Manures, Fertilizers and Soil Fertility Management | 5th Semester

B.Sc. Agriculture - 5th Semester


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Unit-I
Chapter 1 - Introduction & importance of organic manures - Click here
Chapter 2 - Properties, and methods of preparation of bulky & concentrated manures - Click here
Chapter 3 - Green/leaf manuring. Fertilizer recommendation approaches. Integrated nutrient management - Click here

Unit-II
Chapter 4 - Chemical fertilizers: classification, composition, & properties of major nitrogenous, phosphatic, potassic fertilizers - Click here
Chapter 5 - Secondary & micronutrient fertilizers, Complex fertilizers, nano-fertilizers Soil amendments, Fertilizer Storage, Fertilizer Control Order - Click here

Unit-III
Chapter 6 - History of soil fertility & plant nutrition, criteria of essentiality, role, deficiency, & toxicity symptoms of essential plant nutrients, Mechanisms of nutrient transport to plants,  Factors affecting nutrient availability to plants - Click here


Unit-IV
Chapter 7 - Chemistry of soil nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, sulfur, and micronutrients- Click here


Unit-V
Chapter 8 - Soil fertility evaluation, Soil testing. Critical levels of different nutrients in the soil. Forms of nutrients in the soil, plant analysis, rapid plant tissue tests - Click here
Chapter 9 - Indicator plants. Methods of fertilizer recommendations to crops. Factor influencing nutrient use efficiency (NUE), methods of the application under rainfed and irrigated conditions - Click here