Soil science - its status and development tasks. Soil and its characteristics. Weathering processes. Pedogenic processes. Mineral phases in soils. Natural organic matter in soils. Physical properties of soils. Chemical properties of soils. Sorption properties of soils. Biological properties of soils. Edaphon. Humus, humification processes. Diagnostic soil horizons. Soil Classification - basic principles used systems. Horizontal and vertical zonality soils. Soil Sampling and field survey soil. Analyses of soils. Map data in soil science.
Basics hydropedology. Soil water. Soil hydrolimity. Water regime in the unsaturated zone. Methods of measuring soil moisture. Methods for sampling soil water. Soil erosion. Erosion control measures.
Literature
T. Biswas, S Mukherjee, TEXTBOOK OF SOIL SCIENCE. Formerly Head, Division of Soil Science and Agricultural, Chemistry, IARI, New Delhi, Formerly Vice-Chancellor, Calcutta and Kalyani University, ISBN: 9780074620434
Advised literature
DUCHAUFOUR, P. (1997): Pedogenése et classification. Mason, Paris, New York, 488 pp.