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VII. Suggested Reading
Binkley D and R Fisher 2012. 
Ecology and Management of Forest Soils
(4
th
Edition), John
Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore.
Brady NC and Weil RR. 2010. 
Elements of the Nature and Properties of Soils 
(3
rd
Edition.),
Pearson Education, New Delhi.
Das DK. 2011
. Introductory Soil Science
(3
rd
Edition), Kalyani publisher, Ludhiana (India).
Gupta PK. 2009. 
Soil, Plant, Water and Fertilizer Analysis
(2
nd
Edition), AGROBIOS, Jodhpur
(India).
ISSS. 2002. 
Fundamentals of Soil Science
. Indian Society of Soil Science, IARI, New Delhi.
J Benton and Jones Jr. 2012. 
Plant Nutrition and Soil Fertility Manual
(2
nd
Edition), CRC
Press, USA.
Jackson ML. 2012
. Soil Chemical Analysis: Advanced Course
, Scientific Publisher.
Jaiswal PC. 2006. 
Soil, Plant and Water Analysis
(2
nd
Edition), Kalyani Publishers, Ludhiana.
Khan TO. 2013. 
Forest Soils: Properties and Management,
Springer International Publishing,
Switzerland.
Mengel 
et al
. 2001 
Principles of Plant Nutrition
(5
th
Edition), Springer.
Pritchett and Fisher RF 1987. 
Properties and Management of Forest Soils
. John Wiley, New
York.
Reddy MV. 2001. 
Management of Tropical Plantation Forests and Their Soil Litter System-
Litter, Biota and Soil Nutrient Dynamics
, Science Publishers, U. S.

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Restructured and Revised Syllabi of Post-graduate Programmes
Vol. 1
702
Lecture Schedule
Sr. No.
Topic
No. of Lecture (s)
Theory
1.
Soils and their management for plantation forestry: Soils of India
2
2.
Soil requirements for plantation forestry, physical properties of
major soils of India, soil erosion and erodibility, erosion control
3
3.
Dynamics of nutrient supply in plantation soils: variability of
nutrient stores in forest soils, changes in nutrient content
1
4.
Nutrient losses and their assessment, nutrient gains,
nutrient transformation in soils
2
5.
Nitrogen fixation in tropical forest plantations: N fixation
process, species, rates of N fixation, factors influencing N fixation
2
6.
Nutrient cycling – comparison of plantation productivity – case studies
2
7.
Hydrology of forest plantations: Forest hydrological cycle;
The role of hydrological modelling in plantation management
2
8.
Organic matter: decomposition and mineralization; Litter
accumulation and decomposition, effect of litter on soil, Interpretation
of accumulation, decay and mineralisation processes
3
9.
Management of litter and soil organic matter in forest plantations
2
10.
Soil and stand management for short rotation plantations
1
11.
Water availability, Nutrient supply, uptake and tree growth,
constraints on production, nutrient amendments and correction
of nutrient deficiency
3
12.
Nutritional factors controlling stand growth
1
13.
Reforestation of salt affected and acid soils, coastal soils
2
14.
Effects of fire on soils: types of fires, effects of fire on soil
properties, effects of fire on air and water quality
2
15.
Management and long term soil productivity – soil
compaction and erosion
2
16.
Harvest removal and nutrient budgeting – harvest effect
on water quality – strategies for future management
2
Total
32