'''Agrophysics''' is a branch of [[science]] bordering on agronomy and [[physics]], whose objects of study are the agroecosystem - the biological objects, biotope and biocoenosis affected by human activity, studied and described using the methods of physical sciences.<ref>[http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/agriculture/book/978-90-481-3585-1?link=general ''Encyclopedia of Agrophysics''] in series: Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series edts. Jan Glinski, Jozef Horabik, Jerzy Lipiec, '''2011''', Publisher: Springer, ISBN 978-90-481-3585-1</ref>. Agrophysics is closely related to [[biophysics]], but is restricted to the [[biology]] of the [[plants]], [[animals]], [[soil]] and an [[atmosphere]] involved in agricultural activities and [[biodiversity]]. It is different from biophysics in having the necessity of taking into account the specific features of biotope and biocoenosis, which involves the knowledge of nutritional science and agroecology, agricultural technology, biotechnology, and genetics.
Agrophysics is close to certain fundamental sciences like biology, whose methods and knowledge it utilizes (especially in the field of environmental ecology and plant physiology), and physics, from which it acquires the research methods, especially that of physical experimentation and modelling. Physical modelling, closely related to biophysics, can be used to solve global or local problems in complex ecosystems.