Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management

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  General

  Soil Fertility and Nutrient management -: Course content creator :- Dr. G. N. Thippeshappa Associate Professor (Soil Sciences) College of Horticulture, Mudigere e-mail: gntssac@gmail.com View Profile

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  • News forum
  • Course syllabus Page
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  24 February - 2 March

  Introduction to Soil fertility and Productivity

  • Importance of Soil fertility Page
  • Historical developments of Soil fertility Resource Page
  • What is Soil fertility? Page
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  3 March - 9 March

  Soil Productivity

  • I. Natural Factors Page
  • II. Edaphic factors or soil management factors Page
  • What is Soil Productivity? Page
  • Factors affecting Soil Productivity Page
  • Quiz Lecture-1-2
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  • Power Point Presenatation
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  10 March - 16 March

  Essential Plant Nutrients

  • Definitions of plant nutrient Page
  • Types of nutrient elements Page
  • Essential Nutrients/elements and definition Page
  • Classification of essential nutrients Page
  • Beneficial Nutrients/Elements Page
  • Definitions of Primary and secondary nutrient Page
  • Criteria of Essentiality of Nutrients Page
  • Quiz Lecture-3
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  • Power Point Presentation
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  17 March - 23 March

  Functions and deficiency symptoms of essential nutrient elements

  • Terminology of deficient, toxicity symptoms Page
  • Functions of Carbon, Hydrogen & Oxygen Page
  • Functions and deficiency symptoms of Nitrogen Page
  • Functions and deficiency symptoms of Phosphorus Page
  • Functions and deficiency symptoms of Potassium Page
  • Quiz Lecture-4
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  • Power Point Presentation
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  24 March - 30 March

  Functions and deficiency symptoms of Secondary nutrient elements

  • SECONDARY NUTRIENTS? Page
  • Functions and deficiency symptoms of Calcium Page
  • Functions and deficiency symptoms of Magnesium Page
  • Functions and deficiency symptoms of Sulphur Page
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  31 March - 6 April

  Functions and deficiency symptoms of Micronutrients in plants

  • MICRONUTRIENTS Page
  • Functions and deficiency symptoms of Fe Page
  • Functions and deficiency symptoms of Mn Page
  • Functions and deficiency symptoms of Cu Page
  • Functions and deficiency symptoms of Boron Page
  • Functions and deficiency symptoms of Molybdenum Page
  • Functions and deficiency symptoms of Cl Page
  • Functions and deficiency symptoms of Zn Page
  • Quiz Lecture-5-6
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  • Power Point Presentation
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  7 April - 13 April

  Consumption of nutrients and Nutrient Interactions
  

  • Luxury consumption? Page
  • Consumption of Nitrogen by plants Page
  • Consumption of phosphorus by plants Page
  • Consumption of potassium by plants Page
  • Consumption of secondary nutrients by plants Page
  • Consumption of micro nutrients by plants Page
  • Nutrient interactions in plants and soils. Page
  • Quiz Lecture-7
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  • Power Point Presentation
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  14 April - 20 April

  Availability of nutrients

  • N- Transformation and availability in soils Page
  • Phosphorus transformation & availability in soils Page
  • K-transformations & availability in soils Page
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  21 April - 27 April

  Transformations and availability of nutrients in soils

  • Calcium and Magnesium availability in soils Page
  • Sulphur Cycle and Transformation in soils Page
  • Micronutrients Cycle and their Transformations in soil Page
  • Quiz Lecture-8-9
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  • Power Point Presentation
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  28 April - 4 May

  Acid Soils and Calcareous soils, their Formation and Management

  • Acid soil Page
  • Causes of soil acidity Page
  • Problem of soil acidity Page
  • Management or Amelioration of soil acidity Page
  • Calcareous soil Page
  • Quiz Lecture-10
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  • Power Point Presentation