7. A. COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Students are expected duely register for al the stipulated courses. Four

courses of 12 units and five courses of 18 units should be registered for at

the first and second semesters respectively.

1st Term - 4 Courses - 12 Units

2nd Term - 4 Courses - 12 Units

Projects 6 Units

Total Units 30 Units

B. COURSES ASSESSMENTS

i. Every course assessment shall normally consists of the students performance

in continuous evaluation (25-40%) as well as the results of the final

examinations in the course (60-70%).

ii. The pass mark for every course assessment is 40%.

iii. Each student should have pass marks in all the registered courses.

EXECUTIVE POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN AGRICULTURAL

EXTENSION AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE UNIT

LECTURER

AEE 611 - Basic Concepts in Agricultural 3 Dr. J.G. Adewale

Extension and Rural Sociology;

Programmes of Change in Agricultural

and Rural Development.

AEE 612 - Development Planning, Project

Analysis and Evaluation in Rural

Development. 3 Dr. I. O. Oladosu

AEE 613 - Rural Community Organization and

Development, Group Dynamics and

Leadership in Extension. 3 Mr. F.A. Kuponiyi

AEE 614 - Programme Planning in Extension

and Rural Development. 3 Dr. A. B. Ogunwale

AEE 615 - Statistics and Research Methods in

Rural Development. 3 Dr. J. G. Adewale

AEE 616 - Fundamentals of Accounting and

Resources Management in Rural

Development. 3 Mr. J.O. Ajetomobi

AEE 617 - Communication and Human Relations

in Extension and Rural Development. 3 Dr.I.O. Oladosun

AEE 618 - Administration, Supervision and

Management in Extension and Rural

Development. 3 Dr. A.B. Ogunwale

Mr. F. A. Kuponiyi

AEE 610 - Project. 4 All Resources Persons.

10. CURRICULUM

A. COURSE OF STUDY/COURSE OUTLINES

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN AGRIBUSINESS

CODE COURSE TITLE

UNITS

AEE 600 - Quantitative Methods 3

AEE 601 - Agricultural Business Management 3

AEE 602 - Planning, Organizing and Teaching Agribusiness 3

AEE 603 - Farm Appraisal and Evaluation

AEE 604 - Agricultural Development and Policy

AEE 605 - Agric Economic Analysis 3

AEE 606 - Farm Management 3

AEE 607 - Advanced Agricultural Marketing 3

AEE 610 - Project 6

CURRICULUM FOR POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN AGRIBUSINESS

AEE 600 – QUANTITATIVE METHODS:

Basic concept of statistics, Statistical Inference Research Designs;

Elementary Econometric, Allocation and Decision Problems (Risk

Management Techniques).

AEE 602 – AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT:

Theory of farm-firm, Production Management Plant Location

analysis, Layout Planning and Material Handling, Purchasing and

Inventory, Production Planning and Control, Quality Control

Marketing Planning and Control, Government Regulation, Services.

AEE 602 – PLANNING, ORGANISING AND TEACHING AGRIBUSINESS:

Selection of Teaching Materials, Tools and Training aids and Methods

and Techniques of Teaching Agribusiness.

AEE 603 – FARM APPRAISAL AND EVALUATION

Nature and scope of financial Management Analytical tools for

Financial Management. Growth of the Farm-firm, Financial Leverage

compounding, discounting and capital budgeting Cost of Capital,

Financial Markets and Agricultural Lending Agencies Formulation

and appraisal of Projects in Agriculture.

AEE 604 – AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND POLICY

The role of agriculture, constraints to development. Theories Agric

Development, Government Agricultural Policies.

AEE 605 – AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ANALYSIS

The application of basic economic concepts such as Profit

Maximization, Cost Minimization, Resources Substitution, Demand

and Supply and Distribution of Agricultural Commodities. The fows

is on management and decision making but attention is also given to

consistent government policy issues and international trade.

