Manures, Fertilizers and Soil Fertility Management

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Dr. Rahul Adhikary

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Course Name : Manures, fertilizers and soil fertility management

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;

Introduction@ download

Manures Video

Session 2

Bulky organic manures its classification

Manures pdf

Video

Session 3

Concentrated organic manures

Manures pdf

Manures Video

Session 4

Functions and application techniques of Organic manures

Manures pdf

Video

Session 5

Green/leaf manuring. Bio fertilizer. Integrated nutrient management;

Green Manure pdf

Video 2

Session 6

Biofertilizers and its application in agriculture

Bio fertilizer

Biofertilizer

Session 7

INM ( Integrated Nutrient management)

INM pdf

Video

Session 8

Vermicompost and vermiwash

Vermicompost pdf

Video

Session 9

Organic manures and its classification

video link

Session 10

Secondary & micronutrient fertilizers, Complex fertilizers, nano fertilizers 

Secondary fertilizer pdf

Video

Session 11

Primary fertilizers ( Nitrogen)

Video

Nitrogenous fertilizer pdf

Session 12

Fertilizers ( Phosphorus and Potassium)

P and K fertilizer

Video

Session 13

Soil amendments, Fertilizer Storage,

Fertilizer storage

Video

Session 14

Different types of Micronutrient fertilizers

Micronutrient fertilizer

Video

Session 15

 Fertilizer Control Order; 

FCO

FCO video

Session 16

History of soil fertility and plant nutrition. criteria of essentiality;

Histrory of soil fertility evaluation pdf

Plant nutrients video

Session 17

Criteria of essentiality

Criteria

Session 18

Role, deficiency and toxicity symptoms of essential plant nutrients,

Functions of nutrients pdf

Video

Session 19

Mechanisms of nutrient transport to plants,

Essential nutrients pdf

Video

Session 20

Factors affecting nutrient availability to plants;

Mechanism of nutrient uptake pdf

Video

Session 21

Chemistry of soil nitrogen, and its importance

Chemistry of Soil N

Video

Session 22

Chemistry of  phosphorus in soil and its importance

Chemistry of Phosphorus

Video

Session 23

Chemistry of soil potassium, and its importance

Chemistry of K

Video

Session 24

Chemistry of soil calcium and Mg and its importance

Chemistry of Ca

Video

Session 25

Chemistry of soil  and micronutrients;

Micronutrients

Video

Session 26

Soil fertility evaluation, Soil testing.

Fertiity evaluation pdf

Video

Session 27

Soil testing; Critical levels of different nutrients in soil;

Soil testing video

Video

Session 29

plant analysis, rapid plant tissue tests.Indicator plants;

Plant analysis video

Session 30

Methods of fertilizer recommendations to crops.  methods of application under rainfed and irrigated conditions;

Methods of fertilizer application

Video

Session 31

Methods of fertilizer recommendations to crops. Factor influencing nutrient use efficiency (NUE),

Methods of application

Video

Session 32

methods of application under rainfed and irrigated conditions;

Methods of application

Video

Practical

Session 1

Estimation of available N in soils;

Soil Nitrogen testing video

Soil N estimation pdf

Session 2

Estimation of available N in soils;

Soil N estimation pdf

Session 3

Estimation of available P in soils;

Soil phosphorus testing video

Soil P pdf

Session 4

Estimation of available P in soils;

Soil phosphorus testing video

Soil P pdf

Session 5

Estimation of available K in soils;

Soil potassium testing

Soil K pdf

Session 6

Introduction to analytical Instruments

Analytical Instruments

Session 8

Estimation of available S in soils;

Soil Sulphur testing video

Soil s estimation pdf

Session 9

Estimation of available Ca and Mg in soils;

Ca and Mg soil by EDTA pdf

Ca and mg estimation video

Session 10

Estimation of available Ca and Mg in soils;

Ca and Mg soil by EDTA pdf

Session 11

Estimation of available Zn, Cu, Fe, Mn in soils; 

Soil micronutrient analysis pdf

Micronutrients analysis video

Session 12

Estimation of  N in plants;

Plant nitrogen procedure

Plant N testing video

Session 13

Estimation of  N in plants;

Plant nitrogen procedure

Plant N testing video

Session 14

Estimation of  P in plants;

Plant P analysis video

pdf

Session 15

Estimation of  K in plants;

Potassium estimation video

PDF

Session 16

Estimation of  S in plants;

Sulphur estimation video

PDF

Question bank

MCQ@MFSM

E- material for MFSM

MFSM E- material

Lab manual for MFSM

MFSM Laboratory manual

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Dr. Rahul Adhikary

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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