Course Details
Pedology and Irrigation
Academic Year 2024/25
BSA005 course is part of 1 study plan
BPC-SI / V Summer Semester 3rd year
Course Guarantor
Institute
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
4 credits
Semester
summer
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit and examination
Offered to foreign students
Not to offer
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
1. Introduction to hydropedology, soil forming process.
2.–3. Soil forming factors and processes.
4. Physical, mechanic and chemical properties of soils.
5. Hydropedology - soil moisture and soil moisture measurements.
6. Soil hydrostatics - adsorption, capillarity, swelling, soil water potential.
7. History of irrigation, role and importance of irrigation, reasons of drought, plant and water, evapotranspiration, types of irrigation.
8. Irrigation water demand; water resources, quality and treatment.
9. Pumping stations, water distribution. Sprinkle irrigation, irrigation facilities and machines.
10. Lawn irrigation (parks, sport turf). Automated irrigation systems.
11. Micro-irrigation, drip irrigation. Irigatin of orchards, vineyards, vegetables.
12. Gravitational, fertilized and special types of irrigation. Climatic and antifrost irrigation.
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
1. Soil texture – sieve analysis.
2. Bulk density and current moisture.
3. The apparent density of soil particles.
4. Casagrande's test.
5. Andrian's test.
6. Soil reaction, determination CaCO3, test.
7.–12. Project of field irrigation in South Moravia.