Principles of Soil Science (AN302)-Agriculture Engineering (III-Semester) | RGPV

---

• Syllabus

• Syllabus - Principles of Soil Science (AN302)

• Unit I

• Pedological and Edaphological Concepts
• Earth’s Crust, Composition of Rocks and Minerals
• Weathering, Soil Formation Factors and Processes
• Components of Soils, Soil Profile
• Classification of Soils and Soils of India

• Unit II

• Soil Physical Properties and Their Significance

• Unit III

• Soil Water, Soil Water Retention, Potentials, Soil Moisture Constants
• Soil Colloids: Inorganic and Organic Colloids

• Unit IV

• Ion Exchange Phenomena
• Soil Reaction, Buffering Capacity and EC
• Soil Organic Matter, Composition, Decomposition, Humus, Fractionation of Organic Matter
• Soil Biology, Biomass, Soil Organisms