Short course/CPD

Soil Plant Water Management

 

Course date: 14 Feb 2011  - 18 Feb 2011

Course overview

The management of the soil plant atmosphere continuum is an essential part of any agricultural or semi-natural system. In order to optimise such systems the basic sciences of plants, water and soil need to be applied within the context of a physical intervention in one or all of these components. Maintenance of an appropriate water, nutrient, salinity and aeration status may be achieved by adjusting soil water status through drainage and irrigation, aeration status through appropriate tillage and environmental impact by understanding water, air and solute flows at the boundaries of the systems.

 
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Course fee:

Course start dates prior to 30/09/2010 are available free of charge under the ECIF sector re-skilling initiative (conditions apply).

 

  • FREE – ECIF sector re-skill initiative
  • £1380 - Standard. 20% discount for Cranfield alumni, 10% discount for colleagues of alumni
  • £1315 - Professional/Trade association discount
  • £1255 - Multiple bookings* 
*Minimum of five delegates.

Accommodation fee:

Accommodation is not included in the price.

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How to register

To request a place on this course, please complete the online Registration Form. If you have any queries please contact:

Academic Operations Unit.

Cranfield University
Cranfield
Bedfordshire
MK43 0AL, UK


T: +44 (0) 1234 754176
E: shortcourse@cranfield.ac.uk
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Course description

  • possibilities for aeration, water and temperature control in the rootzone.
  • mechanised soil management. Compaction and soil loosening
  • tillage methods for seed bed preparation and soil structure improvement
  • plant water demand scenarios, crop agronomy
  • crop water requirements and irrigation need
  • nutrient inputs and losses in managed soils
  • the role of nutrient amendments in agriculture and pesticides use
  • pesticide fate and behaviour in soils
  • possible control systems for nutrient impacts from agriculture on the water environment, including buffer zones and controlled drainage systems
  • salinity and sodicity in semi-arid soils
  • reclamation and management of saline soils
  • leaching requirement estimations.
  • management of sodic soils.

On successful completion of this module the student will be able to:

  1. Understand the role of soil management in the control of the soil environment.
  2. Estimate the crop water requirements in different environments and the need for irrigation.
  3. Understand the role of soil, plant and water management in the control of nutrient flows.
  4. Understand the role of nutrient and pesticide in managed cropping systems.
  5. Understand the role of irrigation in the reclamation of saline and sodic soils.
  6. Estimate the leaching requirement of irrigation in semi-arid soils.

 
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This short course is also a module associated with a Masters-level programme. For further information please click on the programme title directly above in the Quick navigation box.

 
 
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