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Course code: MRS10019o14
Semester: 2014/2015 winter
Name: Biological Basis of Plant Nutrition
Major: Plant Medicine
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 3
ECTS points: 4
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: Dr inż. Grzegorz Kulczycki
Language of instruction: Polish / English


Learning outcomes: The student acquires the knowledge of balanced fertilization, knows the basic problems of physiological processes in plants caused by an excess or deficiency of nutrients. He knows the basic principles of health and safeness in the chemical laboratory. The student acquires the ability to carry out simple tasks in research on the processes of mineral nutrition of plants, properly interpret the results and draw conclusions. Student can use basic laboratory techniques used in medicine plants, retaining the rules of safeness in the lab

Competences: The student understands the need for learning and training on issues related to the protection of plants and the environment. Students are able to work independently and in a team, taking on the different roles, they are aware of the shared responsibility for the tasks carried out in a group

Prerequisites: chemistry, biochemistry, plant physiology

Course content: Basics of plant nutrition, plant chemical composition, uptake by plants mineral nutrients, the role of nutrients in plant nutrition, soil and its role in plant nutrition, soil acidity and pH, the types of sorption, forms and transformations of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur, and magnesium in the soil, visual of evaluation disorders in the nutrition of plants, methods for determining the nutritional needs of plants, mineral fertilizers in plant nutrition, plant nutrition technology, the effect of fertilization on the quality of crops, fertilization as factor an aggravating environmental, regulations on fertilizers and fertilization.

Recommended literature: Grzebisz W., 2008. Nawożenie roślin uprawnych. Cz. 1 Podstawy nawożenia, PWRiL. Poznań Gorlach E., Mazur T., 2001.Chemia rolna. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa. Mercik S. 2002. Chemia rolna, podstawy teoretyczne i praktyczne. Wydawnictwo SGGW, Warszawa. Lityński T., Jurkowska H. 1982. Żyzność gleby i odżywianie się roślin. PWN, Warszawa. Fotyma M., Mercik S. 1992. Chemia rolna. PWN, Warszawa.

Assessment methods: Laboratory class – reports, written exam.

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