Glossary for Geospatial Science

agronomy:� The study of crop and soil sciences including crop breeding, genetics, and cytology; plant molecular biology and plant molecular genetics, crop physiology and metabolism; crop ecology, production, and technology; turf grass; crop quality and utilization, agroclimatology and agronomic modeling; soil physics; soil chemistry; soil microbiology; soil fertility and plant nutrition; soil genesis, morphology, and classification; soil mineralogy; and soil management.