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Where Entomology, Ecology and Agriculture Meet - Direct Seeding Advantage 2005
Author: Scott Meers - Alberta Agriculture & Food
Date Created: November 22, 2005
Last Reviewed: January 12, 2009

Ecology is the study of the relationships between organisms and the environment and each other. Entomology is in its most basic definition is the science of insects. Insects have many kinds of interactions with humans and other forms of life on earth, so it is an
important specialty within biology. Agriculture is the process of producing food, feed, fiber and other desired products by the cultivation of certain plants and the raising of domesticated animals (livestock). In farmers fields these three forces intersect.

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