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Course code: ROSS20110f12Semester: 2012/2013 winter
Name: Humic substances in the environment
Major: Horticulture
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 2
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. Elżbieta Jamroz
Language of instruction: Polish / English
Learning outcomes: Student possesses theoretical and practical knowledge on using organic matter in the environment. Student knows forms and types of humus and is able to analyze fractional composition of humic substances. He possesses also abilities to produce composts from organic wastes as well as to estimate their maturity degree.
Competences: Student is able to use organic matter in reclamation of polluted lands and as a component of media for plant cultivation.
Prerequisites: Chemistry, physics, biology or soil science
Course content: Processes in soils and during mineralization and synthesis of humic substances, methods of humic substances analysis; production of composts from organic wastes.
Recommended literature: Zawadzki S. –red. „Gleboznawstwo” PWRiL. Warszawa 1999 i kolejne wydania. Drozd J., Licznar M., Licznar S.E., Weber J., „ Gleboznawstwo z elementami mineralogii i petrografii” Wyd. AR Wrocław 2002. Bednarek R., Dziadowiec H., Pokojska U., Prusinkiewicz Z., „Badania ekologiczno-gleboznawcze” Wyd. PWN. Warszawa 2004.
Assessment methods: Pass classes. Minimum for passing 60%.
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