agrology

English

Etymology

agro- +‎ -logy

Noun

agrology (uncountable)

The science and art of agriculture (legal term, Canadian use)
A subdiscipline of soil science which addresses optimising crop production (common usage, not acceptable to soil scientists)
A subdiscipline of agronomy which addresses the influence of edaphic conditions on crop production.

Synonyms

pedology (common usage, not accepted as synonymous by soil scientists)
soil science (common usage, not accepted as synonymous by soil scientists)
edaphology (common usage, not used as synonymous by soil scientists)

Translations

the science and art of agriculture

Bulgarian: почвознание (počvoznanie)
Finnish: agrologia
Khmer: កសិវិទ្យា (kaʔseʔvityie)

Serbo-Croatian: agrologija (sh) f
Spanish: agrología (es) f
Swedish: agrologi (Finland Swedish)

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