| Course ID: | PRO-SI>3845.5.E |
| Course title: | SOIL FERTILITY AND PLANT NUTRITION |
| Semester: | Winter |
| ECTS: | 5 |
| Lectures/Classes: | 30 / 45 hours |
| Field of study: | Agriculture |
| Study cycle: | 1st cycle |
| Type of course: | --- |
| Prerequisites: | chemistry, biology, plant physiology, soil science |
| Contact person: | Grzegorz Kulczycki, PhD DSc,; grzegorz.kulczycki@upwr.edu.pl |
| Short description: | Soil fertility , plant nutrition and fertilizer |
| Full description: | Introduce students to the basic concepts of soil fertility, plant nutrition, and fertilizers. The course aims to enable the student to methods of determining soil fertility and insufficiency of plant nutrients in soils, and interpretation of chemical and biological measurements as related to fertility maintenance and good soil management. Fertilizers: composition and application methodology, luxury consumption, nutrient interactions, deficiency symptoms, visual diagnosis. |
| Bibliography: | Weil, R.R., and N.C. Brady. 2017. The Nature and Properties of Soils. Pearson International. Havlin, J.L., S.L. Tisdale, W.L. Nelson, and J.D. Beaton. 2016. Soil Fertility and Fertilizers : An Introduction to Nutrient Management. Pearson Education Inc. Pam, H., and M. Brian. 2016. Interpreting Soil Test Results - What Do All the Numbers Mean? CSIRO Publishing. Rengel, Z., I. Cakmak, and P.J. White. 2023. Marschner’s Mineral Nutrition of Plants Fourth Edition. Elsevier Ltd. |
| Learning outcomes: | Graduate: knows plant physiology, including the mechanisms of regulation of plant life processes, water and mineral management of plants, transport and distribution of mineral and organic compounds in plants, R1R_W03 Graduate: knows the basic physical and chemical properties and classification criteria of soils and their effect on crop yield, R1R_W12 Graduate: is able to analyze the factors affecting the production of agricultural production and its quality and the state of the environment, RIR_U05 Graduate: is aware of the importance of and responsibility for the quality of plant production and the state of the natural environment, R1R_K05s |
| Assessment methods and assessment criteria: | Grade obtained at classes (60%) + grade obtained at lectures (40%) |