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SSL 362 Soil Chemistry and Micro-Biology

300 levelAgriculture10 topics

SSL 362 covers 10 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Soil colloids and clay minerals
  2. Cation exchange capacity
  3. Soil pH and buffering
  4. Soil organic matter
  5. Nutrient chemistry in soils
  6. Soil microorganisms and their roles
  7. Biological nitrogen fixation
  8. Nutrient cycling
  9. Soil enzymes
  10. Microbial transformations of nutrients

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One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

Soil colloids and clay minerals

Soil colloids and clay minerals are the finest and most chemically active parts of soil, controlling nutrient retention, water behavior, swelling, and many reactions important in crop production. For the exam, you must master what soil colloids are, the major types of clay minerals, how their structure creates charge, and how these properties affect cation exchange, soil fertility, and management.

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