Science concerned with the influence of soils on living beings
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Edaphology (from Greek ἔδαφος, edaphos 'ground' + -λογία, -logia) is concerned with the influence of soils on living beings, particularly plants.
It is one of two main divisions of soil science, the other being pedology.[1][2] Edaphology includes the study of how soil influences humankind's use of land for plant growth[3] as well as people's overall use of the land.[4] General subfields within edaphology are agricultural soil science (known by the term agrology in some regions) and environmental soil science. (Pedology deals with pedogenesis, soil morphology, and soil classification.)
In Russia, edaphology is considered equivalent to pedology, but is recognized to have an applied sense consistent with agrophysics and agrochemistry outside Russia.[5]
^Buckman, Harry O.; Brady, Nyle C. (1960). The Nature and Property of Soils - A College Text of Edaphology (6th ed.). New York: The MacMillan Company. p. 8.
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^Research Branch (1976). "Glossary of Terms in Soil Science". Publication 1459. Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. Retrieved 7 January 2008.
^Whittow, John B. (1984). The Penguin Dictionary of Physical Geography. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-051094-2.
^Tseits, M. A.; Devin, B. A. (2005). "Soil Science Web Resources: A Practical Guide to Search Procedures and Search Engines" (PDF). Eurasian Soil Science. 38 (2): 223. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-07.
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