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Cultivation of viruses

Author: Abimbola Adekanmbi

School: University of Ibadan

Department: Science and Technology

Course Code: MCB121

Topics: virus cultivation, virus cultivation method, virus inoculation, viral growth detection, Embryonated Egg, Viral Inoculation routes, egg candling

Principles of Crop Production

Author: Jari Sanusi

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: AGR203

Topics: Crop Production development, Cropping Systems, Fertilisers, Tillage Practices, seeds, seedlings, soil conservation, water conservation, irrigation, drainage, weeds, Weeds Control, pests, disease, crop improvement, harvesting, field crops storage, Shifting Cultivation, Continuous Cropping, Crop Rotation, Monoculture, Intercropping, Chemical Fertilisers

Advanced Soil Science

Author: Aliyu Musa

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: SLM516

Topics: Soil Science, silicate chemistry, soil form rocks, minerals, soil composition, soil porosity, soil texture, soil density, soil water relationships, Evapo-Transpiration, tillage, soil properties, Soil Micro-Organisms, Shifting Cultivation, Fallow System

English History, Diversity and Change

Author: David Graddol, Dick Leith, Joan Swann

School: University of Ibadan

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: ENG409

Topics: English History, English Diversity, English voices, English manuscripts, English Accent, English grammar variation, style shifting, code shifting, Good English, Bad English

A First Look at Communication Theory, 10th edition

Author: Em Griffin, Andrew Ledbetter, Glenn Grayson Sparks

School: Edo University

Department: Administration, Social and Management science

Course Code: MAC215

Topics: communication, interpersonal communication, symbolic interactionism, coordinated management of meaning, expectancy violations theory, relationship development, social penetration theory, uncertainty, reduction theory, social information processing theory, relationship maintenance, relational dialectics theory, communication privacy management theory, media multiplexity theory, social judgement theory, cognitive dissonance theory, group communication, public communication, group decision making, symbolic convergence theory, organizational communication, dramatism, narrative paradigm, mass communication, media, culture, media ecology, semiotics, cultural studies, media effects, cultivation theory, agenda-setting theory, genderlect styles, muted group theory, intercultural communication, communication accommodation theory, face-negotiation theory, co-cultural theory, integration

Introductory Microbiology

Author: Adetunji Charles Oluwaseun

School: Edo University

Department: Science and Technology

Course Code: MCB211

Topics: Microbiology, Sterilization, disinfection, prokaryotes, eukaryotes, bacteria cell, Microbial Cultivation, mitosis, Sexual Reproduction, budding, binary fission

Laboratory Exercises in Microbiology, 5th edition

Author: John Harley, Lansing Prescott

School: Edo University

Department: Science and Technology

Course Code: MCB312

Topics: Bright-Field Light Microscope, Bacterial Motility, Dark-Field Light Microscope, Phase-Contrast Light Microscope, Fluorescence Microscope, Bacterial Morphology, Smear Preparation, Simple Staining, negative staining, gram strain, Acid-Fast Staining, Endospore Staining, Capsule Staining, Flagella Staining, Microbiological Culture Media, Spread-Plate Technique, Streak-Plate Technique, Anaerobic Bacteria cultivation, Fermentation, Triple Sugar Iron Agar Test, carbohydrates, Starch Hydrolysis, Lipid Hydrolysis, protein, amino acid, Hydrogen Sulfide Production, Casein Hydrolysis, Gelatin Hydrolysis, Catalase Activity, Coagulase Activity, DNase Activity, Amino Acids, Urease Activity, Lysine test, Ornithine Decarboxylase Test, Phenylalanine Deamination, Nitrate Reduction, Osmotic Pressure, temperature, Hand Washing, Environmental Sampling, Microbiological Monitoring, Environmental Microbiology, Food Microbiology, Standard Coliform Most Probable Number Test, Presence-Absence Coliform Test, bacterial count, Medical Microbiology, Agglutination Reactions, Blood Groups, Staphylococci, Pneumococci, Streptococci, Neisseriae, Fungi, yeasts, Phycomycetes, Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes, Microbial Genetics, Genomics, Bacterial Mutation, Bacterial Transformation, bacterial conjugation

