Week 8: Soil organic matter
Soil organic matter (SOM) is the organic matter component of soil, consisting of plant and animal detritus at various stages of decomposition, cells and tissues of soil microbes, and substances that soil microbes synthesize. ... SOM also acts as a major sink and source of soil carbon (C).
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Course Material
- Week 1: Time table
- Week 1: Introduction to Soil Science-II (SAES-5802)
- Week 1: Soil Colloids, properties
- Week 1: Types of soil colloids
- Week 2: Sources of charges on soil colloids
- Week 3: Mineralogical organization of soil colloids
- Week 4: Ion exchange
- Week 5: Cation and anion exchange capacity
- Week 6: Basic cation saturation percentage
- Week 7: Soil pH and Buffering capacity
- Week 8: Soil organic matter
- Week 9: Soil organic matter: sources, composition and functions
- Week 10: Essential elements for plants
- Week 11: Nitrogen; Nitrogen cycle
- Week 12: Phosphorus functions, importance and cycle
- Week 13: Salt-affected soils
- Week 14: Waterlogged soils
- Week 15: Soil erosion
- Week 16: Environmental impact of agricultural waste
- Week 16: Environmental impact of industrial waste
- Practicals: Determination of NPK percentages from given samples of fertilizers
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- Department College of Agriculture
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Dr. Noor-us-Sabah
