agrology

noun2

1. •
   (Canada) The science and art of agriculture.

   • Viewed in this light, agrology possesses a three-way interest, between the member, the agricultural industry and society. — 1950
2. •
   (rare) A subdiscipline of agronomy (the science of utilizing animals, plants, and soils) and of soil science which addresses the influence of edaphic (soil-related) conditions on crop production for optimizing it.

   • Earth.—We have to examine its nature in connection with its products; this is the object of a technologic science, derived from mineralogy, and to which we give the name Agrology. — 1849