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Bangladesh Agricultural University | |
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ACHEM 4122: Plant Nutrition, Pesticide and Environmental Chemistry (P)
Department of Agricultural Chemistry
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Course Code: ACHEM 4122 |
Course Title: Plant Nutrition, Pesticide and Environmental Chemistry |
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Credit: 1 |
Contact Hours: 32 |
Level: 4 |
Semester: 1 |
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Rationale:
This course covers the instrumental skills on analyses of plant nutrients, food adulterants and pesticide residue from plant, food and feed samples.
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO):
- Operate and calibrate various analytical instruments.
- Collect and process plant, food and feed samples for chemical analyses.
- Analyze nutrient elements, food adulterants and pesticide residues from different samples.
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Summary of Course Content
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Course Content |
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Analytical techniques of titrimetry, colorimetry/ spectrophotometry, flame emission, atomic absorption spectrophotometry and chromatography. |
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2 |
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Principles and procedures for collection and preparation of plant, food and feed samples; Preparation of plant extracts for the analysis of different nutrient elements. |
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Analysis of plant samples for nutrient elements. |
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Analysis of adulterants in food and feed samples. |
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Analysis of pesticide residue by different chromatographic techniques. Study of commonly used pesticides. |
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Field study of pesticide industries and food safety laboratories. |
2 & 3 |
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Total Lectures |
16 |
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Teaching Strategy
- Lecture
- Demonstration
- Practice
- Field trip
Assessment Strategy
- Short question
- MCQ
- Viva-voce
- Practical job
- Assignment
Books Recommended
Chopra, L.S., Kanwar, J.S. and Rakshit, A. 2014. Analytical Agricultural Chemistry. Kalyani Publishers, Ludhiana, New Delhi. India.
Gupta, P.K. 2013. Soil, Plant, Water and Fertilizer Analysis. 2nd edn., Agrobios Jodhpur, India.
Mendham, J.; Denney, R.C.; Barnes, J.D.; Thomas, M. and Sivasankar, B. 2009. Vogel’s Textbook of Quantitative Chemical Analysis. 6th edn., Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India.
Skoog, D.A.; West, D.M., Holler, F.J. and Crouch, S.R. 2014. Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry. 9th edn., Cengage Learning, USA.
Tandon, H.L.S. (ed.) 2013. Methods of Analysis of Soils, Plants, Waters, Fertilisers and Organic Manures. 2nd revised edn., Fertilizer Development and Consultation Organization, New Delhi, India.
Westerman, R.L. (ed.). 1990. Soil Testing and Plant Analysis, 3rd edn., Soil Science Society of America, Inc. Madison, Wisconsin, USA.