Day

Time

Subject

Teachers

Mon

23^th

08.00-08.30

08.30-09.30

09.30-10.00

10.00-11.00

11.00-12.00

13.00-

Introduction

The plant, morphology

Coffee break

Photo synthesis, cycling of C, H and O

Plant nutrients, essential and others

Afternoon free to study the course material

SL,TKT

SL

SL

SL

Tue

24^th

08.00-09.00

09.00-09.15

09.15-10.15

10.15-11.15

11.15-12.15

12.15-13.30

13.30-14.30

14.30-17.00

Soil Physics:

1.        The soil system with plant roots, introduction

Coffee break

2.        Soil formation

3.        Pore size distribution in different soils and root development (effect of trampling etc.)

4.        Influence of organic material on pore size distribution and root development (manure, mulching etc.)

Lunch

5.        Water infiltration, drainage, soil air. Plant available water, unavailable water

Field excercise, root studies in the field, grass

and/or legumes

SL

TKT

SL

SL

SL

TKT, SL

Wed

25^th

08.00-09.00

09.00-09.30

09.30-10.30

10.30-11.30

11.30-13.30

13.30-15.00

Soil Chemistry:

1.        Influence of hydrogen ion activity (pH), plant nutrients in the soil solutions

Coffee break

2.        Characteristics of soil particles, inorganic, organic

3.        Exchange processes between soil particles-soil solution-roots

Lunch

Exercise, calculations on circulation of plant nutrients

TKT

TKT

TKT

TKT, SL

Thu

26^th

08.00-09.00

09.00-09.30

09.30-10.30

10.30-11.30

11.30-13.30

13.30-15.30

Soil biology:

1.        Turn over of organic material

Coffee break

2.        Nutrient cycling of N, P, K and other macro-and micronutrients

3.        Symbiotic microorganisms

Lunch

Problem soils, distribution and impact on plant growth

SL

SL

SL

TKT

Fri

1^st

08.00-13.00

13.00-

Field visit

Afternoon free for studying

TKT, SL

Sat

2^nd

08.00-10.00

10.00-11.00

Examination

Course evaluation

TKT, SL

TKT, SL

Name

Adress

Phone/fax

e-mail

Stig Ledin, Associate professor, Head of Department

Department of Soil Science, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7014, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden

+46 (0)18 671202

+46 (0)18 672795

Stig.Ledin@mv.slu.se

Dr Tran Kim Tinh

Department of Soil Science, Can Tho University, Can Tho, Vietnam

tktinh@ctu.edu.vn