Weeks
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Theory
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1st Week
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Lecture - 1 Composition of Earth Crust
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2nd Week
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Lecture - 2 Soil Forming Processes
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3rd Week
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Lecture - 3 Aerial Photography
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4th Week
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Lecture - 4 Soil Classification and Land Capability Classification
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5th Week
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Lecture - 5 Soil Physical Properties
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6th Week
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Lecture - 6 Soil Structure and Consistency
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7th Week
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Lecture - 7 Densities of Soil, Porosity and Soil Color
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8th Week
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Lecture - 8 Soil Air and Temperature
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9th Week
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Lecture - 9 Soil Water
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10th Week
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Lecture - 10 Soil Colloids
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11th Week
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Lecture - 11 Ion Exchange
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12th Week
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Lecture - 12 Concept of Soil pH and Nutrient Availability
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13th Week
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Lecture - 13 Soil Organic Matter
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14th Week
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Lecture - 14 Problem Soils
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15th Week
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Lecture - 15 Soil Environmental Quality
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16th Week
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Lecture - 16 Quality of Irrigation Water
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17th Week
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Lecture - 17 Soils of India
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Practical Part
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1st Week
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Practical - 1 Collection and preparation of Soil Samples
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2nd Week
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Practical - 2 Study of Soil Profile
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3rd Week
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Practical - 3 Determination of Soil Colour
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4th Week
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Practical - 4 Determination soil moisture content
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5th Week
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Practical - 5 Determination of Bulk Density of Soils
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6th Week
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Practical - 6 Determination of Soil pH
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7th Week
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Practical - 7 Determination of Electrical Conductivity of Soil
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8th Week
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Practical - 8 Particle Size Analysis of Soil.
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9th Week
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Practical - 9 Preparation of HCl extract
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10th Week
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Practical - 10 Determination of sesquioxides( Fe2O3 and Al2O3)
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11th Week
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Practical - 11 Determination of Calcium and magnesium
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12th Week
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Practical - 12 Determination of P2O5 and K2O
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13th Week
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Practical - 13 Determination of total Sulphur
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14th Week
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Practical - 14 Determination of Total Nitrogen Content of Soils
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15th Week
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Practical - 15 Determination of Organic Carbon Content of Soils
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16th Week
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Practical - 16 Determination of Cation Exchange Capacity of Soils
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