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Agronomy vs Botany - What's the difference?

agronomy | botany |

As nouns the difference between agronomy and botany

is that agronomy is 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 while botany is the scientific study of plants, a branch of biology. Typically those disciplines that involve the whole plant.

agronomy

English

Noun

(agronomies)
  • 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.
  • Synonyms

    * (science of using plants and animals) husbandry

    botany

    English

    (wikipedia botany)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The scientific study of plants, a branch of biology. Typically those disciplines that involve the whole plant.
  • The plant life, or the properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group.
  • (countable) A botanical treatise or study, especially of a particular system of botany or that of a particular place.
  • Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * botanically * botanist * botanize * Botany Bay