Editing Outline of agriculture (section)

===== Agricultural soil science =====
[[Agricultural soil science]] &ndash; branch of soil science that deals with the [[edaphology|study of edaphic conditions]] as they relate to the production of food and fiber.
* [[Agrogeology]] &ndash; study of minerals of importance to farming and horticulture, especially with regard to soil fertility and fertilizer components. These minerals are usually essential plant nutrients and are referred to as agrominerals.
* [[Agrology]] &ndash; branch of soil science dealing with the production of crops.
* [[Agrominerals]] &ndash; minerals of importance to agriculture and horticulture, and are usually essential plant nutrients.
* [[Land degradation]] &ndash; process in which the value of the biophysical environment is affected by one or more combination of human-induced processes acting upon the land.
* [[Land improvement]] &ndash; investments making land more usable by humans.
* [[Soil chemistry]] &ndash; study of the chemical characteristics of soil.
** [[Soil amendment]] &ndash; material added to soil to improve plant growth and health.
** [[Soil erosion]] &ndash; process by which soil is removed from the Earth's surface by natural processes such as wind or water flow, and then transported and deposited in other locations.
** [[Soil life]] &ndash; collective term for all the organisms living within the soil.
** [[Soil type]] &ndash; refers to the different sizes of mineral particles in a particular sample.
** [[Soils retrogression and degradation]] &ndash; two regressive evolution processes associated with the loss of equilibrium of a stable soil.