Content: The course exposes students to concepts of soil fertility, mechanisms of plant nutrient absorption, nutrient uptake models, soil fertility evaluation, fertilizer technology and use, and fertilizer interactions in soils. It also provides the students with the fundamental concepts in soil fertility evaluation, diagnostic techniques, measurement of specific soil fertility parameters.

Objective:
To introduce the students to the fundamental concepts of soil fertility and the fertilizer interactions in soils

Reading material
1.    Meuser, H. 2012. Soil Remediation and Rehabilitation. Treatment of Contaminated and Disturbed Land Series: Environmental Pollution, Vol.23. Springer. ISBN: 978-94-007-5750
2.    White, R.E. 2006. Principles and Practices of Soil Science. Blackwell Science Ltd. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, UK
3.    Replenishing Soil Fertility in Africa. SSSA Special publication No. 51. Roland Buresh et al. (Eds). 1997.
4.    Gugino, B. K., et al. Soil Health Training Manual. Ithaca: Cornell University, 2007.
Magdoff, F., and H. M. van Es. Building Soils for Better Crops. Beltsville, Md.: Sustainable