Course Objectives
To give students both practical and theoretical knowledge on plant nutrition. It will enable students to conduct both advanced and applied research on plant nutrition and integrated nutrient management. Moreover it will train students on consulting and making practical guidelines on integrated nutrient management to farmers and other target groups. understand the role of nutrient elements in growth and metabolism of plants and overall productivity
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
1.1. Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition for Crop Productivity
1.1.1. Definitions and Concepts of Soil Fertility
1.1.2. History of Soil Fertility
1.2. Long Term Soil Fertility and Fertilizers Use Trends
1.3. Soil water and Plant Growth
CHAPTER 2: NUTRIENT MOVEMENT, UPTAKE AND ASSIMILATION
2.1. Movement of Ions to Roots
2.1.1. Root Interception
2.1.2. Mass Flow
2.1.3. Diffusion
2.2. Ion Uptake Mechanism
2.2.1. Passive Ion Uptake
2.2.2. Active Ion Uptake
CHAPTER 3: PLANT WATER RELATIONSHIP
3.1. Soil Water Relationship
3.2. Basic Processes in Plant Water Relations
3.3. Physiological Aspects of Water
CHAPTER 4: NUTRITION AND PLANT GROWTH
4.1. Factors Affecting Plant Growth
4.1.1. Environmental Factors
4.1.2. Genetic Factors
4.2. Growth Expressions and Equations
4.3. Nutrient Utilization and Metabolism
4.4. Nutrition and Yield Responses
4.5. Nutrition and Plant Quality
CHAPTER 5: MAJOR NUTRIENT CYCLE
5.1. Carbon Cycle
5.2. Nitrogen and Sulfur Cycle
5.3. Phosphorus and Potassium Cycle
CHAPTER 6: SOIL FERTILITY EVALUATION AND FERTLIZER APPLICATION
6.1. Diagnosis of Fertility Status
6.1.1. Symptoms Observation
6.1.2. Soil Test
6.1.3. Plant Tissue Analysis
6.2. Fertilizers Application
4.2.1. Methods of Application
4.2.2. Crop Response to Fertilizers Application
6.3. Economic of Fertilizers Use
CHAPTER 7: INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGMENT
7.1. Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers
7.2. Biofertlizers
7.3. Nutrient Management in Hydroponic System
CHAPTER8: NUTRIENT & WATER REQUIRMENT FOR HORTICULTURAL CROPS
8.1. Nutrient Requirement of Horticultural crops
8.2. Irrigation Requirement of Horticultural crops
PRACTICAL
· Soil fertility evaluation by symptoms observation/diagnosis
· During the education tour, students will have to identify a nutrition-related management problem of the farm they visit and present their findings with their own solutions/recommendations Observation different laboratory equipment which are used for soil and plant analysis
· Field visit to coffee processing station in SNNPR and coffee quality control unit at ECX, tea production at state farm in Mizan Tape area and spices processing at Mojo.
· Principles and methods soil and plant nutrient analysis
ASSESSMENT METHODS
Assignment …………….15%
Presentation…………… 15%
Term paper……………..10%
Practical…………….......10%
Final Exam………………50%
- Teacher: Dereje Tsegaye
This course covers detailed knowledge and practical experience on how to manage greenhouse environment to produce flowers and vegetables.
Greenhouse production contributes a substantial portion of the floriculture industry. Floricultural crops such as cut flowers, potted flowering plants, foliage plants, vegetables, and bedding plants are commonly grown in greenhouses. Intensive plant production in such controlled environment structures not only requires advanced technology and higher capital and labor input, but also allows the greatest profit per unit area. This course covers the principles and applications of greenhouse technology and offers practical experience in growing horticultural crops under the controlled environment conditions.- Teacher: Seifu Fetena
COURSE OUTLINE
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Aim and Scope of the Course
1.2 The Need for Scientific Research
1.3 Identifying and Prioritizing Research Needs
1.4 Traits of a Researcher
2. DEFINING RESEARCH AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUES
2.1 Definition of Research
2.2 The Scientific Method
2.3 Types of Research
2.4 Sampling Techniques
3. GUIDE TO WRITING A RESEARCH PROPOSAL
3.1 General Components of a Research Proposal
3.1.1 Introductory Section
¨ Background information on the structure and rationale of the study
¨ Describing the Research Problem
¨ Justifying the importance of the study and delimiting the scope
¨ Defining the Objectives of the Study and Terminologies
3.1.2 Review of Related Literature
¨ Basic Guidelines
¨ Conceptual/Theoretical Framework
¨ Hypothesis Formulation
3.1.3 Materials and Methods
¨ Description of Study Area
¨ Describing the variables/parameters to be studied
¨ Sampling Techniques
¨ The Research Design
¨ Data Collection and Analysis Methods
¨ Materials Required
3.1.4 Work plan and Budget
3.1.5 Bibliography/Literature Citations
4. MANUSCRIPT (THESIS) WRITING AND PRESENTATION
¨ Introduction
¨ Pre-writing Considerations
¨ Types of technical reports
¨ Target group/stakeholder identification
¨ Structure and styles of writings
- Teacher: Mesele Endale
Course Description
This course covers aspects that help to manage pests in an environmentally safe and sustainable way and assures production of good yield and quality that is acceptable in a competitive market.
