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Introduction to Soil Chemistry, Fertility and Microbiology
Author: Jamiu Oladipupo Azeez
School: National Open University of Nigeria
Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Course Code: SLM305
Topics: Soil Chemistry, water chemistry, pollution science, soil composition, nitrogen, phosphorus, boron, iron, Manganese, Molybdenum, Ion Exchange Phenomenon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Anion Exchange Capacity, Flocculation, Buffering Capacity, Soil Salinity, Alkalinity, Sodicity, Soil Reaction, Soil Organisms, Fungi, Actinomycetes, bacteria, Algae, Nematodes, Earthworms, Termites, soil organic matter
Introduction to Pedology and Soil Classification
Author: Sanusi Muhammad
School: National Open University of Nigeria
Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Course Code: SST 301, SOS301
Topics: Pedology, Soil Physics, soil formation, soil morphology, soil characteristics, soil components, soil-forming rocks, rock weathering, minerals, soil survey, soil mapping, soil classification, Nigerian Soils, Nigerian Soils properties, Nigerian Soils classification
Soil Genesis and Classification, Sixth Edition
Author: SW Buol, RJ Southard, RC Graham
School: National Open University of Nigeria
Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Course Code: SLM301
Topics: Soil Genesis, soil Classification, soil composition, soil morphology, soil-forming factors, soil materials, weathering, soil-forming processes, soil classification systems, soil taxonomy, alfisols, andisols, aridisols, entisols, galisols, histosols, organic soils, Inceptisols, Embryonic Soils, Mollisols, Oxisols, Low Activity Soils, Spodosols, Ultisols, Low Base Status Soils, Vertisols, Shrinking Dark Clay Soils, Swelling Dark Clay Soils
Author: Hari Eswaran, Robert Ahrens, Thomas Rice
School: National Open University of Nigeria
Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Course Code: SLM301
Topics: Soil Classification, soil research, Brazilian Soil Classification System, New Zealand Soil Classification, soil taxonomy, soil survey
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
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
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