Debreceni Egyetem
A környezetgazdálkodási mérnöki, illetve a természetvédelmi és vadgazda
mérnöki alapképzési (BSc) szakok képesítési követelményeinek kidolgozása, a
szakok beindítása. HEFOP- 3.3.1-P.-2004-09-0071/1.0 projekt
Course description
1. Title of the course: Agrochemistry II., MTB60025
2. Name and title of the lecturer:
3. Name of the degree programme: Agricultural environmental management engineering
and Nature conservation engineer BSc programme
4. Type of course: compulsory (A),
5. Schedule of education: 2+1K
6. Credit value of the course: 3
7. Educational objective: (max. 300 characters)
8. Personal background: Dr. Szendille Kiss, associate professor
9. Course content: (for 14 weeks)
Lectures:
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Agricultural production and protection of the environment. Environmental problems
of the living world. Human and the biosphere, ecosystems, relations with
environmental protection. Environmental policy and environmental protection in
Hungary.
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Definition of agrochemistry. Objects and importance of agrochemistry. Conception,
national and international development of agrochemistry and its connection with
environmental protection.
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Chemical composition of plants. Role and importance of nutrients. Principles of plant
nutrition physiology. Factors affecting nutrient uptake.
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Nutrient supplies of soils. Nutrients in soils, nutrient forms of soils. Factors of soil
fertility. Supply of organic matters. Nutrient providing capacity of soils.
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Role and importance of nitrogen. Forms and amounts of nitrogen in soils.
Ammonification, nitrification, denitrification.
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Phosphorus supplies of soils. Uptake of phosphorus and its distribution in plants. Role
of phosphorus in plan metabolism.
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Debreceni Egyetem
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Debreceni Egyetem
A környezetgazdálkodási mérnöki, illetve a természetvédelmi és vadgazda
mérnöki alapképzési (BSc) szakok képesítési követelményeinek kidolgozása, a
szakok beindítása. HEFOP- 3.3.1-P.-2004-09-0071/1.0 projekt
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Potassium supplies of soils, role of clay minerals. Uptake and distribution of
potassium in plants and its role in plant metabolism. Consequences and symptoms of
potassium deficiency on plants.
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Microelement supplies in soils. Role of main microelements. Symptoms of
microelement deficiency on plants.
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Nutrient management. Basic principles and conditions of use of manures.
Conventional farming, integrated farming, ecological, biological farming.
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Agrochemical aspects of manuring. Plant-Soil-Nutrient relationship. Nitrogen,
Phosphorus, Potassium, role of microelements. Interactions. Biological bases.
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Fertilizer formulations. Chemical fertilizers. Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium and
microelement fertilizers. Different types of organic manures and waste materials.
12.
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Transformation of nitrogen fertilizers in soils. Transformation of phosphorus
fertilizers in soils, accumulation, relation between changes in solubility and chemical
reaction. Transformation of potassium fertilizers in soils. Role of accompanying
materials of potassium fertilizers and their environment loading effects.
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Nutrient management and providing advisement. Methods for determining the doses
of fertilizers. Factors modifying the quantity of fertilizer’s active ingredient.
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Environmental effects of the application of fertilizers. Sources of heavy metal
pollutions in soils. Soil polluting effect of contaminant materials of phosphorus
fertilizers. Factors affecting the mobility of heavy metals. Regulating of heavy metal
content in soils, fodders and foods.
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10. Mode of assessment during the semester:
11. Type of exam: oral examination
12. Compulsory practice related to the course: 13. Compulsory and recommended literature: (max. 5 – 5)
14. Exam themes: (30 – 60 exam themes in the form of imperative sentences)
1. Appearance of environmental damages in different periods of plant production.
2. Relation between natural sciences and principles of nature.
3. Farming methods before the chemicalization of agriculture.
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Debreceni Egyetem
A környezetgazdálkodási mérnöki, illetve a természetvédelmi és vadgazda
mérnöki alapképzési (BSc) szakok képesítési követelményeinek kidolgozása, a
szakok beindítása. HEFOP- 3.3.1-P.-2004-09-0071/1.0 projekt
4. Chemicalization of agriculture in Hungary and abroad.
5. Relation among agricultural production, living world and environmental protection.
6. Appearance of special field of agrochemistry.
7. Factors of soil fertility.
8. Different types of soils, soil types and their most important features.
9. Chemical features of soils, the role of chemical reaction in providing of nutrients.
10. The role of soil organic matter, break-down of organic matter.
11. Main sources of nutrient reserves in soils.
12. Nitrogen supply in soils.
13. Phosphorus supply of soils which can be utilized by plants.
14. Potassium supply of soils which can be utilized by plants.
15. Laboratory tests with a view to estimate the soil nutrient supply.
16. Production site categories of soils, nutrient supply values of soils.
17. Mineral nutrition of plants, the main (macro- and micro-) elements.
18. Physiological aspects of plant nutrition.
19. Mineral element content of plants, nutrient diagnostic investigations.
20. The main organic compounds characterizing the goal of plant production.
21. The role of nutrients, nutrient requirements of certain plants, nutrient utilization
dynamics.
22. Identification and avoiding of nutrient deficiency and excess.
23. Nitrogen fertilizers, conditions and environmental aspects of their use.
24. Transformation of fertilizers in soils.
25. Wash-out, leaching, acidification and denitrification of nitrogen fertilizers.
26. Loss of nitrogen fertilizers, environmental damages, protection alternatives.
27. Plants demanding nitrogen in large quantities.
28. Conditions and environmental aspects of use of phosphorus fertilizers.
29. Contaminant materials in raw phosphates causing soil pollution.
30. Transformation of phosphorus fertilizers in soils.
31. Absorbance and accumulation of phosphorus fertilizers, changing in solubility.
32. Loss of phosphorus fertilizers, environmental damages, protection alternatives.
33. Plants demanding nitrogen in large quantities.
34. Potassium fertilizers, conditions and environmental aspects of their use.
35. Transformation of potassium fertilizers in soils.
36. Loss of potassium fertilizers, acidifying action and causing chlorine sensitivity of
plants.
37. Loss of potassium fertilizers, environmental damages, protection alternatives.
38. Plants demanding potassium in large quantities.
39. Supply if microelements in certain soils, necessity of microelements manuring.
40. Environment damaging effect of toxic elements and heavy metals.
41. Nutrients originating from organic manures and their environment loading effects.
42. Alternative methods of nutrient management, providing advisement.
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A környezetgazdálkodási mérnöki, illetve a természetvédelmi és vadgazda
mérnöki alapképzési (BSc) szakok képesítési követelményeinek kidolgozása, a
szakok beindítása. HEFOP- 3.3.1-P.-2004-09-0071/1.0 projekt
43. Methods of manuring.
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