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3. List the ways in which biology contributes to the advancement of agriculture. 



4. List several ways in which biology may be of importance in hydroponics, in- 

 cluding specific techniques used. 



5. Explain the relationship between agriculture and the nitrogen, oxygen, and 

 carbon cycles discussed in a previous chapter. 



6. Give a brief resume of animal diseases produced by bacteria. Of plant dis- 

 eases produced by bacteria. 



7. Give a short resume of animal diseases produced by protozoa. 



8. List all the ways in which biology may be directly or indirectly related to 

 human affairs. 



9. Explain the relationship between biology and (1) medicine, (2) dentistry, 

 (3) pharmacy, (4) nursing, (5) industry, (6) forestry, (7) horticulture, (8) 

 floriculture, (9) landscape gardening, (10) out-of-door pools, (11) fruit 

 culture, (12) appreciation of nature, and (13) the formulation of a philosophy 

 of living. 



10. List the more common characteristics of viruses and some diseases supposedly 

 caused by them. 



SELECTED REFERENCES* 



Burnet: Virus as an Organism, Harvard University Press. 



Fernald and Kinsey: Edible Wild Plants of Eastern North America, Idlewild 



Press. 

 Hill: Economic Botany, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc. 

 Howard: The Insect Menace, D. Appleton-Century Co., Inc. 

 Muenscher: Poisonous Plants of the United States, The Macmillan Co. 

 Reese: Outlines of Economic Zoology, P. Blakiston's Son & Co. 

 Smith: Plant Viruses, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 



*Also see references on bacteria, yeasts, molds, protozoa, flatvvorms, roundworms, entomol- 

 ogy, etc. 



