Course: Soils of the World (3101-561)

Persons:

• apl ProfDr Ludger Herrmann (verantwortlich)
• Prof. Dr. Karl Stahr (begleitend)
• Prof. Dr. Thilo Rennert (begleitend)

Type of Course:

lecture with seminar and excursion

In-Class Hours Per Week:

5

Contents:

The module deals with soil formation in the non-temperate zones (tropical and cold climates), the resulting soil properties and management options. The World Reference Base for Soil Resources as worldwide applicable classification system is introduced and applied during excursions to sites that represent major Reference Soil Groups. Problems of soil formation theory is dealt with during a seminar. Basics of land evaluation are theoretically introduced via a lecture series and applied during an exercise.

Literature:

FAO 2014: World reference base for soil resources 2014. World Soil Resources Reports 106. FAO. Rome.
FAO 1976: A framework for land evaluation. FAO Soils Bulletin 32. FAO. Rome

Location:

Hohenheim

Remarks:

Basic knowledge of soil science is mandatory. This is taught in the following modules: German 3101-010 Grundlagen der Bodenwissenschaften or English 4907-410 Natural resource use and conservation. Respective lecture books are: Herrmann 2018 Bodenkunde Xpress (Ulmer Verlag) or Blum et al. 2018 Essentials of Soil Science (Schweitzerbarth).

Module:

• 3101-560 Soils of the World (substituted by: 3101-460) (compulsory)