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Agronomy vs Hydroponics - What's the difference?

agronomy | hydroponics |

As nouns the difference between agronomy and hydroponics

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 hydroponics is the cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution rather than in the soil.

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

    Related terms

    * agronomist

    External links

    * (wikipedia "agronomy")

    hydroponics

    English

    (wikipedia hydroponics)

    Noun

    (-)
  • the cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution rather than in the soil