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Advanced Soil Fertility

Author: Aliyu Musa

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: SLM501

Topics: Soil Fertility, Soil Productivity, Essential Soil Nutrient Elements, Soil Acidity, soil Basicity, Liming, Liming Materials, Soil Alkalinity, salinity, sodicity, soil fertility evaluation, Soil Fertility maintenance, Soil Fertility Management Practices, crop productivity, irrigation, soil tillage, soil organic matter, crop rotation, Continuous Cropping, animal manure, green manure, cover cropping

Introduction to crop biotechnology

Author: BB Shani

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: CRP511

Topics: Crop biotechnology, Plant Tissue Culture, Protoplast Isolation, Protoplast Regeneration, Micropropagation, Doubled Haploid Production, Tissue Culture Media, Adventitious Shoot Proliferation, Axillary Shoot Proliferation, Cryopreservation, Micro Techniques, Ploidy Analysis, Microscopy, Electron Microscopy, Flow Cytometry, Cell Sorting, Plant Histological Techniques, plant cells genetic materials, Plant gene delivery, Gene Silencing, Genetic Engineering applications, Hairy Root Cultures, Bioreactors, Biotransformation, Abiotic Elicitation, Biotic Elicitation, Molecular Farming, Industrial Enzymes production, Biodegradable Plastics production, antibodies production

Post-Harvest Physiology and Produce Storage

Author: CRP NOUN

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: CRP508

Topics: Post-Harvest Physiology, Produce Storage, Post-harvest Losses prevention, Chilling Injury, Improper Curing, Sprouting, Rooting, Harvesting Operations, Field Handling, Maturity, Ripeness, Senescence, germination test, seed storage, Local Storage Equipment

Weed Science and Control

Author: Alfred Augustine

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: CRP503

Topics: Weed Science, weed Control, weed classification, weed reproduction, weed seeds dissemination mechanism, weed management, weed control methods, Herbicides, Herbicide formulation, Herbicide calibration, Herbicide Dosage calculation, plant Herbicide resistance, Herbicide handling, Herbicide storage, Herbicide disposal, Herbicide safety

Plant Growth And Development

Author: Godwin Adu Alhassan

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: CRP502

Topics: Plant Growth, plant Development, seed germination, Juvenility, Senescence, plant translocation, plant respiration, plant water stress, Plant Growth Stages-Induction, Sigmoid Growth Curve, Photosynthesis, Plant Growth, Growth Regulators, Auxins, Gibberellins, Cytokinins, Plant Growth Measurements, plant Growth Analysis, crop Growth Rate, Seed Dormancy, Sexual Reproduction-Seed Development, Vegetative Propagation, Flower Bud Initiation, Flower Bud Differentiation, plant death, Relative Growth Rate

Gender Issues in Agriculture

Author: ARD NOUN

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: ARD513

Topics: Gender, gender framework, gender theories, Gender access to credit facilities, Gender roles in agricultural labour, Gender access to appropriate technology, Gender issues in rural travel and transport, culture, social class, social mobility, rural-urban dichotomy

Technique in animal production

Author: Isaac Butswat

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: ANP514

Topics: animal production Technique, Artificial Insemination, animal reproduction, semen preservation, Sex Determination, Sex Determination Chromosomal Theory Genic Balance Theory, Sex Determination theories, Genetic Dosage Compensation, Sex Reversal, Gamete Sexing, Embryo Sexing, Sex Chromatin, ovulation control, embryo supply, Embryo Transplantation, Heat Detection Methods, Cryopreservation Technique, cell Cryopreservation, Pregnancy Diagnosis, Rectal Palpation, Abdominal Ballotment, Radiography, Fetal Echocardiography, Vaginal Electrical Resistance, Progesterone Hormone Assay, Estrone Sulfate, cuboni test, Kosjakov‟s Test, Gonadotrophins assay, Friedman‟s Rabbit Test, cervical mucus, Milk Ejection, Pregnancy Associated Glycoprotein, Early Pregnancy Factor, relaxin assay, Vaginal Biopsy, Parturition, Lactation, estrogen, weaning methods, Invitro Maturation, Fertilization, DNA probing, nuclear transfer, Somatic Cells Nuclear Transfer, molecular cloning, cell cloning, organism cloning, Parthenogenesis, human cloning, Cloning Extinct Species, cloning Endangered Species

Animal production research techniques

Author: Imounu Ikhimioya

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: ANP513

Topics: Animal production research techniques, Hypothesis setting, Analysis of variance, Completely Randomized Design, Randomization Scheme, Artificial Insemination, In Vivo digestibility trials, Protein Efficiency Ratio, Net Protein Utilization, Chromatography, Electrophoresis, Radioscopy, Calorimetry, Spectrophotometry

Pasture and range management

Author: Ahmed Njidda

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: ANP512

Topics: Pasture, pasture establishment, pasture utilization, forage yield determination, forage conservation, pasture nutritive value, grass morphology, legumes, shrubs, Nigerian vegetation zone, rainforest, guinea savanna, Sudan Savanna, Mangrove zone, plant introduction, Soil fertility, Seedbed Preparation, conventional tillage, no-till seedbed, seeding rate, weed control, forest grazing

Animal production resources

Author: Aderonke Nana Agbor

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: ANP511

Topics: Animal production resources, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals, water, food classification, feeding stuff classification, feed supplments, dry forages, dry roughages, Energy feeds, Protein Supplements, Mineral Additives, Vitamin Supplements, Nonnutritive Additives, Succulent Feed, Concentrate feeds, cereals, legumes, oil seeds, animal nutrition, Protein quality, Essential fatty acids, Fat soluble vitamins, Oilseed cakes, oilseed meals, Oilseed Processing

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