The study of the thin living skin every harvest depends on: how soil forms, what it is made of, what makes it fertile and what exhausts it. The Dust Bowl is what happens when this discipline is ignored at scale; Rothamsted's long-term experiments are what happens when it is taken seriously for 180 years. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Central QuestionSoil science is the study of soil as a natural resource on the surface of the Earth, including soil formation, classification and mapping, and the physical, chemical, biological and fertility properties of soils. 1 Connections
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Founder of agricultural chemistry, the root of modern soil science
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A conservation-tillage technique developed and promoted through soil science
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Soil science is the study of soil as a natural resource on the surface of the Earth including soil formation, classification and mapping; physical, chemical, biological, and fertility properties of soils; and these properties in relation to the use and management of soils.
Vasily Dokuchaev (Wikipedia)
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Vasily Valevich Dokuchaev is commonly regarded as the father of soil science, the study of soils in their natural setting.
Compost (Wikipedia)
Soil Fertility (Wikipedia)
Eugene W. Hilgard (Wikipedia)
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Eugene Woldemar Hilgard (January 5, 1833, January 8, 1916) was a German-American expert on pedology (the study of soil resources).
Konstantin Glinka (Wikipedia)
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Konstantin Dmitrievich Glinka (Russian: Константи́н Дми́триевич Гли́нка) (1867-1927) was a Russian soil scientist.
Curtis F. Marbut (Wikipedia)
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Marbut developed the first formal soil classification scheme for the United States. Marbut was born and raised in Barry County, Missouri.
William A. Albrecht (Wikipedia)
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William Albert Albrecht (September 12, 1888, May 19, 1974) chairman of the Department of Soils at the University of Missouri, was the foremost authority on the relation of soil fertility to human health and earned four degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Hugh Hammond Bennett (Wikipedia)
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Hugh Hammond Bennett (April 15, 1881, July 7, 1960) was a pioneer in the field of soil conservation in the United States of America.
Ehrenfried Pfeiffer (Wikipedia)
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Ehrenfried Erwin Pfeiffer (19 February 1899-30 November 1961) was a German scientist, soil scientist, leading advocate of biodynamic agriculture, anthroposophist and student of Rudolf Steiner.
Rattan Lal (Wikipedia)
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Rattan Lal (born 5 September 1944) is an Indian-American soil scientist.
Don Kirkham (Wikipedia)
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Don Kirkham (February 11, 1908, March 7, 1998) was an American soil scientist regarded as the founder of mathematical soil physics.
Frank J. Stevenson (Wikipedia)
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Frank J. Stevenson (August 2, 1922, May 29, 2015) was an American agricultural scientist who made large contributions to the scientific agricultural community breakthroughs regarding soil and its relationship with organic matter and humic substances (HS).
Edson Lobato (Wikipedia)
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Edson Lobato, a Brazilian soil fertility scientist, was awarded the 2006 World Food Prize for his role in helping transform the Cerrado into productive cropland.
Mitiku Haile, Wikipedia
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Mitiku Haile (born 1951) is an Ethiopian researcher who was Professor of Soil Science at Mekelle University, undertaking research on sustainable land management, restoration of degraded lands and integrated soil fertility management.
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