Essential Microbiology ,2nd edition

Author: Stuart Hogg

School: University of Ilorin

Department: Science and Technology

Course Code: MCB315

Topics: Microbiology, cell structure, cell organization, microbial nutrition, microbial cultivation, microbial growth, Microbial Metabolism, microbial diversity, Prokaryote Diversity, fungi, protista, virus, microbial genetics, Microbial Associations, medical microbiology, Human Microbial Diseases, Antimicrobial Agents, industrial microbiology, food microbiology

Soil and Water Conservation for Productivity and Environmental Protection, 4th edition

Author: Frederick Troeh, Arthur Hobbs, Roy Donahue

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: SLM308

Topics: Soil Conservation, Water Conservation, erosion, Soil Erosion and Civilization, Geologic Erosion, Sedimentation, Landscape Development, rock types, Sedimentary Landforms, Mass Movement Deposits, Glacial Landscapes, Water Erosion, erosion damage, Vegetation, Soil Properties, Soil Erodibility, pollution, Water-Erosion Control, Wind Erosion, wind erosion process, Windbreaks, Shelterbelts, Wind-Erosion Control, Predicting Soil Loss, Tolerable Soil Loss, Universal Soil Loss Equation, Computer-Based Soil Loss Prediction Models, Wind-Erosion Prediction Equation, Wind Erosion Prediction System, Soil Map Unit Interpretations, soil survey, Land Use Planning, managing land, cropping systems, Managing Monocultures, crop rotations, Multiple Cropping, Evaluating Cropping Systems, strip cropping, tillage, Conservation Tillage, deep tillage, Contour Cultivation, Emergency Wind-Erosion Control, Gully-Control Structures, road ditches, culverts, Earthen Dams, Streambank Protection, flood control, Wind Erosion-Control Structures, Pastureland Management, Rangeland Management, Forestland Management, water cycle, drought, Soil Drainage, wetlands, Irrigation, Irrigation Methods, Land Reclamation, Conservation Irrigation, soil pollution, pollutants, industrial wastes, agricultural wastes, aerosols, polluted soil, Hazardous Sites, Soil Remediation, Water Quality, water Pollution, Water acidification, Farm Service Agency

Properties and Management of Soils in the Tropics, 2nd edition

Author: Pedro Sanchez

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: SLM501

Topics: soil properties, soil management, tropical environment, temperature, solar radiation, rainfall, tropical climates, vegetation, physiography, Anthropocene, biodiversity, climate change, demographics, Green Revolutions, Tropical Agroecosystems, land use, land-use change, Pedology, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Laterite Paradigm, tropical soils, tropical soil research, Soil Taxonomy, soil classification systems, soil physical properties, soil temperature, soil structure, soil compaction, soil water, soil erosion, conservation, conservation agriculture, water, rainfed agriculture, irrigated agriculture, irrigation, mineralogy, clay minerals, mineralogy families, Anion Exchange Capacity, soil acidity capacity, Acid Soil Infertility, Liming, overliming, subsoil acidity, secondary acidity, soil biology, soil biodiversity, comminution, decomposition, nutrient elements transformation, soil structure regulation, organic carbon, carbon pools, carbon fractions, animal manures, composts, biochars, organic farming, soil fertility, nutrient cycling, nutrient uptake, determining fertilizer needs, nitrogen cycle, nitrogen pools, atmospheric deposition, biological nitrogen fixation, mineral fertilizers, organic nitrogen mineralization, soil nitrogen fertilizer reactions, Phosphorus Cycle, Phosphorus, Total Soil Phosphorus, inorganic Phosphorus, Phosphorus sorption, Phosphorus release, plant Phosphorus requirements, Phosphorus fertilization, sulfur cycle, sulfur sorption, Sulphur fertilization, Forest–Soil Nutrient Cycles, land clearing, Mechanized Land Clearing, Crop Yield Declines, Field Abandonment, Secondary Forest Fallows, puddling, flooding, rice cultivation systems, Nutrient Management, Yield Stagnation, Nitrogen Sequestration, Livestock-Based Tropical Systems, tropical pastures, Tropical Livestock Management Systems, pastoralism, Smallholder Mixed Crop–Livestock Systems, Extensive Pasture-Based Beef Production, Pasture Degradation, Crop–Pasture Integration, Tropical Tree-Based Systems, Plantation Forestry, Plantation Forestry Species, Agroforestry, Agroforestry Tree Species, Agroforestry Systems, Simultaneous Agroforestry, Sequential Agroforestry, tree crops

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