Crop Soil & Pest Management

This course is designed to introduce students to the basic concept of Biochemistry as a discipline. Foundational topics such as the definition and scope of Biochemistry, cell, acidity and alkalinity and the properties and biological functions of the major biomolecules (carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and nucleic acids) will be covered. This course is important for students of Biochemistry, other biological sciences, agricultural sciences and Chemistry.

This course is an important course for the chemistry students, it is meant to expose the student to the interesting chemistry of carbon in organic chemistry. The topics to cover include: Carbon in Organic chemistry, the concept of hybridization, structures and shapes of organic compounds, factors affecting organic reactions, bond breaking during organic reactions, types of reactions simple treatments of functional groups and analysis to identify functional groups.

Importance and scope of agriculture. Land and its uses with particular reference to agriculture. Introductory crop production. Agricultural ecology of Nigeria. Agronomy of some arable crops. Land preparation. Harvesting, processing and reservation method. Farm tools and machinery including tractor driving and by-products. Basic farm management techniques. Fisheries and wildlife production. Forest products. General introduction to livestock production and health.

This course is an exploratory, first course in botany and plant physiology designed primarily for students in Crop Science. It also meets the need of students in other agriculture related fields, as a beginner course that provides both theoretical and practical rudimentary knowledge in plant anatomy and physiology. The course focuses on plant structure and function including the cell, tissue and organs, the stem, roots, leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds. It also explores some important processes in plant such as photosynthesis, respiration, translocation of materials, as well as plant growth and development. Classification of economically important plant families is also a major component of the course. All of these are taught to the students in the classroom and in the laboratory.

This will involve field planting. Each student will be allocated a field plot for the planting and management of an arable crop. Students will be exposed to practical work in animal production and health, fisheries and wildlife management, and crop and forestry nurseries.