Overview
List plant nutrient elements under the major classes. Recognize deficiency symptoms of different elements in crops. State the factors affecting nutrient availability in the soil Describe the different methods of replenishing lost nutrients. Illustrate the different nutrient cycle using diagrams i.e. Carbon, Nitrogen, water, and phosphorus cycles.
What you'll learn
- Macro and micro nutrients:
- Their functions and deficiency symptoms in crops.
- Factors affecting availability of nutrients such as Ph, excess of other nutrients, leaching, etc.
- Methods of replenishing lost nutrients-crop rotation, organic manuring, etc.
- Nitrogen, Carbon, water and phosphorus cycle- Diagrams, processes and importance of each cycle
- Organic Agriculture
- -meaning and importance.