AEE 606 – FARM MANAGEMENT

The analysis of farm business records and applications of economics

concept in decision making in farm planting, farm organization and

farm management emphasis will be on enterprise selection and

combination, Resources combination. Substitution and Valuation,

Relationship between the Production Function and Supply. Cost

Minimization and Profit Maximization Management and

entrepreneurship in Agriculture, farm family guals and growth of the

farm firm problems and procedures in farm management decision,

planning for efficient use of farm resources, mechanization in tropical

agriculture, management of large scale farms, farm project and

feasibility analysis.

AEE 607 – ADVANCED AGRICULTURAL MARKETING

A study of the marketing system, and the market for farm products,

methods of reducing costs and Improving/Marketing processes. A

review of the activities of government agencies and their effects on

the marketing system. The roles and problems of cooperatives in

Agricultural Marketing, Marketing efficiency analysis.

AEE 610 – PROJECT

This will be based on empirical investigation of problems of

Agribusiness and Rural Development chosen by the student under the

supervision of a staff member. The mode of investigation and

reporting shall be in accordance with the conditions laid down by the

Graduate school.

2. CURRICULUM DIPLOMA IN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

DURATION: 12 Months made up of 2 terms of 12 week-ends each.

One Weekend - Friday 4.00 -6.00p.m.

- Saturday 8.00a.m. -4.00p.m.

The Course is Non-residential.

TARGET BENEFICIARIES:

Staff of Agricultural Development Programmes (ADPS), Agricultural

Extension; Community Development; Rural Development Officers in

the Ministries; Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and

Parastatals such as NALDA, River Basin Development Authorities;

National Directorate of Employment (NDE), NACB and Agricultural

Officers in Banks and other related organizations.

COURSES:

1st Term - 4 Courses - 12 Units

2nd Term - 4 Courses - 12 Units

Project - 6 Units

Total Units 30 Units

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND RURAL

DEVELOPMENT

CODE COURSE TITLE UNITS

1. AEE 611 Basic Concepts in Agricultural Extension and 3

Rural Sociology; Programmes of Change in

Agricultural and Rural Development.

2. AEE 612 Development Planning, Project Analysis and

Evaluation in Rural Development. 3

3. AEE 613 Rural Community Organization and Development 3

Group Dynamics and Leadership in Extension.

4. AEE 614 Programme Planning in Extension and Rural

Development. 3

5. AEE 615 Statistics and Research Method in Rural Development. 3

6. AEE 616 Fundamental of Accounting and Resources

Management In Rural Development. 3

7. AEE 617 Communication and Human Relation in Extension

Rural Development. 3

8. AEE 618 Administration Supervision and Management 3

in Extension and Rural Development.

9. AEE 610 Project (Throughout the 2 Terms) 6

COURSE CONTENT

(1) AEE 610 PROJECTS – (6 UNITS)

Each student is expected to carry out brief investigation leading to the

production of dissertation on an agricultural extension or rural development related

topic under the supervision of a teaching staff.

(2) AEE 611 – BASIC CONTENTS IN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION

AND URAL SOCIOLOGY PRORAMME OF CHANGE IN

AGRICULTURE AND URAL DEVELOPMENT: (3 UNITS)

Basic philosophies behind extension work;

The institutional setting of agricultural extension;

Agricultural Extension in Nigeria and elsewhere in the world;

Basic concepts and principles of rural sociology;

Importance of rural communities and institutions, Social stratifications,

Social Processes, Settlement Patterns, Social Changes in rural areas;

The Extension Agent and the Rural Community;

Introducing programmes of Change in Agriculture and Rural Development;

Understanding Social and Technological Changes;

General Principles of Introducing Technological Changes;

The Concepts of Sustainable and Appropriate Technology;

Diffusion and Adoption of Innovations;

Definition and Elements of Diffusion;

Perspectives on Diffusion in Social Change;

The Innovation Adoption Process;

Characteristics of Innovations;

Adoption Rate and Adopters’ Categories;

Opinion Leadership;

Change Agents’ Role in Adoption Process;

Case Studies on Diffusion of Innovations in Nigeria.

