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HS 722     SPRING 2005

MINERAL NUTRITION IN PLANTS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

DATE             LECTURES                                                               DATE                         LAB                                                                              

Jan      10      Course bkg, essential nutrients                           Jan       10         Nutriculture (commercial systems)

             12      Nutrient uptake and transport                             

             17      Holiday                                                                                  17         Holiday

             19      Nutrient uptake and transport                             

             24      Nutrient uptake and transport                                           24         Nutriculture (static hydroponics)

             26      Nutrient uptake and transport                             

             31      Nutrient uptake and transport                                            31         Nutriculture (sandculture)

Feb        2      Nutrient uptake and transport                             

               7      N                                                                               Feb         7         Exam 1; Nutri. (ion resins)

               9      N                                                                              

             14      P                                                                                              14         Nutriculture (air, gravel, cont. hydro)

             16      P

             21      K                                                                                             21         Foliar analysis (tissue prep)

             23      K                                                                              

             28      Si                                                                                             28         Foliar analysis  (tour NCDA Lab)

Mar       2      Exam 2                                                                     

               7      Spring break                                                            Mar        7         Spring break

               9      Spring break                                                           

             14      Ca                                                                                           14         Foliar analysis (spectrophot)

             16      Ca                                                                             

             21      Fe                                                                                            21         Foliar analysis (atomic absorption)

             23      Fe                                                                             

             28      B                                                                                             28         Foliar analysis (Kjeldahl-N)

             30      B                                                                               

 Apr      4      Foliar fertilization                                                    Apr         4         Nutritional monitoring

               6      Foliar fertilization                                                   

             11      Slow release fertilizer                                                           11         Exam 3;  Nutritional monitoring

             13      Holiday                                                                   

             18      Slow release fertilizer                                                           18         Radioisotopic tracing

             20      Slow release fertilizer                                            

             25      Chelates                                                                                 25         Radioisotopic tracing

             27      Chelates

May           6        Final exam is 4th exam (1hr)                                                                                                                               


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HS 722    MINERAL NUTRITION IN PLANTS

Spring 2005

 

Office hours   No formal office hours are maintained.  I work under an open door policy where you are welcome to come in any time or make an appointment with me. 

 

Credits:                                                                      3  (2 hr lect – 3 hr lab)

 

                     

MEETING TIME & PLACE

Lecture:        M, W   9:10-10:00,  103 Kilgore Hall

Lab:               M  12:25-3:15,   103 Kilgore Hall

 

 

INSTRUCTOR

Paul V. Nelson,  126 Kilgore Hall, 515-1191, (lab 254 Kilgore, Nancy Mingis, 515-1219)

FAX (919) 515-7747   Email: paul_nelson@ncsu.edu  Home tel. 387-3712

 

Assistant, Mr. Matt Taylor, Office 227 Kilgore 515-3178

 

 

TEXT (Optional)  

Epstein, E. and A. J. Bloom.  2005.  Mineral Nutrition of plants: principles and perspectives.  2nd. Ed.  Sinauer Associates, Inc. Publishers.  400 pp.

 

 

GRADING

There will be 4 exams of equal weight making up 100% of the course grade.  The first and third exams will be given during lab periods and the second during a lecture period.  The fourth exam will be held at the time that the final exam is scheduled.  All four exams will last 50 minutes and will cover the material listed below.  A ± grading system will be used with the following numerical to letter relationships: F below 60, D 60-66, D+ 67-69, C 70-76, C+ 77-79, B 80-86, B+ 87-89, A 90-96, A+ 97-100.

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EXAM SCHEDULE & CONTENT

Exam 1, Feb. 7 lab.                          Lecture: essential nutrients, nutrient uptake and trans.

                                                            Lab:  nutriculture (labs 1-3)

 

Exam 2, Mar. 2 lecture.                    Lecture:  N, P, and K

                                                            Lab:  balance of nutriculture (lab 4-5), foliar analysis

                                                            tissue preparation (lab 6)

 

Exam 3, Apr. 11 lab.                         Lecture:  Si, Ca, Fe, B, foliar fertilization

                                                            Lab:  foliar analysis (labs 7-10)

 

Exam 4, May 6, final period             Lecture:  slow release fert., chelates

                                                            Lab:  nutritional monitoring (labs 11-12), radioisotopes

                                                            (labs 13-14)

 

 

MAKE-UP POLICY

In the interest of justice to each student, it is imperative that exams be taken on schedule.  Of course, I recognize that serious problems may arise that will warrant postponement of an exam.  Before the exam can be made-up, one of the following two procedures must occur.  If the situation is known prior to the exam, it must be presented to the instructor for approval prior to the exam.  When an unforeseen problem arises, such as an accident, it must be brought to the instructor's attention at the earliest possible date.  The instructor will determine a reasonable make-up date.  If an exam is taken after the date set by the instructor, the earned grade will be reduced by 10 percentage points. Only serious excuses will be honored such as accident, hospitalization, death in family, University sanctioned field trips or religious observances, and court appearances.

 

FIELD TRIP POLICY

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will provide transportation to and from field trips, and students are encouraged to use it.  The University assumes no responsibility for mishaps that occur when students provide their own transportation.

