Nitrogen in Crop Production

3 credits · Graduate

Students will study the transformations of N in air, soil, water, and plants, and consider crop requirements for N. Topics include the chemistry of N, the N cycle, N transformations in soil, N metabolism in plants, N transport in plants, N-fixation, N losses in agricultural systems, and an evaluation of N fertilizer in these systems. CALENDAR NOTES: Next offered in 2016/2017