| Responsible Department | Department of Agriculture and Ecology | ||||||||||||
| Course Dates | 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) | ||||||||||||
| Course Registration | 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 Registration | Before May 1st | ||||||||||||
| Credits | 5 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||
| Level of Course | PhD course | ||||||||||||
| Language of Instruction | English | ||||||||||||
| Restrictions | Max. 24 | ||||||||||||
| Course Content | |||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| Teaching and learning Methods | |||||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||
| Learning Outcome | |||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||
| Jakob Magid, jma@life.ku.dk, Department of Agriculture and Ecology/Plant and Soil Science, Phone: 353-33491 Jan Kofod Schjørring, jks@life.ku.dk, Department of Agriculture and Ecology/Plant and Soil Science, Phone: 353-33495 | |||||||||||||
| Course Costs | |||||||||||||
| There is no course fee for PhD students from Danish universities. All others must pay a fee of DKK 5000 | |||||||||||||
| Type of Evaluation | |||||||||||||
| 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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