This lesson presents an overview of careers in the Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources (AFNR) field.  Learners then complete a career report over one career in the AFNR Field.

Plants have got you surrounded. They’re in your toothpaste, your bedsheets, and your regular Taco Bell order. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’ll find out what botanists study and how knowledge of plants can help you navigate everyday life. Along the way, we’ll uncover plants’ pervasive, civilization-shaping power—and find that they have their own ways of communicating.

Chapters:
Introduction: The World of Plant Drama
What Is Botany?
Plants Are Everywhere
Agriculture
Botanical Literacy
Plant Awareness Disparity
Review & Credits
Credits

An educator's guide to pollination and pollinator conservation written by Mary Hannah Lindsay and Chanda L. Cooper with Richland Soil and Water Conservation District in South Carolina. 

Concepts and Applications in Forestry

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This book is the result of over 35 years of working in academic and research organizations in which foresters, biologists, and individuals from other disciplines collaborated, fought, argued, and occasionally agreed about how forests should be managed. A full copy of the book can be downloaded here.

Word Count: 8906

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A Scholarly Writing Textbook

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An accessible and inclusive scholarly writing textbook that empowers students to contribute to scholarly conversations in their disciplines and asks them to consider how their contributions can be shared with the communities beyond the university. Examples are specific to Land & Food Systems and Forestry.

Long Description:
An accessible and inclusive scholarly writing textbook that empowers students to contribute to scholarly conversations in their disciplines and asks them to consider how their contributions can be shared with the communities beyond the university. Examples are specific to Land & Food Systems and Forestry.

Word Count: 28113

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This resource is a video abstract of a research paper created by Research Square on behalf of its authors. It provides a synopsis that's easy to understand, and can be used to introduce the topics it covers to students, researchers, and the general public. The video's transcript is also provided in full, with a portion provided below for preview:

"Farmed chickens often suffer from intestinal inflammation which negatively affects their feed intake, digestion, and growth performance. The gut microbial community has a known close relationship with growth performance, but how, or if, this microbiota influences intestinal inflammation is not yet known. To test this, researchers examined the microbiota in young chickens, focusing on the jejunum section of the gut. They found that 7-week-old chickens with high body weight tended to have a microbiota dominated by gram-positive bacteria, like Lactobacilli. But lower-body-weight chickens had a microbiota dominated by gram-negative bacteria, like Escherichia-Shigella. Gram-negative bacteria carry endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide), and consequently, these lower body weight chickens had more of it in their bloodstream. These elevated lipopolysaccharide levels activated inflammatory cytokines in the jejunum, causing damage to the gut barrier..."

The rest of the transcript, along with a link to the research itself, is available on the resource itself.

This resource is a video abstract of a research paper created by Research Square on behalf of its authors. It provides a synopsis that's easy to understand, and can be used to introduce the topics it covers to students, researchers, and the general public. The video's transcript is also provided in full, with a portion provided below for preview:

"A new report in the journal Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education describes a laboratory activity meant to help students understand allelopathy – a type of chemical warfare used by plants to secure the resources needed to grow. In this process, plants release biochemicals that affect the growth or development of neighboring plants. It is a common tactic of invasive plant species. The mechanism has also been used in agricultural production systems as a sustainable and organic way to manage weeds and soil fertility. For example, horseradish produces the molecule sinigrin, which is hydrolyzed in the presence of the enzyme myrosinase to generate allyl isothiocyanate, or AITC. AITC has been shown to have allelopathic effects on lettuce, including reduced and delayed seed germination rates, decreased root hair growth, and decreased root length. Mustard green also contains AITC and is widely utilized to control weed growth in current agriculture production..."

The rest of the transcript, along with a link to the research itself, is available on the resource itself.

This resource is a video abstract of a research paper created by Research Square on behalf of its authors. It provides a synopsis that's easy to understand, and can be used to introduce the topics it covers to students, researchers, and the general public. The video's transcript is also provided in full, with a portion provided below for preview:

"Disease in food crops is a threat to food security. Previous studies have suggested that adding probiotics to soil can improve plant health and resilience. A new study examined the ecological mechanisms behind disease suppression from fertilizer amended with beneficial bacteria. To banana plants, the authors applied organic fertilizer that was either sterilized or unsterilized and either supplemented with Bacillus or not. Over 3 growth seasons, they measured the density of Fusarium wilt disease and the microbial makeup of the surrounding soil. Plants treated with Bacillus-supplemented fertilizers had reduced disease density with Bacillus supplementation more strongly suppressing disease in unsterilized fertilizer. The bacterial taxa found in the soil and the rhizosphere varied with soil treatmen. Soil supplemented with Bacillus showed an increased density of Pseudomonas, common bacteria shown to suppress disease in other studies..."

The rest of the transcript, along with a link to the research itself, is available on the resource itself.

Álbum Digital que narra a experiência da implantação da horta escolar na Escola Municipal Parque Verde em Camaçari, Bahia e reúne fotografias e desenhos dos atores que fazem a escola como a professora pesquisadora e demais professores, estudantes, merendeiras, gestores e pais.