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

Info current as 5/10/2024
Days Times Room Meeting Dates Instructor
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: Recommended
ISBN: 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

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Enrollment Information

  • Upper Division