Course Description
Methods of determining soil fertility and insufficiency of plant
nutrients in soils.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will be required to complete advanced
techniques of soil fertility measurements.
Athena Title
Soil Fertility Plant Nutr Lab
Prerequisite
CRSS(FANR) 3060-3060L and CHEM 1211 and CHEM 1211L
Corequisite
CRSS(HORT) 4590/6590
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
- Students should be able to establish soil fertility plots and estimate optimum fertilizer rates.
- Students should be able to measure soil cation exchange capacity, soil pH, and pH buffering capacity.
- Students should be able to describe reactions of aluminum, nitrogen, and phosphorus in soil.
- Students should be able to develop develop scientific reports on procedures and results of laboratory activities.
Topical Outline
- Lab 1. Soil Fertility/Demonstration Plots (2 weeks)
Lab 2. Exchangeable Cations and Cation Exchange Capacity Determination (1 week)
Lab 3. pH and Buffering in Soils (1 week)
Lab 4. Aluminium Reactions in Soils (1 week)
Lab 5. Nitrogen Transformations (2 weeks)
Lab 6. Phosphorous Reactions in Soils (2 weeks)
Lab 7. Software Packages for Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management (1 week)
Institutional Competencies
Analytical Thinking
The ability to reason, interpret, analyze, and solve problems from a wide array of authentic contexts.
