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CSS 315: Nutrient Cycling and Management

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Spring 2005

			Lecture
Week	Date	Day	No.	Topic	SFF Reading	Laboratory Topic
1	28-Mar	M	1	Introduction	Ch. 1: 6-12	Lab Report 1 symptoms, quick tests
	30-Mar	W	2	Soil-Plant Relationships	Ch. 2
	1-Apr	F	3	Soil-Plant Relationships
2	4-Apr	M	4	Soil Acidity and Alkalinity	Ch. 3	Lab Report 4 Field soil sampling
	6-Apr	W	5	Soil Acidity and Alkalinity
	8-Apr	F	6	Soil Acidity and Alkalinity
3	11-Apr	M	7	Nitrogen	Ch. 4	Lab Reports 2, 3 & 4 Plant preparation ,soil pH
	13-Apr	W	8	Nitrogen
	15-Apr	F	9	Nitrogen
4	18-Apr	M	10	Nitrogen		Lab Report 3
	20-Apr	W	11	Nitrogen
	22-Apr	F	12	Phosphorus	Ch. 5
5	25-Apr	M	13	Phosphorus		Lab Report 4 Plant N analysis
	27-Apr	W		Mid-term #1 (lectures 1-11)
	29-Apr	F	14	Phosphorus
6	2-May	M	15	Potassium	Ch. 6	CAL tour Interpretation & Recommendation
	4-May	W	16	Potassium
	6-May	F	17	Sulfur, Calcium, Magnesium	Ch. 7
7	9-May	M	18	Sulfur, Calcium, Magnesium		Field Trip
	11-May	W	19	Micronutrients	Ch. 8
	13-May	F	20	Micronutrients
8	16-May	M	21	Soil Fertility Evaluation	Ch. 9	Interpretation & Recommendation
	18-May	W		Mid-term #2 (lectures 12-20)
	20-May	F	22	Soil Fertility Evaluation
9	23-May	M	23	Fundamentals of Nutrient Mgmt.	Ch. 10	Lab presentations
	25-May	W	24	Fundamentals of Nutrient Mgmt.
	27-May	F	25	Nutrients, Water & Interactions	Ch. 11
10	30-May	M		Memorial Day Holiday		Lab final
	1-Jun	W	26	Economics of Plant-Nutrient Use	Ch. 12
	3-Jun	F	27	Agric. Prod. and Environ. Quality	Ch. 13
	10-Jun	F		Final Exam (lectures 1-27)

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