Week 5: Basic cation saturation percentage
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Course Material
- Week 1: Time table
- Week 1: Introduction to Soil Science-II (SAES-5802)
- Week 1: Soil colloids and clays: description and environmental significance
- Week 2: Types of soil colloids
- Week 3: Sources of charges on soil colloids
- Week 4: Ion exchange; Cation and anion exchange properties of soil and their significance
- Week 5: Basic cation saturation percentage
- Week 6: Soil pH and its importance
- Week 7: Types of soil acidity
- Week 8: Soil organic matter
- Week 9: Soil organic matter: sources, composition and significance
- Week 10: Elements essential for plant growth: macro and micro nutrients, organic and inorganic fertilizers
- Week 11: Nitrogen cycle
- Week 12: Phosphorus cycle
- Week 13: Salt-affected soils: types, reclamation and management
- Week 14: Soil erosion: causes and remedies: soil and water conservation
- Week 15: Waterlogged soils: types, reclamation and management
- Week 16: Environmental impact of agricultural wastes
- Week 16: Environmental impact of industrial wastes
- Practicals: Determination of NPK percentages from given samples of fertilizers
- Practical manual for determination of soil pH, EC and organic matter content
- Chapters 21
- Department College of Agriculture
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Dr. Mukkram Ali Tahir
