Soil science

Soil science

That science dealing with soils as a natural resource on the surface of the earth including soil formation, classification and mapping; physical, chemical, biological, and fertility properties of soils per se; and these properties in relation to the use and management of soils.

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Bacteriophage

Earth science; Soil science

Virus that infect soil bacteria, often with desctruction or lysis of the host.

Soil geography

Earth science; Soil science

The branch of physical geography that deals with the areal distributions of soils.

Throughfall

Earth science; Soil science

That portion of precipitation that falls through or drips off of a plant canopy.

Bouyance

Earth science; Soil science

The upward force acting on a particle because it is suspended in water.

Plasma

Earth science; Soil science

That part of the soil material that is capable of being or has been moved, reorganized, and/or concentrated by the processes of soil formation. It includes all the material, mineral or organic, of ...