LPhD145 Plant Nutrients in Terrestrial Ecosystems - acquisition and turnover

Detaljer
Ansvarligt institutInstitut for Jordbrug og Økologi

KursusdatoerCourse preparation amounting to about 70 hours of work is done off site, while the on site part of the course takes place from 10th-14 June 2013
 
Kursus resuméNIL
 
KursustilmeldingTo sign up for the course and retrieve more information, please send an e-mail to Jonas Duus Stevens Lekfeldt at jdsl@life.ku.dk
 
Deadline for tilmeldingBefore May 1st 2013
 
Pointværdi5 (ECTS)
 
KursustypePh.d.-kursus
 
UndervisningssprogEngelsk
 
Begrænset deltagerantalMax. 24
 
Kursusindhold
The following topics will be covered in the 2013 edition of the course (minor changes may occur):
. Nutrient requirements of plants and uptake mechanisms
. Diffusion of nutrients and nutrient availability in soil
Recent advances in soil Plant and Soil analysis
Nutrient availability, transport and losses
. Turnover of organically bound plant nutrients in soil - pools, processes and inputs
. New methods to visualize nutrients in soil and plants
. Rhizoshere processes
. Biofortification of plants
. During the practical exercises the students will be introduced to working with Diffusive Gradients in Thin-films (DGT).
 
Undervisningsform
The course includes literature review before the course week with a written assignment, seminars given by specialist researchers as well as practical and theoretical exercises.
 
Målbeskrivelse
- gives an introduction to issues, concepts and methodologies used for studying plant nutrition and soil fertility
The course:
- has a focus on processes that determine nutrient acquisition and utilisation by plants and the
turnover and bio-availability of plant nutrients in soils and fertilizers
- is interdisciplinary in its nature drawing on expertises from a range of different fields.
- introduces the Phd students to cutting-edge techniques for plant and soil testing.
- every year we aim at inviting one or more high-profile external teachers.

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

The course is recommended for PhD students that want to work on issues related to plant nutrition and nutrient turnover in terrestrial ecosystems
 
Kursusansvarlig
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 ?500.
 
Evalueringsform
In order to pass the course, all participants must prove to be well prepared by handing in a written assignment before the course and by being actively engaged during seminars and exercises
 
Kursusbeskrivelsesomfang
forelæsninger20
teoretiske øvelser10
praktiske øvelser10
forberedelse85

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