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CROP NUTRITIONSoil Nutrients and Soil Fertility,Fertiliser and Manure Applications

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LEARNING OUTCOMES

§ Describe the basic nutritional and irrigation requirements of crops and explain the relationship between nutrients, water and yield

§ Develop nutrition and fertiliser management plans for a range of crops

CROP NUTRITION: Soil Nutrients and Soil Fertility, Fertiliser and Manure Applications

INTRODUCTIONCROP NUTRITION: Soil Nutrients and Soil Fertility, Fertiliser and Manure Applications

CROP NUTRITION: Soil Nutrients and Soil Fertility, Fertiliser and Manure Applications

SOIL NUTRIENTS

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NUTRIENTS AND FOOD?

§ NUTRIENTS: atoms and molecules essential for survival and growth of living organisms (e.g. iron, oxygen, glucose, omega-3)

§ FOOD: edible material that contains essential nutrients (e.g. sandwich, fertilisers)

CROP NUTRITION: Soil Nutrients and Soil Fertility, Fertiliser and Manure Applications

WHAT IF PLANTS ABSORB TOO LITTLE NUTRIENTS?

§ WEEK GROWTH

§ SYMPTOMS of nutritional imbalance (e.g. foliage, epicormic roots)

§ Higher SUSCEPTIBILITY to pests and diseases

§ Lower ability to REPRODUCE successfully

CROP NUTRITION: Soil Nutrients and Soil Fertility, Fertiliser and Manure Applications

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