Environmental Soil Science and Plant Nutrition
Umweltbezogene Bodenkunde und Pflanzenernährung
6 LPWiSeEN
Inhalte
Part 1: Soil Science/Soil Chemistry Introduction to the principles of soil chemistry, including properties of soil minerals and their interactions with essential plant nutrients. We will focus on soil solution dynamics, sorption processes, and redox reactions. In addition, students will gain insights into soil water dynamics and the importance of soil organic matter. Part 2: Plant Nutrition The student learns about the importance of mineral nutrition in plants, including essentiality, availability, and applications, as well as their management and control strategies. We have a focus on plant nutrient uptake, the rhizosphere and nutrient starvation. The student will gain insight into the different processes of bioremediation and phytoremediation dealing with contamination problems in a scientific and ecological way. In a seminar we will discuss numerous remediation approaches. An excursion followed by a laboratory practical will combine the plant nutrition and soil sections.
Lernziele
After completing this course, the student will be able to understand: • fundamental chemical properties and processes in soil • scientific methods employed for the remediation of contaminated soils • natural and anthropogenic factors and processes in soil and plant systems • basic principles of plant nutrient uptake • nutrient assimilation of plants with focus on the nitrogen and phosphate cycle • main sources and sinks of greenhouse gases
Prüfungsleistung
• written mid-term assessment on lecture Part 1, 60 min. (30 %) • written final assessment on lecture Part 2, 60 min. (30 %) • written protocol on excursion and laboratory exercise (40 %)
Literatur (4)
- Blume et al. (2016): Scheffer/Schachtschabel Soil Science. Springer, Berlin.
- Naeem, M.; Ansari, A. A.; Gill, S.S. [Eds.] (2017): Essential Plant Nutrients. Uptake, Use Efficiency, and Management. Springer, Berlin.
- Malik, J. A. (2022): Advances in Bioremediation and Phytoremediation for Sustainable Soil Management. Principles, Monitoring and Remediation. Springer International Publishing, Cham.
- Flores, J. C. (2021): The Future of Phytoremediation. Nova Science Publishers Inc., Hauppauge.
Bemerkungen
The excursion and the laboratory practical will take place in March.
Quelle: Modulbeschreibung der BTU · abgerufen 17.10.2026Original