Course Details

Pedology and Irrigation

Academic Year 2025/26

BSA005 course is part of 1 study plan

​ BPC-SI / V Summer Semester 3rd year

Course Guarantor

Ing. Eva Hyánková, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Landscape Water Management

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

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/289863

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.