Agronomy vs. Agrostology

Agronomynoun

The science of utilizing plants, animals and soils for food, fuel, feed, and fiber and more. To do this effectively and sustainably, agronomy encompasses work in the areas of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, animal sciences and soil science.

Agronomynoun

The management of land; rural economy; agriculture.

Agronomynoun

the application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop production

Agronomy

Agronomy is the science and technology of producing and using plants in agriculture for food, fuel, fiber, recreation, and land restoration. Agronomy has come to encompass work in the areas of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, and soil science.

Agrostologynoun

the study of grasses

Agrostologynoun

That part of botany which treats of the grasses.

Agrostology

Agrostology (from Greek ἄγρωστις, agrōstis, and -λογία, -logia), sometimes graminology, is the scientific study of the grasses (the family Poaceae, or Gramineae). The grasslike species of the sedge family (Cyperaceae), the rush family (Juncaceae), and the bulrush or cattail family (Typhaceae) are often included with the true grasses in the category of graminoid, although strictly speaking these are not included within the study of agrostology.