(3) AEE 612 – DEVLEOPMENT PLANNING: PROJECT ANALYSIS

AND VALUATION IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT – (3 UNITS)

Problems of Economics and Rural Development Planning in Nigeria:-

Project Planning Network Analysis;

What is Evaluation? Types of Evaluation; Stages in the Evaluation Process;

The place of Evaluation; in Rural Development;

Identification; Preparation; Monitoring Public Projects and Programmes;

Approaches to Evaluation; the Evaluation Process; the use of Evaluation

Results.

(4) AEE 615 – RURAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AND

DEVELOPMENT: GROUP DYNAMICS AND LEADERSHIP IN

EXTENSION (3 UNITS)

Organizations of Village Communities:

Village Organizations of Major Ethnics Group in Nigeria.

Case Studies of Community Development in Nigeria and other African

Countries;

Social Groups and Association in Village Communities;

The Future of Rural Communities in Nigeria;

Community Organization; Community Power Structure; Banking between

Systems;

Citizens’ Participation and Community Organization;

Group dynamics and Leaders in Rural Development;

Leadership in Rural Communities; Characteristics; Types Functions, Roles

of Leaders in Rural Development;

Development of Rural Community Leader;

Organization for Rural Development in Nigeria;

Group Dynamics in Rural Development;

Definition of Group, Types of Group; Group Dynamics, Group, Roles,

Assumption in Group Dynamics (G.D.);

Important of group Dynamics in Rural Development;

The place of the Individual in the Group;

Motivation, Blocks to Participation in Groups and adjustment to Blocks;

Group Development; Phases of Groups Growth;

Internal and External Dynamics of Groups;

Selection, features, and use of some Groups Techniques; group evaluation;

Analysis of some Group relevant to Rural Development;

(5) AEE 614- PROGRAMME PLANNING IN EXTERMINAL RURAL

DEVELOPMENT (3 UNITS)

> Importance of Programme Planning in Extension and Rural Development

> Introduction to the Programme Process;

> Basic concepts in Programme Planning; such as Need, Clienteve

Participation, Plan of Work, Calendar of Work;

> Steps in the programme Planning Process;

> Principles of Programme Planning;

> Difficulties of Programme Planning in Nigeria;

> Relationship between Planning, Execution and Evaluation of Programme.

(6) AEE614 – STATISTICS AND RESEARCH METHODS IN RURAL

DEVELOPMENT

Introduction to Science and Scientific Method;

Defining a Research Problem;

Development Hypothesis and Objective;

Research Designs; Frequency Distribution; Mean; Median; Mode; Bank,

Standard Devitions,Correralation Analysis, Multiple Regression Analysis,

Chi- squares; T- test, Analysis of Variance;

(7) AEE 616 – FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING AND

RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT – 3

UNITS

Principles of Accounting up to double entry system;

Application and Interpretation of Accounting in Managerial Decision

Making;

Preparation, Administration and Control of Budgets;

The Application of Project Evaluation Techniques such as Project

Management PPRS: MBC: Network Analysis, PMRT Estimation of

Potential Demand and Resources Flow; Cash flow and Investment Criteria.

Application by the use of Case Studies.

(8) AEE 617 – COMMUNICATION AND HUMAN RELATIONS IN

EXTENSION

> Definition and Theories of Communication, and their Application to

Extension and Rural Development;

> Principles and Process of Communication;

> Channels of Communication between Rural Development Administrations

Research; Extension Specialist, (Field Agent/Workers) and Farmers;

> Social Communication; Interpersonal; Intergroup Communication;

> Mass Media in Communication Knowledge and Information to Large

Number of People; Television, Radio, Newspaper, Magazine; Films; Poster

e.t.c

> Principles of Writing and Editing Extension Report;

> Principles of Extension Teaching Methods;

> Principles of Human and Public Relations and their application to Extension

and Rural Development Programme.

(9) AEE 618- ADMINISTRATION, SUPERVISION AND

MANAGEMENT IN EXTENSION AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAMME

Definition and Principles of Administration, Supervision, and Management

in Extension and Rural Development;

The Principles of Organization; Theory; Informal Organization;

Bureaucracy; Politics and Administration; the Administrative Process; Staff

Development, Recruitment; Selection; Placement e.t.c.

Basic concepts of Administration and Supervision in Rural Development;

Coordination of Resources for Extension and Rural Development

Programmes.

