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Course Discription |
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This course introduce the soil chemical and physical properties as related to soil fertility, macro and micro nutrients and their reactions in soil, their availability, role in nourishing plants, as well as soil’s application rates and plant intake. The course ends with the fertilizers classification, types and application methods into the soil. The lab part provides detailed information on routine chemical methods that used in soil testing and plant analysis, field soil and plant sampling techniques, types of fertilizers and plant nutrient recommendations, study of plant nutrient response functions, and nutrient management planning and how to apply fertilizers. The course material will be presented in the laboratory format and exercises which are designed to strengthen the theoretical principles thought in the lecture. |