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Course code: ROSS10039o14Semester: 2014/2015 summer
Name: Soil Science (basic course)
Major: Horticulture
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 2
ECTS points: 5
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. Elżbieta Jamroz
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Student possesses theoretical knowledge on forming soils and their properties as a main source of macro and microelements, water and oxygen. He is able to use the basic soil analysis in practice and can interprete its results. Student can also estiamte quality of the soil and its usefullness in the horticulture.
Competences: Finishing the course gives the opportunity to work in horticulture farms, agricultural consulting offices and agricultural-chemistry stations as well as facilitate planning in the horticulture.
Prerequisites: Chemistry, Physics, Botany
Course content: Forming the soils, their morphology, 3-phases system, physical, chemical, biological and physico-chemical properties of soils; fertility, classification, soil needs of horticultural plants, cartography of the soils.
Recommended literature: 1. Gleboznawstwo – praca zbiorowa red. S. Zawadzki, PWRiL, Warszawa 1999 i kolejne wydania.; 2. Zarys gleboznawstwa – R. Turski, A. Słowińska-Jurkiewicz, J. Hetman, wyd. AR Lublin 2001. 3. Przydatność rolnicza gleb Polski – M. Strzemski, J. Siuta, T. Witek, PWRiL Warszawa 1973. 4. Gleboznawstwo z elementami mineralogii i petrografii – J. Drozd, M. Licznar, S.E. Licznar, J. Weber – wyd. AR Wrocław 2002.
Assessment methods: Obligatory exam. Minimum for passing: 60 percent
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