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• 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