Answer:
The objective of agricultural chemistry is to preserve or improve the fertility of soil, increase the agricultural yield and improve the quality of the crop. To reach those objectives the agricultural industry uses two types of chemicals.
- Fertilizers: increase soil fertility making crops more productive. They usually are compounds that contain three basic elements: P, K and N.
- Pesticides: control weeds (herbicides), insects (insecticides) and diseases from fungus (fungicides).
