Core
SLM505:Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry
Soil microbiology and Biochemistry is a discipline that fundamentally seeks to study the interactions and activities of soil organisms, especially those in the invisible world of the naked eyes, living in the soil environment. Living organisms, both plant and animals, constitute a crucial component of soil system. Although these organisms form a mere fraction of less than 1 % of the total soil mass, they still play significant role in supporting the plant communities of the Earth.
What Will You Learn?
This course carries two credit units. This course guide tells you briefly what to expect from reading this course material. The study of Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry may be described as the cross breeding of two disciplines, soil microbiology and soil biochemistry. The microbiology component deals with the general soil microbial ecology and the biochemistry aspect all biochemical processes taking place in the soil and soil components as well as that occurring within living components of the soil environment. It is these relationships and interactions between the soil environmental biota and the plants and animals, micro and macro, that constitute the major concern of Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry.
Course Features
Lessons Of Course
The Rhizosphere Microbes
09:16
Nitrogen Cycle
07:45
Phosphorus Cycle
08:52
Mycorrhiza
08:53
Organic Water
09:19
Fate of Crop Residues
08:21