Roles and Responsibilities of Various Levels of Rural Development Officer.

Morals and Motivation and their Implications for Staff Development;

Creating Conducive working Environment, Discipline, Sanctions, Rewards

e.t.c.

(CROP SCIENCE UNIT)

Course Code Title Units

CRS 701 Seminar 1

CRS 710 Plant Growth and Yield Analysis 3

CRS 711 Advanced Plant Nutrition 3

CRS 712 Tropical Weeds and their Control 2

CRS 713 Principles & Practices of Plant Analysis 2

CRS 714 Farming Systems in the Tropics 2

CRS 715 Crop Reponses to Environment 2

CRS 716 Flowering, seed and fruit formation 2

CRS 717 Seed Germination and Seedling Establishment 2

CRS 718 Seed Production & Seed Quality Development 2

CRS 719 Seed Dormancy 3

CRS 720 Storage Systems for Seed and Tubers 3

CRS 721 Breeding Principles 3

CRS 722 Biotechnology in Plant Breeding 3

CRS 723 Experimental Methods in Plant Breeding 2

CRS 724 Physiological Genetics in Plant Breeding 2

CRS 725 Special Topics and Guided Readings in

Crop Science 2

CRS 726 Advanced Analytical Techniques for Agronomic

Experimentation 3

CRS 799 Project 4

HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE UNIT

Course Code Title Units

HRT 701 Seminar 1

HRT 710 Technology of Vegetable Crop Production 3

HRT 711 Technology of Fruit Crop Production 3

HRT 712 Amenity Horticulture and Landscape

Development 3

HRT 713 Crop Quality and Post-harvest Biology 3

HRT 714 Special Topics and Guided Readings in

Horticulture 2

HRT 799 Project 4

SOIL SCIENCE UNIT

SOS 701 Seminar 1

SOS 710 Soil Survey and Land Evaluation 3

SOS 711 Mineralogy of Soil Sediments 3

SOS 712 Soil-Water-Plant Relationship 2

SOS 713 Fertilizer Manufacture and Use 3

SOS 714 Pedology 3

SOS 715 Advanced Soil Chemistry 3

SOS 716 Advanced Soil Physics 3

SOS 717 Advanced Soil Microbiology 2

SOS 718 Evaluation and Management of soil Fertility 2

SOS 719 Soil Organic Matter 2

SOS 720 Theory and Practice of Soil Testing and Fertility 2

SOS 721 Soil and Water Pollution 2

SOS 722 Soil Reclamation 2

SOS 723 Soil Classification and Multivariate Methods

Applicable to Soil Data 3

SOS 724 Soil Spatial Analysis 2

SOS 725 Special Topics and Guided Reading in Soil

Science 2

SOS 726 Project 4

CROP PROTECTION UNIT

CRP 701 Seminar 1

CRP 710 Principles of Pest Control 3

CRP 711 Agro-Pesticides Practical

CRP 712 Biotechnology in Crop Protection Practical

CRP 713 Insect Taxonomy 2

CRP 714 Insect Morphology and Physiology Practical

CRP 715 Insect Behaviour and Ecology 2

CRP 716 Insect Ecology 3

CRP 717 Integrated Pest Management Practical

CRP 718 Stored Product Entomology Practical

CRP 719 Analytical Techniques of Bioactive Compounds 3

CRP 720 Toxicology of Insecticides Practical

CRP 721 Agricultural Entomology 2

CRP 722 Forest Insect ad Diseases 2

CRP 723 Medical and Veterinary Entomology 2

CRP 724 Species Topics & Guided Reading in Crop

Protection 2

CRP 725 Systems Modeling in Entomology 2

CRP 799 Project 4

COURSE CONTENTS

CROP SCIENCE UNIT

SEMINAR ON AN APPROVED TOPIC

CRS 701: Plant Growth and Yield Analysis

Experimental design in growth analysis; The role of plant characters in

growth, development and yield; Dry matter distribution; Effects of Cropping

situations on plant growth, development and yield.

CRS 711: Advanced Plant Nutrition

Mineral metabolism, deficiencies and toxicities, energetic and metabolic

coupling of active transport; genetic and ecological aspects of plant

nutrition.

