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Essential Soil Nutrient Elements Books

Soil and Water Management

Author: BB Shani

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: SLM308

Topics: Soil management, Water Management, Soil Conservation Techniques, Water Conservation Techniques, Soil Tillage System, soil erosion, Soil Erodility, soil Erosivity

Soil-site classification

Author: SN Obasi

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: SLM407

Topics: Soil-site classification, soil sampling, soil master horizon designations, diagnostic subsurface horizons, Identifying horizon boundaries, soil colour, mottling, soil texture, soil structure, Consistence, roots

Soil Erosion and Conservation

Author: JO Omeke

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: SLM306

Topics: Soil Erosion, soil Conservation, farm, farming systems, husbandry, land use, Soil productivity relation, soil modelling, Agronomic Soil Conservation Measures

Introduction to soil microclimatology

Author: AM Yamusa

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: SLM307

Topics: soil microclimatology, weather elements, climate, atmospheric dynamics, solar radiation, heat transfer, Atmospheric Moisture, soil moisture, soil properties, soil conservation, Climatic Variables measurement, Evaporation, Evapotranspiration

Soil Ecosystem

Author: Aliyu Anchau

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: SLM514

Topics: Soil Ecosystem, Microbial Ecology, soil ecosystem development, Soil Food Web, Biogeochemistry, Nutrient Cycling, Carbon cycling, Nitrogen Cycling, Plant Roots, Rhizosphere

An Introduction to Soil Mechanics

Author: Arnold Verruijt

School: University of Ilorin

Department: Engineering

Course Code: CVE422, CVE322, ABE384

Topics: grain size, particles, water, air, stress in soil, stress in a layer, Darcy's law, permeability, groundwater flow, flotation, flow net, well, stress strain relations, tangent modulus, one-dimensional compression, analytical solution, numerical solution, consolidation coefficient, creep, sheer strength, triaxial test, shear test, pore pressure, stress path, elastic stresses, deformation, boussinesq, newmark, flamant, layered soil, lateral soil, rankine, coulomb, earth pressure, sheet pile wall, limit analysis, strip footing, prandtl, bearing capacity, infinite slope, slope stability, soil exploration, model test, pile foundations

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

SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION MANAGMENT

Author: SST

School: Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Department: Science and Technology

Course Code: SST302

Topics: soil, soil water, soil plant water relationship, irrigation, drainage

Soil Fertility and water management

Author: Aliyu

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: SLM401

Topics: Soil Fertility, water management, Mineral fertilizer, Phosphate fertilizers, Organic manures, Farmyard manures, compost, sewage, soil sampling, Soil water conservation techniques, erosion control methods

Design of Structural Elements

Author: WMC McKenzie

School: Bayero University, Kano

Department: Engineering

Course Code: CIV3307

Topics: Structural elements design, Structural Analysis Techniques, Shear Force, Bending moment, Shear force diagram, Bending moment diagram, Deflection of Beams, Elastic Shear stress distribution, Elastic Bending stress distribution, Transformed sections, Moment distribution, Bending stiffness, Rotational Stiffness, Carry-over moment, Pinned End, Free Moments, Fixed bending moments, Distribution Factors, Design Philosophies, Permissible stress Design, Load Factor Design, Limit State Design, Design codes, Eurocodes, National Annex, Structural Loading, Dead loads, Imposed loads, Imposed roof loads, Floor load distribution, Load distribution, Structural Instability, Overall Stability, Robustness, Reinforced concrete Element's Design, Structural Steelwork Elements' Design, Structural Timber Elements' Design.

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