agrology

Noun

agrology (usually uncountable, plural agrologies)

1. (rare, usually) A subdiscipline of agronomy (the science of utilizing animals, plants, and soils) and of soil science which addresses the influence of edaphic (soil-related) conditions on crop production for optimizing it.
   • Earth.—We have to examine its nature in connection with its products; this is the object of a technologic science, derived from mineralogy, and to which we give the name Agrology.1849 April, “Count Gasparin’s Introductory Lecture on Agriculture. Translated for the Working Farmer.”, in James J[ay] Mapes, editor, The Working Farmer: A Monthly Magazine, Devoted to...
   • The subject of agriculture will in this school be considered under (1) agrology, or the study of the surface of the earth as to its origin, composition, and physical and chemical properties, […]1897, Wellford Addis, “Chapter XXVII. Colleges Endowed by Congress for the Benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts.”, in Report of the Secretary of the Interior; […] In Five Volumes (House of...
2. (Canada, usually) The science and art of agriculture.
   • Viewed in this light, agrology possesses a three-way interest, between the member, the agricultural industry and society.1950, AIC Review, volume 5, Ottawa, Ont.: Agricultural Institute of Canada, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 53, column 1
   • It is appreciated that had these organizations not existed, comparable progress to advance the status of professional agrology would not have been made.1966, AIC Review, Ottawa, Ont.: Agricultural Institute of Canada, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 1