| 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 takes place from 10th-14 June 2013 | ||||||||||||
| Course Abstract | NIL | ||||||||||||
| Course Registration | To 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 Registration | Before May 1st 2013 | ||||||||||||
| Credits | 5 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||
| Level of Course | PhD course | ||||||||||||
| Language of Instruction | English | ||||||||||||
| Restrictions | Max. 24 | ||||||||||||
| Course Content | |||||||||||||
| 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). | |||||||||||||
| Teaching and learning Methods | |||||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||
| Learning Outcome | |||||||||||||
| - 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 | |||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||
| 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 ?500. | |||||||||||||
| Type of Evaluation | |||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||
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