Module Name |
Module Code |
Lecture Hrs |
Practical Hrs |
Credits |
| Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science |
AGRI1018Y(1) |
45 |
60 |
5 |
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| Description |
| Agrochemicals, their properties, metabolism, and mode of action. Chemistry of fertilizers: straight, complex, compound mixed, blended fertilizers. Fertiliser solutions. Foliar fertilizers. Manures, municipal sewage, compost. Chemistry of pesticides: Organochlorines, organophosphates, carbamates, pyrethroids, dinitrophenols, phthalimides, substituted ureas, triazines, inorganics, botanical pesticides, bio-pesticides. Analysis of pesticides and fertilisers. Soil as a natural body. Weathering. Factors and processes in soil formation. Physical, physio-chemical, biological and mineralogical properties of soil. Soil profile. Soil air, water, temperature, soil organic matter and soil organisms. Concepts of soil fertility and land suitability. Soil taxonomy. Soil biology. Soil amendments. Soil pollution. Heavy metals, Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), Persistant organic pollutants (POP) in soils. Soil bioremediation. |
| Faculty |
Department |
| FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE |
Combination of APS & AFS |
| Contact Details |
Administrative assistant: Kajol Jogarah
Telephone: 4037400
Email: k.jogarah@uom.ac.mu |
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