Core tasks performed in occupational reality, covered by this course
§ Manipulating plant growth and environment to keep pests below damaging level
§ Pest scouting, monitoring and forecasting
§ Implementing and monitoring different pest management
practices
§ Developing and implementing safety guidelines
Competencies necessary to be able to perform effectively, covered by this course
§ Able to manipulate plant growth and environment for pest management
§ Monitoring and determination of pest population
§ Implementing and evaluating IPM practices
§ Know and develop safety guidelines
§ Able to give right decision on pest controlcourse outline
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At the end of the course, the student should be able to:
§ Understand the importance of IPM for environmental sustainability § Design and implement IPM programs § Determine pest status and give the right decision for efficient management § Develop and adopt safety procedures |
1. Introduction |
Pest definition, classification, & ecology |
Continuous assessment: § Essay questions (10%) § Presentations of assignments (10%) § Lab and field practical exams (30%) § Demonstrations (of pest scouting & monitoring, safe pesticide applications, etc) (10%) Final assessment: § Essay questions (10%) § Analytical questions (10%) § Presentations of assignments (10%) § Practical exam on pests, predators, parasites identifications, pest scouting, and pesticide formulation (10%) |
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2. Principles of pest management |
Pest damage intensity & yield loss, economic injury levels, pest sampling monitoring and forecasting |
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3. IPM components |
Physical, cultural, chemical, resistance, biological and integrated methods |
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4. Emerging trends in pest management |
Interference methods, semio-chemicals, sterile insect technique, genetic engineering, modeling and system analyses |
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5. Pesticides and their application |
Pesticides and human health and environment, pesticide handling and safety measures |
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6. Development and implementation of IPM |
IPM program development, IPM program implementation, Examples of IPM programs |
- Teacher: Berhanu Lemma
In this course students will be trained on how
to conduct a graduate level seminar on their proposed research topic. They will
be encouraged to develop skills like critical thinking, analysing facts,
scientific language and manners of discussion, and presentation skills. They
will be given instruction on how to prepare their presentation (poster,
power-point, lecture, …), how to speak publicly, how to take care of their appearance,
and how to respond to queries and defend their presentation.
- Teacher: Gualam Hassan
Importance of post harvest diseases; nature and sources of post harvest losses; common features of post harvest diseases; post harvest disease development and symptom expression; detection and identification of post harvest diseases; ecology of post harvest microbial pathogens; post harvest grain diseases and their management; literature review and proposal development in post harvest management
- Teacher: Gualam Hassan
Overview of milk in Ethiopia in the past, present, and in the future Sources and composition of milk, Clean milk production, collection, sampling of milk, storage distribution and processing of mil. Sources, composition of meat, fish and poultry; Factors affecting meat production and quality; Slaughtering of animals, inspection and grading of meat; Meat quality evaluation; Mechanical deboning; meat tenderization; Meat preservations; Meat plant sanitation and safety; Poultry: classification, composition, preservation methods and processing; Structure, composition, nutritive value and functional properties of eggs and its preservation by different methods; Fish production in Ethiopia, processing and preservation methods of fish and fish based products; Management of bi-products (wastes) from meat, poultry and fish processing industries.
- Teacher: Gualam Hassan
Ontogeny; Structure and composition of fruits and vegetables; Respiration; Transpiration and Water Stress; Ripening and Senescence; Phytochemicals effects; Physiological Disorders and Breakdowns; Postharvest Quality; Factors Affecting Quality; Harvesting; Transportation; Pack-house operations; Cooling and freezing technology; Psychometrics; Drying technology; Controlled atmosphere and modified atmosphere storage; Packaging technology
- Teacher: Gualam Hassan