Meaning of agrology | Babel Free

Definitions

1. 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.
   rare, uncountable
2. The science and art of agriculture.
   Canada, uncountable

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Examples

“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.”

“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, […]”

“The future of civilization, and of the human race⟳, will be largely determined by the agrology of the present⟳ and the immediate future.”

“The Director of the ENA Marte R. Gómez-Segura […] reconstructed the school, and in 1923 invited Alfonso González-Gallardo, who was then recognized as one of the "fathers" of Mexican soil science for the development of agrology. […] The first agrology college was inaugurated in Villa de Meoqui, Chihuahua, in 1928.”

“Viewed in this light⟳, agrology possesses a three-way interest⟳, between the member, the agricultural industry and society.”

“It is appreciated that had these organizations not existed, comparable progress⟳ to advance the status of professional agrology would not have⟳ been made.”

“Agrologists know⟳ that the science of agrology is a key science in resource conservation, […]”

“Although excluded from the Ontario study⟳ group, [Chris] Cutler, [Cynthia] Scott-Dupree, and David Drexler, an agrology consultant, published an analysis of all bee-kill incidents reported in Canada from 2007–2012.”

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