Soil conditions affecting availability of plant nutrients; 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.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students: Term paper will be required of graduate students.
Athena Title
Soil Fertility and Plant Nutri
Prerequisite
CRSS(FANR) 3060-3060L and CHEM 1211 and CHEM 1211L
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
Students should be able to describe the influence of chemical, biological, and physical properties of soil and growing media on nutrient availability to plants.
Students should be able to identify soil or growing media fertility and plant nutrition problems.
Students should be able to use the learned material to calculate important soil fertility characteristics as well as soil amendments to solve specific soil fertility and plant nutrition problems.
Topical Outline
1. Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition
2. Basic Soil-Plant Relationships
3. Nutrient Transport in Plants
4. Soil Acidity and Alkalinity
5. Nitrogen in Soil and Plants
6. Phosphorous and Potassium in Soil
7. Phosphorus and Potassium in Plants
8. Sulfur, Calcium, and Magnesium in Soil
9. Sulfur, Calcium, and Magnesium in Plants
10. Micronutrients in Soil
11. Micronutrients in Plants
12. Evaluation of Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition
13. Nutrient Management
14. Nutrients and Environmental Quality
Institutional Competencies
Analytical Thinking
The ability to reason, interpret, analyze, and solve problems from a wide array of authentic contexts.
