Soil Science in Agriculture - Intro and Branches
Soil science is a scientific discipline concerning the study of soil as a natural resource from the point of view of plant growth. What is Soil? From agricultural point of view, soil is defined as the non-consolidated upper part of the earth's crust that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants. In short, soil is a habitat for plants. But for different disciplines of science, the definition of soil is different, for instance, a geologist or mining engineer may call " the fragmented rocks or debris covering the rocks� and a civil engineer may call it " earth or the foundation material for constructing houses and roads �; and an economist may call it as ' land' . In this article, we will be limiting only to the definition and branches of soil science. Relation of soil science with other scientific disciplines Soil science is an applied scientific discipline of comprehensive nature because of its relationships with so many other sciences. ...