Field practical work with the participation of foreign partners from Germany
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- Published: 14 May 2019
Field trip to the steppe plot (Kostnay district) was carried out May 14, 2019 with the participation of foreign partners in the practical stage of the refresher course «Current trends at the assessment of global and local changes of natural ecosystems and the teaching of biological and geographical cycle disciplines».
Field practical work participants - Director of the Institute of Soil Science, University of Leibniz (Hannover, Germany), President of the German Soil Scientists Society, Professor Dr. Georg Guggenberger, Senior Researcher Shibistova Olga Borisovna (Leibniz Institute of Soil Science, Hannover, Germany), Professor, Doctor of Biological Sciences Bragina Tatyana Mikhailovna, Head of the SRC for Science and International Relations, Master of Biology Marina Aleksandrovna Bobrenko, students of the 2nd and 3rd courses of the specialties “Biology” and “Geography”.
In the field, Professor Dr. Georg Guggenberger gave a practical lesson for the participants on which he acquaint with the methodology for laying of soil profile cutting and its description by morphological features. Before vertical cut of the soil, soil formation factors were discussed of the considered soil. In the process of practical training, participants mastered the technology of laying soil cuts and describing the soil profile.
Taking stock, conclusions were made about the fertility of the soil, its genesis, and the prospects for using this soil in agriculture were discussed.
Professor, Doctor of Biological Sciences Bragina Tatyana Mikhailovna gave special consideration to the soil-forming activity of soil invertebrates and to familiarizing participants with the method of soil-zoological samples.
The field exercise were satisfied with the work done. Students express a desire to participate in events of this kind.
We thank our partners from Germany for carrying out the practical stage as part of a refresher course!
