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Soil fertility and plant nutrition

Course Description: Theory: - Essential plant nutrients: forms, functions, deficiency symptoms, and sources. Nutrient absorption, translocation, and metabolism in plants. Factors affecting soil fertility and plant nutrition: organic matter, soil reactions, clay and its properties, ion exchange. Methods for estimating soil fertility. Nitrogen in soil and plants. Phosphorus in soil and plants. Potassium in soil and plants. Sulfur, calcium, and magnesium in soil and plants. Micronutrients in soil and plants. Assessment of soil fertility and plant nutrition. Practical: - Introduction to soil sampling for physical and chemical analyses. - Collecting plant samples from the field and preparing them for analysis. - Methods for extracting nutrients from soil. - Estimating nutrients in soil: Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium. - Estimating micronutrients in soil: Iron, Zinc, Manganese. - Estimating soil fertility. - Preparation of nutrient solutions.
Credit hours: 3
Prerequisites: PAP 211
Objectives of the course :
  • Introducing students to essential nutrients for plants: their forms, functions, deficiency symptoms, sources, and absorption.
  • Students know about the nitrogen cycle, the phosphorus cycle, and the potassium cycle in nature.
  • Students learn about the factors affecting soil fertility and plant nutrition, and methods for estimating soil fertility.
Course outputs :

1- List the essential elements, their importance, forms, deficiency symptoms, sources, and absorption methods.
2- Lists the factors affecting soil fertility.

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  • Last update: 2026-06-24

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