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Principles of Soil Chemistry, 4th Edition

Author: Kim Tan

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: SLM301

Topics: Soil Chemistry, analytical chemistry, geochemistry, Particle Accelerators, Synchrotrons, Stanford Linear Accelerator, Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator, Fermi National Laboratory Accelerator, Brookhaven Realistic Heavy Ion Collider, quarks, leptons, Atomic Numbers, Avogadro’s Number, atomic orbitals, Acid–Base Titrations, Precipitation, Complex Reactions, Chemical Units, Molarity, Molality, Radioactivity, isotopes, mole fractions, Soil Composition, Electrochemical Potentials, carbon dating, Electrochemical Cells, Nernst Equation, Electron Activity, chemical potential, membrane potential, Soil Gas, Oxygen Revolution, soil aeration, soil aerification, Soil Air Quality, Hydrotropism, Hypoxia, soil water chemistry, Oxygen Demand of Water, Total Soil Water Potential, Matric Potential, Pressure Potential, Osmotic Potential, Gravitational Potential, Plant–Soil–Water Energy Relation, water dissociation, Colloidal Chemistry, Colloidal System, soil humus, Carbohydrates, Amino Acids, Peptides, Proteins, Nucleic Acids, lipids, Lignins, humic matter, Electron Microscopy, Clay Minerals, Surface Potential, Electric Double Layer, Helmholtz Double-Layer Theory, Gouy–Chapman Double-Layer Theory, Adsorption Isotherms, soil adsorption, water adsorption, Cation Exchange, Cation Exchange Reactions, Cation Exchange Capacity, Langmuir–Vageler Equation, Mono-Divalent Cation Exchange Reaction, Mono-Monovalent Cation Exchange Reaction, Anion Exchange, Phosphate Retention, Phosphate fixation, Phosphate Potential, Soil Reaction, Acid–Base Chemistry, Weathering, Coordination Theory, Complex Formation, chelation, Metal–Organic Complex Reactions, Clay–Organic Compound Complexes

Introductions to Soil Mineralogy

Author: Nafiu Abdu

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: SLM301

Topics: Soil Mineralogy, soil fertility, soil chemistry, pedology, Soil composition; soil air, soil water, kaolinite, Illite, Smectite, Mixed layer Clays Silica minerals, Iron, aluminum oxides, hydroxide, oxyhydroxides, Differential thermal analysis, X-Ray diffraction analysis, Infrared spectroscopy

Postharvest biology and technology for preserving fruit quality

Author: Daniel Valero, María Serrano

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: CRP310

Topics: Postharvest biology, fruit quality preservation technology, fruit ripening, fruit growth, aroma compounds, Carotenoids, Thiol-SH compounds, vitamins, Bioactive compounds, fruit quality, fruit decay, col storage, Chilling injury, Minimizing chilling injury, heat treatments, Calcium treatments, fruit firmness, Polyamine treatments, Polyamine biosynthesis, Preharvest polyamine application, Postharvest polyamine application, 1-Methylcyclopropene treatments, Active packaging, Ethylene absorbers, Antimicrobial fruit packaging

Plant biotechnology

Author: Adrian Slater, Nigel Scott, Mark Fowler

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: CRP305

Topics: Plant biotechnology, plant genomes, plant tissue culture, plant cell culture media, plant growth regulators, callus, cell-suspension cultures, protoplast, root cultures, shoot tip, meristerm culture, embryo culture, microspore culture, clean gene technology, gene manipulation, herbicide resistance, pest resistance, plant disease resistance, plant-pathogen interactions, natural disease resistance pathways, antimicrobial proteins, RNA viruses, abiotic stress, fruit ripening genetic manipulation, engineering plant protein composition, molecular farming, carbohydrate production, pharming, lipid metabolic engineering, medically related proteins, transgenic crops

Harvesting, Processing and Storage Of Crops

Author: MD Katung

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: CRP310

Topics: Crop Harvesting, Crop Processing, Crop Storage, Maturity determination, Reducing Crop Deterioration, Crop Transportation, harvested crops storage life, Modern Storage Structures, Produce Storage

Principles of Irrigation and Drainage

Author: Alfred Augustine

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: CRP306

Topics: Irrigation, Drainage, Soil-water-plant-atmosphere relationship, Irrigation requirement, Consumptive water use, evapotranspiration, Irrigation scheduling, Irrigation resources, irrigation equipment maintenance, Irrigation systems, Irrigation techniques, soil reaction, soil erosion, soil drainage, Soil salinity, soil alkalinity, soil acidity

Crop Genetics and Breeding

Author: Lateef Lekan bello

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: CRP305

Topics: Crop Genetics, crop Breeding, plant cell, cell division, mitosis, Gametogenesis, meiosis, fertilization, gene, Mendel's Experiment, Law of Inheritance, Qualitative traits, Quantitative Traits, Heritability, Self Incompatibility, Male Sterility, Pure-line Selection, Mass Selection, Hybridization, Hybrid Varieties Development, Seed Production, seed Distribution

Consumer Cooperatives

Author: Babatunde Agbi

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: CRD301

Topics: Consumer Cooperatives, Monopolistic Market Structure, competitive Market Structure, Capitalist Market, Book-Keeping, surplus distribution, Consumer Cooperatives organisation, Consumer Cooperatives management

Cooperative Education & Extension

Author: KAA Lawal

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: COP318

Topics: Cooperative Education, Cooperative Extension, Cooperative Education, Development of Cooperative in Nigeria, Problems of Cooperative Education in Nigeria, Cooperative Education Extension Methods

Management of Agricultural Extension Personnel

Author: LA Akingbile

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: ARD312

Topics: Agricultural Extension Personnel Management, Agricultural Extension Training, Agricultural Extension Supervision, Departmentalisation, Agricultural Extension Policy, human resources management

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