Chemical Elements in Soil and Plants
Objectives of the course
The objective of the course is to introduce the students to a role of microelements in the plant nourishments, their distribution in the soil, their toxicity and changes of the plants at their shortage.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of inorganic and organic chemistry.
Assessment methods
Laboratory practice examination, lecture written and oral examination.
Course contents
Lectures
- Rock and Soil Geochemistry, Bioavailability
- Metal Ions and Plant Nutrition(Essentiality,Concentration of Elements in Plants,Toxicity)
- Sources of Nutrients for Plants(the Rhizosphere,Fertilisers)
- Role of Some Elements in Plant Life(Macronutrients, Other Microelements)
- Elemental Uptake Processes
- Toxic Effect of Metals/Toksični efekti mikroelementov
Laboratory practice
At laboratory practice sessions the students will be intrduced with basic technics of sampling, extraction and analyse of specific microelementes in a wineyard.
Recommended reading
- Farago, M.E. 1994. Plants and the Chemical Elements; VCH Publishers; New York
- Siegel, H. 1985. Metal Ions in Biological Systems; Marcel Dekker inc.; New York and Basel
Lecturer
prof.dr. Janez Štupar
Course code
1VV304
Year of study: 3
Semester: 1
Lectures: 30 hours
Exercises: 30 hours
ECTS: 6
Type of course
lectures, laboratory practice sessions
Language of instruction
Slovene
Teaching methods
lectures, laboratory practice, students' independent work