AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
Department of Forestry
& Natural Environment
Management

Fertility of forest soils

Course Content

Factors affecting soil fertility and plant growth. Clay minerals and soil fertility. Assessment of soil fertility. Nutrients and nutrition of plants. Improving soil fertility - fertilizers. Application of fertilization in forestry and consequences. Upon successful completion of the course, students acquire, on the one hand, general knowledge of forest soil fertility and, on the other hand, special knowledge regarding nutrients, their concentration, the problems created in plant nutrition by their presence in high or low concentrations. , fertilizers as well as forestry measures to be taken for proper, sustainable management.

Learning Results

The main goal is to
understand the relationships between them, their interactions and the importance of
proper and sustainable management of forest ecosystems and their components for the
health of the natural environment and all their living components.

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DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY 

The Department of Forestry and Natural Environment Management joined the Faculty of Plant Sciences of the AUA. The Department operates from the academic year 2019-2020 and is based in Tthe city of Karpenisi. Housed in the building facilities of the Department of Forestry and Natural Environment Management of the former Technical Scool (TEI)  of Central Greece.
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