ZEF-IPADS Joint Lecture

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About the examination
1. World soil --- I will ask you to write about one soil of your choice
2. Soil acidity --- Concept of cation exchange capacity (CEC) and related topics (mainly slides 18, 33)
3. Cropping system --- Effect of rotation (more specifically "N credit") (slides 21-31)
4. Nitrogen --- as is indicated in the slides.
5. Phosphorus ---as is indicated in the slides
6. Plant Nutrient Acquisition -- Practical implication of introducing pigeonpea into the cropping system (slide 17)
7. Role of microorganisms -- I will ask your understanding on the relationship between the changes of the population of micorhizal fungi and the crop growth (slide 17)


Lecture 7 (21 January 2016) Role of microorganism

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Lecture 6 (21 January 2016) Plant Nutrient Acquisition

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Lecture 5 (20 January 2016) Phosphorus

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Lecture 4 (20 January 2016) Nitrogen

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Lecture 3 (19 Januray) Cropping Systems

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Lecture 2 (18-19 Januray 2016) Acid soil

Assignment of the day : What would you like to do if you are an agricultural advisor and requested to check the possibility of the agriculture in that area with project fund of US$10,000? The major crops cultivated are maize, cassava and cowpea. (An essay of 0.5-1 page in length). Please send the word file by 2 hr before the start of the next lecture. (The file name of the WORD should contain the number of the lecture (2 for this assignment) and your name.

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Lecture 1 (18 Januray 2016) World soils

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Legend for FAO Soil Map - DOWNLOAD