What is agronomy?

Agronomy mainly studies basic knowledge and skills such as crop production, crop genetics and breeding, seed production and management, and carries out crop cultivation and cultivation, crop transgenic breeding, seed production and inspection, agricultural product processing and marketing. For example: artificial pollination of corn, cultivation and breeding of rice, processing corn, peanuts and other crops into edible oil, farm management and so on.

Courses offered: plant physiology and biochemistry, applied probability statistics, genetics, field experiment design, agricultural ecology, crop cultivation and tillage, breeding, seed science, agricultural economic management, agricultural extension, plant diseases and insect pests. This major trains industry leaders who can combine modern biotechnology, information technology and traditional agricultural science, and are competent for teaching, scientific research, management and technology extension services in modern agriculture, agricultural biotechnology and related fields, and are full of innovative spirit and ability.

Employment orientation: After graduation, students can engage in scientific research, teaching, promotion and management in state organs, universities, research institutes, agricultural technology extension departments, enterprises and other units. Course system: biochemistry, plant physiology, genetics, introduction to plant biotechnology, experimental design and biostatistics, plant field technology, agricultural ecology, crop breeding, introduction to molecular biology, soil science, crop cultivation, agronomy, crop genomics and agroexperimental technology.