CRS 712: Tropical Weeds and Their Control

Importance of weeds in crop production; history of weed chemicals,

characteristics of weeds; weeds and crop yields; nature of weed/crop

competition; environmental factors of weed growth and control; methods of

weed control.

CRS713: Principles and Practices in Plant Analysis

Basic principles and limitation of plant analysis; nutrient criteria in analysis

of pure and mixed crop verification of deficiency symptoms, sampling

techniques, sample preparation and handling; nutrient uptake and feed

evolutions; analysis and quality control; use of common instrument; data

collection and interpretation; operation and management of commercial

plant analysis laboratory.

CRS 714: Farming Systems in the Tropics

Basic for the farming systems in the tropics; shifting cultivation system;

semi-permanent cultivation system; Ley Farming system; permanent

cultivation system under rained situation; Irrigating; Irrigation Farming

System.

CRS 715: Crop Responses to Environment

Environmental factors influencing plant growth; Effects of Temperature

upon the Rates and Incidence of Growth Process; Temperature limitations

upon plant survival; Effects of Radiant Energy on vegetative Growth;

Effects of concentration of Gases in the soil Atmosphere on vegetative

Growth; Effects of Mineral Elements on Growth; Effects of Atmospheric

Gases and Pollutants on Growth.

CRS 716: Flowering Seed and Fruit Formation

Initiation and development of flowers; Pollen and Pollination; Initiation of

Embryo and Endosperm Growth; Development of the seed; Development of

Fruits; Parthenocarpy; Some Physiological Aspects of Fruit Development;

Embryo Culture.

CRS 717: Seed Germination and Seedling Establishment

The structure of seed; Germination; Water in Relation to Germination; light

and Germination; Temperature and Germination; Embryo Development as a

factor in Germination; General Aspects of the Germination process Oxygen

and Germination; Gactors affecting seedling vigour; Evaluation of seedling

vigour.

CRS 718: Seed Production and Seed Quality Development

General Principles of Seed Production; Maintenance of Nucleus and

Breeder’s seed; Physiological aspect of seed preservation; Effects of

environment before harvesting on seed quality; Cytological, genetical, and

metabolic changes associated with loss of viability.

CRS 719: Seed Dormancy

Definitions of dormancy; Embryo Development as a factor in

Dormancy; Physical and physiological mechanisms of dormance;

Longevity of seeds breaking of seed dormancy.

CRS 720: Storage Systems for Seed and Tubers

Temperature/moisture contents in storage; Biological factors affecting

storage design; Tuber storage; Factors affecting storage of tuber; Storage

loss of tuber; Storage chemicals; Factors affecting Seed storage.

CRS 721: Breeding Principles

Role of evolution and cytogenetics in plant breeding; Preservation of

Germplasm resources; more detailed consideration of plant breeding

methods with emphasis on selected tropical crops and pest and disease

resistance; a consideration of special plant breeding techniques such as

mutation breeding; indiced polyploidy; interspecific and intergenetic

hybridization, in-vitro crop Breeding; general consideration of genetic

constitution of random mating populations and inbreeding in such

populations.

CRS 722: Biotechnology in Plant Breeding

Cultures and culture system; Suspension; Crop improvement through tissue

culture; production of haploid plants; Screening mutants through tissue

culture; Preservation of Germplasm; Genetic Engineering.

CRS 723: Experimental Methods in Plant Breeding

Biometrical genetics and use of biometrical methods in plant breeding

research.

CRS 724: Physiological Genetics in Plant Breeding

A consideration of genetic, biochemical and molecular mechanisms

influencing variation in plant physiological processes such as

photosynthesis, respiration; self-incompatibility, heterosis and yield. Role of

environmental factors and their mediation through biochemical and

molecular processes in phenol-typic expressions, emphasis throughout the

course will be an application in plant breeding.

CRS 725: Special Topics and Guided Reading in Crop Science

Current topics in Crop Science, Literature Review; discussion groups;

special seminars by visiting lecturers, written report required of all students.

