Credit hours
In-class work per week |
Practice per week |
Credits |
Duration |
Total |
4 |
0 |
2 |
6 weeks |
30 hours |
Instructor
Paulo Sergio Pavinato
Objective
Allow students to correlate soil fertility with soil use and management, understanding the mechanisms that affect the availability of nutrients to plants. Give to the students the knowledge about effect of soil correctives, conditioners and mineral and organic fertilizers. Plan and execute the recommendation of fertilizing the crops according to the appropriate soil analysis results interpretation.
Content
Concepts and importance of the soil fertility. Soil as supplier of nutrients to plants. Soil factors that affect crop productivity. Soil organic matter. Colloidal properties of interest to soil fertility. Acidity of soils: causes, effects and correction. Plant nutrients, soil behavior and availability: N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S and micronutrients. Soil fertility assessment methods.
Bibliography
HAVLIN, J.L.; BEATON, J.D.; TISDALE, S.L.; NELSON, W.L. (ed.). Soil fertility and fertilizers. 7th ed. Pearson Practice Hall, New Jersey, 2005. 515p.
FOTH, H.D.; ELLIS, B.G. Soil Fertility. 2nd edition. CRC Press. 2020. 304p.
MARSCHNER, H. Mineral nutrition of higher plants. 2nd ed. Academic Press, London, 1995. 889p.
MENGEL, K., KIRKBY, E.A. Principles of plant nutrition. Bern.:International Potash Institute, 1987. 687p.
Periodics: Agronomy Journal; Scientia Agrícola; Soil & Tillage Research; Geoderma; Soil Science; and others