Manures, Fertilizers and Soil Fertility Management
Teacher
Dr. Rahul Adhikary
Category
Core Courses
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Code(Credit) : ASAC 2202 (2-1-0)
Course Objectives
- To know about sustainable soil fertility management and different methods of evaluation
- To know about different forms of Manures and Fertilizers and their methods of application.
Course Outcomes (Co and Po maping)
| COs | Course outcomes | Mapping COs with POs |
| CO1 | The students have knowledge with basic principle of soil fertility management. | PSO1 |
| CO2 | The students with general concepts and classification of manures and fertilizer. | PSO2 |
| CO3 | The students have knowledge about methods of fertilizer recommendation to crops. | PO3, PO7 |
PO-Program outcomes
PO1 Knowledge enhancement
PO2 Professional enhancement
PO3 Entrepreneurship skill
PO 7 data Handling
Course Syllabus
Theory
Introduction and importance of organic manures, properties and methods of preparation of bulky and concentrated manures.Green/leaf manuring.Integrated nutrient management.
Chemical fertilizers: classification, composition and properties of major nitrogenous, phosphatic, potassic fertilizers, secondary & micronutrient fertilizers, Complex fertilizers, nano fertilizers Soil amendments, Fertilizer Storage, Fertilizer Control Order.
History of soil fertility and plant nutrition.criteria of essentiality.role, deficiency and toxicity symptoms of essential plant nutrients, Mechanisms of nutrient transport to plants, factors affecting nutrient availability to plants. Chemistry of soil nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, sulphur and micronutrients. Soil fertility evaluation, Soil testing. Critical levels of different nutrients in soil. Forms of nutrients in soil, plant analysis, rapid plant tissue tests. Indicator plants.Methods of fertilizer recommendations to crops. Factor influencing nutrient use efficiency (NUE), methods of application under rainfed and irrigated conditions.
Practical:
Introduction of analytical instruments and their principles, calibration and applications, Colorimetry and flame photometry;
Estimation of soil available Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, Ca, Mg, Zn, Fe, Boron.
Reference:
1. Soil Fertility and Fertilizers (2010) by Havlin, Beaton, Tisdale and Nelson, PHI Learning Private Ltd, New Delhi
2. Introductory Soil Science (2013) by D.K. Das, Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi
3. Manures and Fertilizers (2009) by P. C. Das, Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi
4. Fundamentals of Soil (2000) by V.N. Sahai, Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi
Session Plan (Theory)
Session 1
Introduction and importance of organic manures, properties and methods of preparation of bulky and concentrated manures;
Session 5
Session 10
Secondary & micronutrient fertilizers, Complex fertilizers, nano fertilizers
Session 16
History of soil fertility and plant nutrition. criteria of essentiality;
Session 18
Role, deficiency and toxicity symptoms of essential plant nutrients,
Session 30
Methods of fertilizer recommendations to crops. methods of application under rainfed and irrigated conditions;
Session 31
Methods of fertilizer recommendations to crops. Factor influencing nutrient use efficiency (NUE),
Session 32
methods of application under rainfed and irrigated conditions;
Practical
Session 9
Session 12
Question bank
Our Main Teachers
Associate Professor Centurion University of Technology and Management Department of Soil science and Agricultural chemistry Paralakhemundi, Odisha, India. I have completed my Ph.D. in Soil Science (SWC) from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Visvavidyalaya in 2015 and get Ph.D degree certificate.I am prepared to substantially benefit our institute through imparting my skills of cracking different national level […]
Assistant Professor, Department of Soil Science, M. S. Swaminathan School of Agriculture, Centurion University of Technology and Management