Soil Microbiology: 3 semester hours

Catalog description

Role of soil microorganisms in soil-plant ecosystems. Microbial ecology, microbes in nutrient cycles important to agriculture, pesticide degradation, bacterial fertilizers, composting, waste disposal, plant microbe interactions. Laboratory estimation of soil microbial populations and measurement of important biological processes in soil and current methods. Prerequisites: ( AGRO 3362 or AGRO 3623) and ( AGRO 3363 or AGRO 3633) and ( AGRO 3364 or AGRO 3643).