CRS 726: Advanced Statistical Methods for Agronomic Research

Statistical inference and major experimental design. Nested classification,

Straight factorials an various forms of split plot arrangements as fitted to

different designs. Split-plot in ‘space’ and ‘time’ in field experiments.

Multiple pairwise comparisons and single degree of Freedom comparison

(Especially orthogonal ones). Co-variance analysis curve fitting involving

various multiple linear and non-linear models. Tests for parameters in

regression equations. Techniques for data transformations. Use of different

computer packages for data analysis.

HOTICULTURAL SCIENCE UNIT

HRT 610: Seminar on an Approved Topic

Recent developments in commercial vegetable production technology.

Nutritional requirements of leafy fruits, root and floral vegetables. Plant

population studies, Propagation methods; vegetable nurseries-media,

containers and green house management. Environmental physiology-water,

light, temperature requirements of vegetable crops. Irrigated vegetable crops

production. Vegetable seed Production.

HRT 611: Technology of Fruit Crop Production

Origin and Botany of Tropical Fruits and Plantation corps of commercial

importance in Nigeria; Nursery Techniques; Root stock/scion relationships.

Physiology and Anatomical aspects of plant morphogenesis. Recent

advances in fruits and fruit tree nutrition and plantation and plantation

management-including soil management, weed and pest management,

produce processing and handling.

HRT 612: Amenity Horticulture and Landscape Development

Landscape design; amenity grass management; garden design social and

therapeutic floriculture; Landscape ecology and land reclamation; tissue

culture and micro propagation.

HRT 613: Crop Quality and Post-harvest Biology

Field Cultural practices in relation to the reduction of post-harvest loose.

Packing house and packaging. Methods of preservation of fruits and

vegetables to prevent wastages. Major ways of prolonging shelf life.

Mechanical refrigeration, vacuum cooling, liquid nitrogen gas and controlled

atmosphere storage. Heat measurement. Moisture content losses Respiration

and Respiratory quotient and climacteric.

HRT 614: Special Topics and Guided Readings in Horticulture

Current topics in Horticultural Science; Literature review, discussion groups;

special seminar by visiting lecturers. Written reports require of all students.

SOIL SCIENCE UNIT

SOS 601: Seminar on an Approved Topic

Elements of air photography and photogram. Elements of photo

interpretation for soils, land use and erosion surveys. Remote sensing in soil

survey. Methodology of soil survey. Organization of soil physiographic and

soils.

SOS 611: Mineralogy of Soil Sediments

Introduction to Crystal chemistry; Packing of ions in crystals; Dispersion of

soil material, common clay minerals in soils and sediment; fractionation of

soil material. Differential Thermal investigation of clays. Electron micros

microscipic analysis of clays; x-ray production and use in clay mineral

investigation.

SOS 612: Soil-Water-Plant Relationship

Nature of soil water; dynamics of soil water; measurement of soil water;

nature of plant water; role of plant water in the cell components;

measurement of internal water status; soil availability to plants-old an new

concepts; evapotranspiration; crop water use efficiency; physiological

processes as affected by soil water.

SOS 613: Fertilizer Manufacture and Use

Economics of fertilizer use; Fertilizer and economic development. Terms

used in fertilizer industry; Primary fertilizer nutrient sources and

manufacture; secondary and micronutrient fertilizers; mixed fertilizers and

formulation; analysis of fertilizers and control of grade and quality.

SOS 614: Pedology

The concept of soil; methods of soil investigations. Basic principles of

classification; taxonomic approach to soil classification; land and soil

resources of the world with emphasis on Nigeria; pedogenetic processes in

the area of soil composition, soil water, soil structure, soil aeration and soil

temperature.

SOS 615: Advanced Soil Chemistry

In-depth treatment of chemical composition and chemical properties of soils;

ionic equilibra of soils.

SOS 616: Advanced Soil Physics

Advanced treatment of soil physical properties and processes in the area of

soil composition, soil water, soil structure, soil aeration and soil temperature.

SOS 617: Advanced Soil Microbiology

The soil microbial environment and the biochemical transformations,

brought about by soil micro-organism.

