Agriculture

This material discusses the sources and characteristics of wastewater, methods of purifying wastewater, wastewater as a source of water, specifications and standards for the use of wastewater, wastewater as a food source, irrigation systems and their relationship to wastewater and the extent of social acceptance of the use of treated wastewater.

Course description is available through the official academic catalog.

This course deals with modern theories of drainage, soil water potential, the relationship between drainage, water quantities and land uses, theories of buried drains and open drainage channels for subsurface drainage, exploration of drainage (classification and survey of the need for surface drainage), surface drainage (types and functions of surface drains), subsurface drainage (planning, design and maintenance), open drains (design, installation and maintenance), drainage by pumping.

This course deals with the topics of energy formation in microorganisms, chemical composition and degradation of carbohydrates. Lignin, humic acids, organic nitrogenous compounds, nucleic acids, and organic phosphorous and sulfur compounds.

This course deals with the principles of the planning process - informational rules in land, land evaluation, interpretation of soil information, water sources and vegetation cover, remote sensing information and geographic information systems, land use planning for agricultural and non-agricultural purposes, multiple use planning and management, and integrated land use planning.

This course covers advanced statistical methods, designing and analyzing agricultural experiments such as the incomplete random sector system, grid and square design, in addition to confounding and using it. This course also covers methods for linking experiences over years and in different environments

This course deals with applications of remote sensing in plant studies, simple indicators, advanced indicators and their relationship to plant thermal properties: heat traps, estimation of sea and land surface temperatures. Longwave remote sensing and radar systems: radar principles, applications in soil and geology studies. Digital aerial images: principles of visual analysis of aerial and industrial images, applications in soil, vegetation, water and geology. Remote sensing applications in groundwater exploration.

This course deals with the issues of plant nutrition as factors that control production, absorption, transport, conversion, and storage of elements. It also addresses the physiological functions of elements, and the symptoms of their toxicity or deficiency.

This course deals with the role of water in plant growth (water relations in the cell, permeability, movement of water and solutions). Soil and its characteristics (soil properties, moisture tension, water movement in the soil). Roots and their growth (root growth, root function, environmental factors that affect root growth). Water absorption (transpiration, types of absorption). Factors affecting absorption (root efficiency, available water, soil temperature, aeration, and soil solution composition). Radiation balance (light spectrum, radiation, period of solar illumination, distribution of light radiation, radiation yield, radiation balance in the protected environment, energy exchange). Movement of water in plants. Transpiration (factors controlling transpiration). Water stress and its effect on plant growth

This course deals with the concept of systems and simulation models, descriptive and explanatory models, fixed and variable models, single and multiple models. Modeling process: definition of boundaries, components and connections, model construction, indicators, calibration, and sensitivity analysis. Hydrological models, soil erosion models, soil and plant models, crop simulation models: mathematical representation of the soil-plant-climate system, Decision Support System for Agricultural Technology Transfer (DSSAT) model. Computer models and their applications