agronomy agricultural physics agricultural meteorology soil science

Hillel, D. 1982. Introduction to Soil Physics. Academic Press, New York.
Hillel, D. 1980. Application of Soil Physics. Academic Press, New York.
Khanke, H. 1968. Soil Physics. McGraw Hill, New York.
Kirkham, D. and Powers, W.L. 1972. Advanced Soil Physics. Wiley Interscience.
A.2 Optional courses
1. Soil fertility and plant nutrition (2+1)
Forms, availability, mobility and losses of macro and micronutrients in soils; Nutrient
deficiencies and toxicities- recent diagnostic techniques and ameliorative measures;
Nutrients and nutrient-water interactions; Balanced use of nutrients. Integrated
plant nutrient supply and management; Nutrient uptake mechanisms; Nutrient release
and carry-over effects; Quantity- intensity relationships; Soil fertility evaluation;
Soil test crop response correlations and response functions.
Practical
Laboratory and greenhouse experiments for evaluation of indices of nutrient availability
and their critical values in soils and plants; Determination of different pools of
macro and micronutrients; Quantity-intensity relations of P and K.
Suggested Readings
Barber, S.A. 1984. Soil Nutrient Bioavailability. John Wiley, New York pp.389.
Cooke,G.W. 1967. The Control of Soil Fertility. Crossby Lockwood and Sons, London,
pp.526.
Epstein, E. 1978. Mineral Nutrition of Plants- Principles and Perspectives. Wiley
Eastern, New Delhi, pp.412.
Lindsay, W.L. 1979. Chemical Equilibria in Soils. John Wiley; New York, pp.449.
Mengel, K. and Kirkby, E.A. 1987. Principles of Plant Nutrition. International Potash
Institute, Swsitzerland, pp.687. 1
Mortvedt, J.J. Shuman, L.M., Cox, F.R. and Weich, R.M. (ed). 1991. Micronutrients
in Agriculture. Soil Science Society of America, pp.760.
Prasad, R. and Power, J.F. 1997. Soil Fertility Management for Sustainable Agriculture.
CRC Lewis, Boca Ratoon, USA, pp.356.