Edaphology

Edaphology (from Greek ἔδαφος, edaphos 'ground' + -λογία, -logia) is concerned with the influence of soils on living beings, particularly plants.[1][2][3] It is one of two main divisions of soil science, the other being pedology.[4][5][6] Edaphology includes the study of how soil influences humankind's use of land for plant growth[7] as well as people's overall use of the land.[8] General subfields within edaphology are agricultural soil science (known by the term agrology in some regions) and environmental soil science.[9] Pedology deals with pedogenesis, soil morphology, and soil classification.

  1. ^ Lal, R.; Shukla, M. K. (2004). Principles of soil physics. Vol. 102. Switzerland: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780824753245. study of soil in relation to plant growth is called edaphology
  2. ^ Arya, R. L.; Arya, S.; Arya, R.; Kumar, J. (2020). Fundamentals of Agriculture. Vol. 2. Jodhpur (INDIA): Scientific Publishers. ISBN 978-93-89412-77-2. Edaphology is the study of soil in relation to soil-dependent uses.
  3. ^ Shaw, C. F. (2001). "Is Pedology Soil Science? (1930)". Soil Science Society of America Journal. B11: 30–33. doi:10.2136/sssaj1930.036159950B1120010005x. The use Edaphology by Lyon and Buckman is interpreted by Dr. Buckman (personal communication) in the rather restricted sense of 'the soil in its relation to plants' rather than with a pure soil science meaning. Their interpretation is essentially like that given to Fallou to the word 'Agrology'
  4. ^ Muhs, D. R. (2021). "Soils and paleosols". Publications of the Us Geological Survey. The study of soils as naturally occurring bodies on the Earth's surface is called pedology (in contrast to edaphology, which is the study of soils and their relations with plants, particularly crops).
  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.
  6. ^ Gardiner, Duane T. "Lecture 1 Chapter 1 Why Study Soils?". ENV320: Soil Science Lecture Notes. Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  7. ^ Research Branch (1976). "Glossary of Terms in Soil Science". Publication 1459. Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. Retrieved 7 January 2008.
  8. ^ Whittow, John B. (1984). The Penguin Dictionary of Physical Geography. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-051094-2.
  9. ^ Rana, Lalita (2008). Geographical Thought. A Systematic Record of Evolution. New Delhi (INDIA): Concept Publishing Company. p. 24. ISBN 9789351250920.