Soil Science

Soil science is the study of soils in their natural environment. There are two main branches:

pedology is concerned with abiotic characteristics
edaphology is concerned with biotic characteristics

Australian Soil Classification

Australian Soil Classification
Pedology

Pedology: The study of soil formation, chemistry, morphology and classification
Edaphology

Edaphology: The study of the interactions of soils with living things

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From Soil to Fruit — How Does Everything Fit Together? is an ambitious project to help people see the greater picture of how soil (or any growing medium) leads to fruit.

It is an attempt to bring together the very different fields of the soil sciences, soil microbiology, chemistry, botany, plant biochemistry and plant physiology into one giant ‘this is how it works from beginning to end’ guide.

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Figure 5. Schematic of PSII, highlighting electron transfer

Figure 4. Cyanobacterial photosystem II, Monomer, PDB 2AXT

Soil Science

Australian Soil Classification

Pedology

Edaphology

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