SSAC-111 FUNDAMENTALS OF SOIL SCIENCE (5th DEAN)

SSAC-111 Fundamentals of Soil science Notes

All Lecture Links

Lecture-1 Soil as a natural body, Pedological and edaphological concepts of soil:-

https://plantbreeding2010.blogspot.com/2024/03/soil-as-natural-body-pedological-and.html

Lecture-2 Soil Genesis: Soil forming rocks and minerals classification:-

https://plantbreeding2010.blogspot.com/2024/03/soil-genesis-soil-forming-rocks-and.html

Lecture-3 Weathering of rocks - Chemical, Physical and Biological:-

https://plantbreeding2010.blogspot.com/2024/03/weathering-of-rocks-chemical-physical.html

Lecture-4 Factors of soil formation, fundamental and specific soil forming processes:-

https://plantbreeding2010.blogspot.com/2024/03/factors-of-soil-formation-fundamental.html

Lecture-5 Soil Profile:-

https://plantbreeding2010.blogspot.com/2024/03/soil-profile.html

Lecture-6 Definition and components of soil:-

https://plantbreeding2010.blogspot.com/2024/03/definition-and-components-of-soil.html

Lecture-7 Soil Physical properties: Soil texture, classifications of soil separates, importance of soil texture, particle size analysis, Stoke’s law:-

https://plantbreeding2010.blogspot.com/2024/03/soil-physical-properties-soil-texture.html

Lecture-8 Soil structure and types of soil structure, mechanism of soil structure formation, management of soil structure:-

https://plantbreeding2010.blogspot.com/2024/03/soil-structure-and-types-of-soil.html

Lecture-9 Bulk density, particle density and porosity, factors affecting them, agricultural significance and manipulation:-

https://plantbreeding2010.blogspot.com/2024/03/bulk-density-particle-density-and.html

Lecture-10 Soil consistence and plasticity and their agricultural significance:-

https://plantbreeding2010.blogspot.com/2024/03/soil-consistence-and-plasticity-and.html

Lecture-11 Soil colour and expression of soil colour with munsell soil colour chart:-

https://plantbreeding2010.blogspot.com/2024/03/soil-colour-and-expression-of-soil.html

Lecture-12 Soil taxonomical classification and soils of India:-

https://plantbreeding2010.blogspot.com/2024/03/soil-taxonomical-classification-and.html

Lecture-13 Soil water classification, forces of soil water retention:-

https://plantbreeding2010.blogspot.com/2024/03/soil-water-classification-forces-of.html

Lecture-14 Movement of soil water and availability to plants:-

https://plantbreeding2010.blogspot.com/2024/03/movement-of-soil-water-and-availability.html

Lecture-15 Soil air, composition, gaseous exchange and its composition, importance and in plant growth:-

https://plantbreeding2010.blogspot.com/2024/03/soil-air-composition-gaseous-exchange.html

Lecture-16 Soil temperature; source, amount and flow of heat in soil; effect on plant growth:-

https://plantbreeding2010.blogspot.com/2024/03/soil-temperature-source-amount-and-flow.html

Lecture-17 Soil reaction-pH, soil acidity and alkalinity, buffering:-

https://plantbreeding2010.blogspot.com/2024/03/soil-reaction-ph-soil-acidity-and.html

Lecture-18 Effect of pH on nutrient availability:-

https://plantbreeding2010.blogspot.com/2024/03/effect-of-ph-on-nutrient-availability.html

Lecture-19 Soil colloids, types of soil colloids and their significance:-

https://plantbreeding2010.blogspot.com/2024/03/soil-colloids-types-of-soil-colloids.html

Lecture-20 1:1, 2:1 and 2:1:1 types of layer silicates, their structure and characteristics:-

https://plantbreeding2010.blogspot.com/2024/03/11-21-and-211-types-of-layer-silicates.html

Lecture-21 Sources of charges on soil colloids, cation and anion exchange phenomenon and factors influencing ion exchange, Base saturation:-

https://plantbreeding2010.blogspot.com/2024/03/sources-of-charges-on-soil-colloids.html