmful.

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Blanket of gases that surrounds Earth or another planet.

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A soil order. Soils formed under desert conditions. Can be used for rangeland and crops if irrigated.

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Dry, like a desert.

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Natural underground body of water that is often used to supply water for agricultural use.

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Plants that complete their life cycle in a single year.

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A soil order. Soils formed from volcanic ash. Can be used for crops and pastures.

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Molecules that join together to form proteins, building blocks of organisms.

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Alternate versions of a gene.

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A rapid increase in algae in a water system that can be harmful to other organisms.

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A soil order. Soils formed under deciduous trees. Can be good for crops.

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The science of soil and plants and the application of this knowledge to help farmers produce more sustainable crops.

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Person who studies and improves soil and plants and helps farmers produce more sustainable crops.

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Ecosystem that has been modified by inputs of fertilizers, pesticides, energy, and human labor to produce food, fiber, and shelter. Plants and animals selected for specific traits are components of agroecosystems.

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The science, art, and practice of raising crops and livestock.

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Suspension of solid particles or liquid drops in the air. Aerosols can be naturally occurring or made by people.

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Process by which an organism changes to be better suited to its environment.

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Yeison Ferney Camargo Gonzales

My name is Yeison Camargo. He is a 20-year-old Colombian young man, a technician in agricultural production for the National Learning Service (SENA). Currently I am in the seventh semester of Agronomic Engineering of the Utopia program belonging to the University of La Salle; I am passionate about mathematics and reading, fields that agronomic engineering has allowed me to understand and apply. That is why I have decided to share through this padlet some basic agronomy concepts, which have been essential for my training as an agronomist engineer.