SOIL 412 — Soil Biochemistry and Microbiology
Agriculture · University of Ghana
Decomposition of organic residue in soils; Transformations of sulphur, iron, manganese in soils; Biochemical transformation of phosphorus, sulphur, hydrocarbons and pesticides; Decomposition of pesticides; Biological nitrogen fixation: symbiosis (including grain legumes, trees, Azolla, pasture/forage) and non-symbiosis; Legume bacteriology; Biochemistry of nitrogen fixation (symbiotic and non-symbiotic), methods of measuring biological nitrogen fixation (BNF), Inoculation, mycorrhiza; Methods of studying microbial ecology-antibiotic resistance and select-able markers, serology, gene typing and other methods of molecular biology; Biochemistry of nitrification, denitrification and nitrate reduction; Biochemical processes in the rhizosphere; Biochar and its influence on soil biochemical properties
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester Two
Other courses on this programme
- AGEC 400 — Research Project
- AGEC 406 — Managerial and Business Economics
- AGEC 410 — Agrifood Business and Agroprocessing
- AGEC 411 — Agricultural Marketing & Price Analysis
- AGEC 413 — Agribusiness Management
- AGEC 415 — Quantitative Methods & Operations Research
- AGEC 417 — Management Accounting
- AGEC 418 — Fundamentals of Business Planning & Policy
- AGEC 419 — Market Research and Analysis
- AGEX 411 — Theoretical Foundations of Innovation in Development Work
- AGEX 412 — Management of Development Organisations
- AGEX 413 — Rural Livelihoods and Food Security
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).