New Challenges and Innovations in Plant and Soil Science with Changing Environment The natural relationship of soil with plants, and land development practices is named as edolphology. Edaphology is one of two principle divisions of soil science, the other being pedology. Edaphology is worried with the impact of soils on living things, especially plants. The term is likewise connected to the investigation of how soil impacts mankind's utilization of land for plant development and in addition man's general utilization of the land.General subfields inside edaphology are farming soil science and ecological soil science. Agricultural Soil Science Environmental soil studies Agrochemistry Agrophysics Physiological Plant Disorders