| Ansvarligt institut | Institut for Jordbrug og Økologi | ||||||||||||
| Kursusdatoer | Course preparation amounting to about 70 hours of work is done off site, while the on site part of the course is during week 23 (2012-2017) | ||||||||||||
| Kursustilmelding | To sign up for the course, please send an e-mail to Jakob Magid at jma@life.ku.dk. Please also remember to add the course to your PhD plan | ||||||||||||
| Deadline for tilmelding | Before May 1st | ||||||||||||
| Pointværdi | 5 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||
| Kursustype | Ph.d.-kursus | ||||||||||||
| Undervisningssprog | Engelsk | ||||||||||||
| Begrænset deltagerantal | Max. 24 | ||||||||||||
| Kursusindhold | |||||||||||||
| The following topics will be covered: . Nutrient requirement of plants and uptake mechanisms . Soil organic matter, C and N cycles . Fertilizers: lesson learned from soil chemistry and plant physiology . Rhizosphere effects in relation to macro and micronutrients . Methodological focus: a critical review of soil and plant testing . Food quality and soil fertility | |||||||||||||
| Undervisningsform | |||||||||||||
| The course includes literature review, focused topic discussions, practical and modelling exercises, as well as seminars given by specialist researchers and by the students themselves. | |||||||||||||
| Målbeskrivelse | |||||||||||||
| Upon completing the course the student will exposed to state of the art knowledge on - concepts and methodologies used for studying soil fertility and plant nutrition - processes that determine nutrient acquisition and utilisation by plants and the turnover and bio-availability of plant nutrients in soils and fertilizers - environmental and human health issues that pertain turnover and acquisition of plant nutrients in terrestrial ecosystems The course is recommended for PhD students that want to work on issues related to plant nutrition and nutrient turnover in terrestrial ecosystems | |||||||||||||
| Kursusansvarlig | |||||||||||||
| Jakob Magid, jma@life.ku.dk, Institut for Jordbrug og Økologi/Plante- og Jordvidenskab, Tlf: 353-33491 Jan Kofod Schjørring, jks@life.ku.dk, Institut for Jordbrug og Økologi/Plante- og Jordvidenskab, Tlf: 353-33495 | |||||||||||||
| Kursus omkostninger | |||||||||||||
| There is no course fee for PhD students from Danish universities. All others must pay a fee of DKK 5000 | |||||||||||||
| Evalueringsform | |||||||||||||
| In order to pass the course, all participants must prove to be well prepared and actively engaged during seminars and exercises | |||||||||||||
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