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Soil Science and Technology

Prof. Somsubhra Chakraborty · IIT Kharagpur

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Lectures

Week 1:

  1. Lecture 1 : Basic Overview of Soil Video
  2. Lecture 2 : Weathering and Soil Formation Video
  3. Lecture 3 : Weathering and Soil Formation (Contd.) Video
  4. Lecture 4 : Weathering and Soil Formation (Contd.) Video
  5. Lecture 5 : Weathering and Soil Formation (Contd.) Video

Week 2:

  1. Lecture 6 Soil Taxonomy and Classification Video
  2. Lecture 7: Soil Taxonomy and Classification (Contd.) Video
  3. Lecture 8: Soil Taxonomy and Classification (Contd.) Video
  4. Lecture 9: Soil Orders, Soil Colour and Texture Video
  5. Lecture10: Soil Texture and Structure Video

Week 3:

  1. Lecture11 : Soil Tillage and Soil Density Video
  2. Lecture12 : Soil Porosity and Consistency Video
  3. Lecture13 : Soil Consistency and Soil Water Video
  4. Lecture14 : Soil Water Video
  5. Lecture15 : Tutorial Video

Week 4:

  1. Lecture16 : Soil Water Movement Video
  2. Lecture17 : Qualitative Description of Soil Wetness Video
  3. Lecture18 : Soil Air Video
  4. Lecture19 : Soil Temperature Video
  5. Lecture20 : Tutorial Video

Week 5:

  1. Lecture 21: Silicate Clays Video
  2. Lecture 22: Silicate Clays (Contd.) Video
  3. Lecture 23: Sources of Charges in Soil Video
  4. Lecture 24: Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC) Video
  5. Lecture 25: Sorption of Pesticides Video

Week 6:

  1. Lecture 26 : Diffuse Double Layer Video
  2. Lecture 27 : Adsorption Isotherms Video
  3. Lecture 28 : Soil Acidity Video
  4. Lecture 29 : Soil Salinity and Alkalining Video
  5. Lecture 30 : Submerged Soils Video

Week 7:

  1. Lecture 31: Essential Plant Nutrients Video
  2. Lecture 32: Soil N Video
  3. Lecture 33: Biological N Fixation Video
  4. Lecture 34: Soil P and K Video
  5. Lecture 35: Fertilizers Video

Week 8:

  1. Lecture 36: Soil Testing - I Video
  2. Lecture 37: Soil Testing - II Video
  3. Lecture 38: Soil Organic Matter Video
  4. Lecture 39: Soil Organisms Video
  5. Lecture 40: Compost Video

WEEK 9

  1. Lecture 41 : Land Degradation and Soil Erosion Video
  2. Lecture 42 : Universal Soil Loss Equation Video
  3. Lecture 43 : Conservation Tillage Video
  4. Lecture 44 : Wind Erosion and Tillage Erosion Video
  5. Lecture 45 : Organic Pollutants in Soil Video

Week 10:

  1. Lecture 46 : Remediation of Organic Pollutant Video
  2. Lecture 47 : Toxic Inorganic Substances in Soil Video
  3. Lecture 48 : Removal of Toxic Inorganic Substances Video
  4. Lecture 49 : Soil Survey Video
  5. Lecture 50 : Remote Sensing in Soil Survey Video

Week 11:

  1. Lecture 51 : GIS and GPS Video
  2. Lecture 52 : Geostatistics Video
  3. Lecture 53 : Basics of VisNIR - DRS Video
  4. Lecture 54 : VisNIR-DRS Applications for Soil Video
  5. Lecture 55 : PXRF Soil Applications Video

Week 12 :

  1. Lecture 56: Basic Overview of DSM Video
  2. Lecture 57 : Modeling Continuous Variables Video
  3. Lecture 58: Modeling Continuous Variables (Contd.) Video
  4. Lecture 59: Modeling Categorical Variables Video
  5. Lecture 60: Pedotransfer Functions and Uncertainty of DSM Video

Live Session

  1. Live Session 03-09-2022 Video

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Kharagpur
Department
Agriculture
Teacher
Prof. Somsubhra Chakraborty
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Biology
Source
NPTEL
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