SOIL 414 — Soil Chemistry and Fertility
Agriculture · University of Ghana
Solid phase: Origin and distribution of charge on soil colloid surface, point of zero charge, electrical characteristics of soil/water interface, double layer theory; mechanism of cation and anion fixation in soils. Sulphur, aluminium, pyrite in the formation of soil acidity. Liquid phase: composition, concentration, activities and activity coefficients, Debye-Huckle theory; Chemical factors affecting plant growth: growth expressions, Mitscherlich‘s law of diminishing returns, Liebig‘s law of the minimum. Methods of evaluating soil fertility; principles of soil fertility management – fertilizer application, liming, lime requirement of soils, reactions of lime in soils. Management of acidic, saline and sodic soils. Soil and plant factors affecting N availability to plants, behavior of P fertilizers and their availability in soils.
- 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).