 

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

We will comply in this course with the University policy on academic integrity found in the Code of Student Conduct.  You are a very privileged individual to have the opportunity to attend college.  You, possibly your family, and society are investing heavily in your future performance.  As such, you have a moral obligation to do your best to find and develop your talents and to use these for the betterment of this world.   In so doing, you will receive one of the greatest awards possible, a feeling of contentment and self worth.  Any form of cheating will short circuit this goal.  I personally can not tolerate any deviance from honesty because it lessens the impact of my goal to be a part of your professional and moral development and because it undermines the dreams and aspirations of the world we live in.

 

PERSONAL DISABILITIES

If you have a disability that warrants adjustment in course procedures please bring it to my attention immediately so that I can make appropriate accommodations.

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PRIME REFERENCE BOOKS

  1.            Barton, L. L. and B. C. Hemming (eds.).  1993.  Iron Chelation in Plants and Soil Microorganisms.  Academic Press.  New York.  490pp.

 

  2.            Bennett, W. F.  1993.  Nutrient deficiencies and toxicities in crop plants.  APS Press. The Amer. Phytopathological Soc., St. Paul, Minn.  202 pp.

 

  3.            Bould, C., E. J. Hewitt, and P. Needham.  1984.  Diagnosis of Mineral Disorders in Plants.  Vol. 1.  Principles.  Chemical Publishing.  New York.  170 pp.

 

  4.            Buchanan, B. B., W. Gruissem, and R. L. Jones.  2000.  Biochemistry and molecular biology of plants.  Amer. Soc. Plant Physiologists.  Rockville, Md.  1367 pp.  (Chapts 3 & 15)                                             

 

  5.            Chapman, H. D. (ed.) 1966.  Diagnostic Criteria for Plants and Soils.  Homer D. Chapman, 830 S. Univ. Dr., Riverside, CA 92507.  793 pp.

 

  6.            Epstein, E. and A. J. Bloom.  2005.  Mineral Nutrition of Plants:  Principles and Perspectives.  2nd. Ed.  Sinauer Associates, Inc. Publishers,  Sunderland, Mass.

 

  7.            Gauch, H. G.  1972.  Inorganic Plant Nutrition.  Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross, Inc., Stroudsburg, PA.  488 pp.

 

  8.            Glass, A. D. M.  1988.  Plant Nutrition.  Jones and Bartlett Pub., Boston.

 

  9.            Gupta, U. C. (ed.). 1993.  Boron and its Role in Crop Production.  CRC Press.  Boca Raton, FL.  237pp.

 

10.           Juniper, B. E. and C. E. Jeffree.  1983.  Plant Surfaces.  Edward Arnold.  London.  93 pp.

 

11.           Khasawneh, F. E. (ed).  1980.  The role of phosphorus in agriculture.  Amer. Soc. Agron.  Madison, WI.  910pp.

 

12.           Lauchli, A. and R. L. Bieleski (eds.).  1983.  Inorganic Plant Nutrition.  In: Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology.  Vol 15 A & B. Springer-Verlag.  New York.  870 pp.

 

13.           Marschner, H.  1995.  Mineral Nutrition of Higher Plants, 2nd. Ed.  Academic Press.  New York.  889pp. 

 

14.           Mengel, K. and E. A. Kirkby.  2001.  Principles of Plant Nutrition.  5th. ed.  Kluwer Academic Publishers.  Boston, Mass.  849pp.

 

15.           Mills, H. A. and J. B. Jones, Jr.  1996.  Plant Analysis Handbook II.  MicroMacro Publishing, Inc.,  183 Paradise Blvd., Suite 104,   Athens, GA 30607.

 

16.           Mortvedt, J. J., F. R. Cox, L. M. Shuman, and R. M. Welch.  1991.  Micronutrients in agriculture, 2nd. ed.  Soil Sci. Soc. Amer.  Madison, WI.  760pp.

 

17.           Munson, R. D. (ed).  1985.  Potassium in agriculture.  Amer. Soc. Agron.  Madison, WI.  1,123pp.

 

18.           Pessarakli. M. (ed).  2002.  Handbook of plant and crop physiology.  Marcell Dekker, Inc.  New York.  973 pp.

 

19.           Rengel, Z.  1999.  Mineral nutrition of crops; fundamental mechanisms and implications.  Food Products Press, Binghampton, N.Y.  399 pp.

 

20.           Rennenberg, H., C. Brunold, L. J. DeKok, and I. Stulen.  1990.  Sulfur nutrition and sulfur assimilation in higher plants.  SPB Academic Publishing, bv.  The Hague, The Netherlands.  276pp.

 

21.           Robb, D. A. and W. S. Pierpoint.  1983.  Metals and Micronutrients: Uptake and Utilization by Plants.  Academic Press.  New York.  341 pp.

 

22.           Scaife, A. and M. Turner.  1984.  Diagnosis of Mineral Disorders in Plants.  Vol. 2. Vegetables.  Chemical Publishing.  New York.  96 pp.

 

23.           Tabatabai, M. A. (ed).  1986.  Sulfur in agriculture.  Amer. Soc. Agron.  Madison, WI.  688pp.

 

24.           Taiz, L and E. Zeiger.  2002.  Plant Pysiology, 3rd. ed.  Sinauer Associates, Inc. Publishers,  Sunderland, Mass.  690pp.

 

25.           Westerman, R. L.  1990.  Soil Testing and Plant Analysis, 3rd. ed.  Soil Science Soc. Amer., Inc.  Madison, WI.  812 pp.

 

26.           Winsor, G. and P. Adams.  1987.  Diagnosis of Mineral Disorders in Plants.  Vol. 3. Glasshouse Crops.  Chemical Publishing.  New York.  168 pp.

 

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