Lecture Schedule

Date	Chapter	Topic/Assignment
Jan 9	Chap. 1 Chap. 2	(1) Plant Nutrition  (pdf notes) (2) The Soil as a Plant Nutrition Medium  (pdf notes)
Jan 16	Chap. 2	The Soil as a Plant Nutrition Medium
Jan 23	Chap. 3	(3) Nutrient Uptake and Assimilation  (pdf notes)
jan 30	Chap. 3	Nutrient Uptake and Assimilation
FEB 6	EXAM 1	Chapters 1, 2, 3 Lab 2: Leaching of N, P and K from soil
Feb 13	Chap. 4	(4) Plant Water Relationships  (pdf notes)
Feb 20	Chap. 5	(5) Plant Growth and Crop Production  (pdf notes)
Feb 27	Chap. 6	(6) Fertilizer Application  (pdf notes)
Mar 13	EXAM 2	Chapters 4, 5, 6 Lab 2
Mar 20	Chap. 7 Chap. 8 Chap. 9	(7) Nitrogen   (pdf notes) (8) Sulfur   (pdf notes) (9) Phosphorous  (pdf notes)
Mar 27	Chap. 10 Chap. 11 Chap. 12	(10) Potassium  (pdf notes) (11) Caclium  (pdf notes) (12) Magnesium  (pdf notes)
Apr 3	EXAM 3	Chapters 7 - 12 Lab 3:Plant growth on soils with different C:N ratios
Apr 10	Chap. 13 Chap. 14 Chap. 15	(13) Iron   (pdf notes) (14 )Manganese  (pdf notes) (15 )Zinc  (pdf notes)
Apr 17	Chap. 16 Chap. 17 Chap. 18	(16) Copper  (pdf notes) (17) Molybdenum (pdf notes) (18) Boron  (pdf notes) Lab 4:Nutrient deficiency  symptoms - What is it?
Apr 24	Chap. 19 Chap. 20	(19) Further elements of importance - Cl, Si, Co, V (20) Elements with More Toxic Effects  (pdf notes) Review
May 1	FINAL EXAM	Half on Chapters 13-20 Half on Chapters 1-12 Lab Notebooks Due