Soil Technology -I (AT302)-Agriculture Technology (III-Semester) | RGPV
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Syllabus
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Syllabus - Soil Technology -I (AT302)
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Unit I
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Pedological and edaphological concepts
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Earth’s crust, Composition of Rocks and minerals
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Weathering, soil formation factors and processes
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Components of soils; Soil profile
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Classification of soils and soils of India
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Unit II
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Soil physical properties and their significance
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Unit III
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Soil water, Soil water retention, potentials, Soil moisture constants
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Soil Colloids: Inorganic and organic colloids, their nature and physico-chemical properties
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Unit IV
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Ion exchange phenomena; Layer silicate clays, their genesis and sources of charges
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Soil reaction, Buffering capacity and EC
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Soil organic matter, composition, decomposition, Humus, Fractionation of organic matter
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Soil biology, Biomass, Soil Organisms & their beneficial & harmful roles