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Study Plan
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Laurea in Scienze e tecnologie viticole ed enologiche - Enrollment from 2025/2026The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
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Agricultural chemistry - CHIMICA DEL SUOLO E NUTRIZIONE MINERALE DELLA VITE (2019/2020)
Teaching code
4S02738
Teacher
Credits
6
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
AGR/13 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY
Period
II semestre dal Mar 2, 2020 al Jun 12, 2020.
To show the organization of the course that includes this module, follow this link: Course organization
Learning outcomes
The course Agricultural chemistry is organized in two units highly integrated, for this reason the aim of the course is unique and reported in the section objectives of the entire course.
Program
-The importance of soil for mankind and agriculture
-The soil as a three-phase system
-Soil constituents.
-Rocks (notes).
-Structure and properties of soil minerals.
-Structure and properties of clays.
-Other soil minerals (notes).
-Analyses of particle size and soil texture.
-Soil organic matter: constituents and their chemical properties.
-The carbon cycle in the soil and transformation process of organic matter.
-The functions of soil organic matter.
-Liquid and gaseous phases of soil (notes).
-The origin of charges on the surface of solid components.
-Cation and anion exchange capacity.
-Soil pH..
-Movement of nutrient in the soil.
-The rhizosphere.
-Plant mineral nutrition: an overview.
-Essential nutrients and their biochemical role in plants.
-Fate of nutrients: nitrogen phosphorous and sulphur cycles; forms and reaction of potassium, calcium and magnesium in the soil; micronutrients in the soil and factors affecting their solubility and availability.
-Biochemical role of mineral nutrients.
-Soil and foliar analyses: methodology and data interpretation.
-Soil analyses as instrument to rationally manage the vineyard nutrition.
| Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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| Sequi P., Ciavatta C., Miano T. (a cura di) | Fondamenti di chimica del suolo (Edizione 3) | Pàtron | 2017 | 9788855533621 |
Examination Methods
The exam consists in an oral colloquium both for attending and not-attending students.
The exam is aimed at evaluating the student's knowledge of the whole program of the course paying attention to the depth of acquired knowledge and the ability to systematically connect topics. The mark will be expressed in 30-point scale.
