ECTS
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Course code: RSSS20094o12Semester: 2012/2013 winter
Name: Soil fertility and antierosion protection in degraded environment
Major: Environmental Protection
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 2
ECTS points: 6
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: prof. dr hab. Michał Licznar
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: During the course student gains knowledge about role of soil in passing on the alimentary components of water and air in the process of plant growth in the conditions of the degradation of environment and his influence on fertility and the quality of crops . The student acquaints oneself with the procedure of the soil fertility valuation which help him to chose rational use of the soils of demoted terrains.
Competences: The completion of the course enable the work in the posts of the environment protection and institutions concerned with soil reclamation.
Prerequisites: Soil science, agricultural chemistry, environment degradation.
Course content: Soil richness, fertility and productivity. discribing the factors and the propries influencing the condition of soil fertility, the physical, chemical and biological degradation of soils - their influence on fertility and the quality of the crop. The culture of the soil. Methods of the valuation of the condition of the soil fertility . Utilization of wastes and unconventional fertilizers to the improvement of the soil fertility.
Recommended literature: Gleboznawstwo – praca zbiorowa red. S. Zawadzki, PWRiL, Warszawa 1999 and next edition.; Żyzność gleb i odżywianie roślin – Lityński T., Jurkowska M., PWN Warszawa 1982.; Chemiczne podstawy żyzności gleb i nawożenia – Fotyma M, Mercik S., Faber A.; PWRiL, Warszawa 1987; Chemia rolna Gorlach E., Mazur T., PWN Warszawa 2001; Procesy biologiczne i chemiczne w glebach w zależności od stanu natlenienia; Gliński J., Stępniewski W.; Problemy Agrofizyki, 44, 1984.; Czynniki plonotwórcze – plonowanie roślin, praca zbiorowa red. J. Dzieżyc, PWN, Warszawa 1993. Ziemnicki S. – Melioracje przeciwerozyjne – PWRiL Warszawa 1968 Józefaciuk A., Józefaciuk Cz., 1996 Mechanizm i wskazówki metodyczne badania procesów erozji PIOŚ Biblioteka Monitoringu Środowiska Warszawa. Józefaciuk A., Józefaciuk Cz. 1999 – Ochrona gruntów przed erozją. Poradnik dla władz administracyjnych i samorządowych oraz służb doradczych i użytkowników gruntów. Wyd. IUNG Puławy.
Assessment methods: credit classes 60 %, Exam,
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