SOS 618: Evaluation and Management of Soil Fertility

Concepts and assessment of soil fertility. Plants need for and use of mineral

elements. Deficiencies and excesses. Nutrient antagonism in soil and in

plant; fertility assessment procedures and programmes. Fertility

management.

SOS 619: Soil Organic Matter

Formation and decomposition of organic matter; chemical and physical

decomposition; Biological stability; Functions and importance in soil;

Impact of soil management and cropping systems.

SOS 621: Soil and Water Pollution

Industrial and Agricultural Effluents; Green house gases production and

evolution in soils and wetlands; Herbicides/Pesticide and their metabolism

Human and domestic wastes; Microbial degradation of biochemical

component.

SOS 622: Soil Reclamation

Soil erosion –types, causes and control; Agroforestry practices; salt removal

(leaching/drainage); Introduction to organic farming.

SOS: 623: Soil Classification and Multivariate Methods Applicable to Soil

Data

Approaches to soil classification; Concepts of Modern Soil Classification

Systems; French System (ORSTOM); USSR Classification System; USDA

System (Soil Taxonomy); FAO-UNESCO System; Fertility Capability

Classification (FCC); Soil Productivity Assessment (Multivariate Predictive

Equation).

SOS 624: Soil Spatial Analysis

Design of Techniques for Determination of spatial distribution of soils in

relation to natural vegetation; Relief and Moisture Condition.

SOS 625: Special Topics and Guided Reading in Soil Science

Current topics in Soil Science; Literature Review; discussion groups; Special

seminar by visiting lecturers; Written reports required of all students.

CROP PROTECTION UNIT

CRP 701 Seminars on an Approved Topic

CRS 710: Principles of Pest Control

Nature of agricultural pests and their control. Pests to include insects; Fungi;

bacteria, virus, birds, rodents, and nematodes.

CRP 711: Agropesticides

Classification of pesticides. Pesticide manufacture and formation. Pesticide

toxicity, residues, symptoms and treatment of poisoning. Safe handling of

pesticides. Spray equipment and maintenance.

CRP 712: Biotechnology in Crop Protection

Bioinsecticides, Gene transfer from virus/insect/Fungi resistance plants to

cultivated crops. Biotechnology and plant protection against insect pests.

CRP 713: Insect Taxonomy

Taxonomy of insects with particular attention to the insects of economic

importance in Nigeria.

CRP 714: Insect Morphology and Physiology

The study of the physical structures of insects; The physical and chemical

basis of insect structure and functions.

CRP 715: Insect Behaviour

Biological basis of insect behaviour; The Programming and integration of

behaviour; Spatial adjustment; Feeding Behaviour; Chemical

communication Defense; Reproductive behaviour, Brood care and social

life.

CRP 716: Insect Ecology

Principles of field research in the dynamics and distribution of natural

population of insects. Evaluation of insect of communities, values,

destruction, conservation and management.

CRP 717: Integrated Pest Management

Appreciation of pest status; Principles and Philosophy of integrated pest

management; integrated pest management for selection crops; Pest forecast

and computer simulation of pest outbreak.

CRP 718: Store Product Entomology

Pest position in the food pipeline; Bionomics and control of selected stored

product pests; Innovation in control of stored product pests.

CRP 719: Analytical Techniques of Bioactive Compounds

Theory and practice of Modern Methods of Chemical Analysis.

CRP 720: Toxicology Insecticides

Evaluation of toxicity in insects; Classification of insecticides; Mode of

action of Insecticides; Metabolism.

CRP 721: Agricultural Entomology

Control of insect pests of Agricultural importance in Nigeria.

CRP 722: Forest Insect and Diseases

Bionomics and control of insect pests and diseases of Forest Plantations in

the tropics; Pests and diseases of nurseries; Population dynamics of Forest

Pests.

CRP 723: Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Control of insect pests of medical and veterinary importance in Nigeria.

CRP 724: Special Topics and Guided Readings in Crop Protection

Current topics in crop protection; Literature review; discussion groups;

special seminars by visiting lecturer; written reports required of all students.

CRP 725: Systems Modeling in Entomology

The form and function of modeling in the integrated control of pests of

Agricultural importance in Nigeria.