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    Agron 512

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    This document outlines the course plan for a class titled "Principal and Practices of Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management". The course is 3 credit hours and includes both theory and practical lectures. The theory portion covers 20 topics related to soil fertility and nutrient management over 31 lectures. The practical portion involves hands-on labs to determine various soil and plant nutrients over 14 lectures. Overall, the course provides a comprehensive overview of soil fertility concepts and nutrient management practices.

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    Agron 512

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    This document outlines the course plan for a class titled "Principal and Practices of Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management". The course is 3 credit hours and includes both theory and practical lectures. The theory portion covers 20 topics related to soil fertility and nutrient management over 31 lectures. The practical portion involves hands-on labs to determine various soil and plant nutrients over 14 lectures. Overall, the course provides a comprehensive overview of soil fertility concepts and nutrient management practices.

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    This document outlines the course plan for a class titled "Principal and Practices of Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management". The course is 3 credit hours and includes both theory and practical lectures. The theory portion covers 20 topics related to soil fertility and nutrient management over 31 lectures. The practical portion involves hands-on labs to determine various soil and plant nutrients over 14 lectures. Overall, the course provides a comprehensive overview of soil fertility concepts and nutrient management practices.

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    Agron 512

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    Dr Ram Niwas Choudhary
    This document outlines the course plan for a class titled "Principal and Practices of Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management". The course is 3 credit hours and includes both theory and practical lectures. The theory portion covers 20 topics related to soil fertility and nutrient management over 31 lectures. The practical portion involves hands-on labs to determine various soil and plant nutrients over 14 lectures. Overall, the course provides a comprehensive overview of soil fertility concepts and nutrient management practices.

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    Course Title : Principal and Practices of Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management

    Course Code : AGRON 512


    Credit Hours : 3 (2+1)
    Lecture schedule – Theory

    No. of Name of the Faculty


    S. No. Topic
    lectures
    1. Soil fertility and productivity concept, differences and 1
    factors affecting
    2. Features of a good soil management 2
    3. Problems of supply and factors affecting availability 2
    of nutrients
    4. Relation between nutrient supply and crop growth 1
    5. Organic farming - basic concepts and definitions 2
    6. Criteria of essentiality of nutrients, essential plant 3
    nutrients – their functions, nutrient deficiency
    symptoms
    7. Transformation and dynamics of major plant nutrients 2
    8. Preparation and use of farmyard manure, compost, 3
    green manures, vermicompost, biofertilizers and other
    organic concentrations their composition, availability
    and crop response
    9. Recycling of organic wastes and residue management 1
    10. Soil less cultivation 1
    11. Commercial fertilizers; composition, relative fertilizer 3
    value and cost, fertilizer mixtures and grades
    12. Crop response to different nutrients 2
    13. Residual effects and fertilizer use efficiency; 2
    agronomic, chemical and physiological methods
    14. Methods of increasing fertilizer use efficiency 1
    15. Nutrient interactions 1
    16. Time and methods of manures and fertilizers 1
    application
    17. Foliar application and its concept 1
    18. Relative performance of organic and inorganic 1
    nutrients and economics of fertilizer use
    19. Integrated nutrient management 1
    20. Residue wastes in crops 1
    Lecture Schedule – Practical
    Sr. No Topic No. of
    lectures
    1. Determination of soil pH and soil EC 2
    2. Determination of soil organic C 2
    3. Determination of available N,P,K and S in soil 4
    4. Determination of total N,P,K and S in soil 2
    5. Determination of total N,P,K and S in plant 4
    6. Computation of optimum and economic yield 2

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