Plant Nutrition and Fertilization

Faculty

Faculty of Agricultural Science and Landscape Architecture

Version

Version 1 of 20.08.2025.

Module identifier

44B0303

Module level

Bachelor

Language of instruction

German

ECTS credit points and grading

5.0

Module frequency

only winter term

Duration

1 semester

 

 

Brief description

Basic knowledge of plant nutrition and fertilization is a prerequisite for understanding plant production. Students receive an overview of the effects of nutrients and harmful elements in soil and plants, important legal regulations and environmentally relevant aspects in the area of ??fertilization, as well as knowledge about the production of fertilizers and their use in agricultural cropping systems. The module therefore provides essential preparation for the skills to analyze and optimize crop production systems.

Teaching and learning outcomes

- Historical aspects of plant nutrition

- Definition and classification of nutrient elements

- Transformation processes of nutrients and pollutants in the soil

- Uptake of nutrients and distribution in the plant

- Nutrient elements as growth factor

- Physiological functions of important nutrients

- Basics of determining fertilizer requirements (soil and plant analysis)

- Environmentally relevant aspects of fertilization

- Legal regulations on the use of fertilizers

- Production and use of mineral and organic fertilizers

- Determination of requirements and fertilization strategies for the most important nutrients (N, P, K, Mg, S, Ca)

Overall workload

The total workload for the module is 150 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").

Teaching and learning methods
Lecturer based learning
Workload hoursType of teachingMedia implementationConcretization
60LecturePresence-
10PracticePresence-
Lecturer independent learning
Workload hoursType of teachingMedia implementationConcretization
30Preparation/follow-up for course work-
20Study of literature-
30Exam preparation-
Graded examination
  • Written examination
Literature

- Finck, A. (1997): Dünger und Düngung. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH.

- Knittel, H., E. Albert und T. Ebertseder (2012): Praxishandbuch Dünger und Düngung. Clenze: Agrimedia Verlag.

- Schilling, G. (2000): Pflanzenern?hrung und Düngung. Stuttgart: UTB Verlag.

- Schubert, S. (2006): Pflanzenern?hrung - Grundwissen Bachelor. Stuttgart: Verlag Eugen Ulmer KG.

Weitere Literaturhinweise werden vorlesungsbegleitend zur Verfügung gestellt.

Applicability in study programs

  • Agriculture
    • Agriculture B.Sc. (01.09.2025)

    Person responsible for the module
    • Olfs, Hans-Werner
    Teachers
    • Olfs, Hans-Werner