BIOL 471 - Soil Science
Description
Hours: Three hours lecture and three hours laboratory per week Prerequisite: BIOL 201 with a grade of C- or better Description: Provides students with a fundamental understanding of the structure and function of soil systems: the kinds of organisms that inhabit soil, microbe-plant interactions, nutrient cycling, soil fertility, and plant production. Soil is a habitat for plant roots and plant symbionts, plant pathogens, bacteria and fungi, and macrofauna (i.e. earthworms and vertebrates). Understanding the belowground environment and its complexity is crucial for understanding soil fertility and the role that soils play in agriculture, environmental quality and global environmental change.
Meeting Information
Days | Times | Room | Meeting Dates | Instructor |
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MW | 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM | Bell Tower 1716 | 8/26/2017 - 12/22/2017 | Erich Fleming |
Status: Open
Class Number: 1547
Session: Regular Academic Session
Units: 4.00
Class Components: Lecture
Career: Undergraduate
Dates: 8/26/2017 - 12/22/2017
Grading: Letter Grade
Class Availability
Information below is 24 hours old.
Enrollment Total: 17
Available Seats: 7
Wait List Capacity: 12
Wait List Total: 0
Textbook / Other Materials
Status: RecommendedISBN: 9780133254488
Title: Nature & Properties of Soils
Publisher: Pearson
Author: Brady
Status: Recommended
ISBN: 9780133493368
Title: Nature and Properties of Soils, The
Publisher: Pearson
Author: Weil
More textbook information including prices
Enrollment Information
- Upper Division