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Using soil and plant testing data to better inform nutrient management and optimise fertiliser investments for grain growers in the southern region logo
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Using soil and plant testing data to better inform nutrient management and optimise fertiliser investments for grain growers in the southern region

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

At present soil testing is widely recognised across Australia as the best way to determine supplies of plant available phosphorus, potassium and sulphur, and fertiliser requirements applications needed to meet crop demand. Despite the availability of these services, levels of adoption of soil and plant testing in the southern region...

31 May 2018 - 29 Nov 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Increasing production on sandy soils in low and medium rainfall areas of the southern region logo
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Increasing production on sandy soils in low and medium rainfall areas of the southern region

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

A large gap exists between actual yield and water limited yield potential on sandy soils in the low rainfall cropping zone of south-eastern Australia. This project investigates the potential for the management of constraints to production under these conditions through a combination of mitigation and amelioration strategies. An initial research...

30 Jun 2016 - 30 May 2023

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Understanding the amelioration processes of the subsoil application of amendments in the southern region logo
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Understanding the amelioration processes of the subsoil application of amendments in the southern region

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Most cropping soils in the southern region contain one or more subsoil physicochemical constraints, such as high boron or sodicity, that can effect root growth, limit water and nutrient use by crops and decrease yield. Sub-soil manuring (application of large amounts of organic matter at depth) has displayed some potential...

30 Jun 2016 - 30 Jun 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions (DJPR) [Vic]

Post-Doctoral Fellowship - Understanding mechanisms of subsoil amelioration logo
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Post-Doctoral Fellowship - Understanding mechanisms of subsoil amelioration

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

This investment aims to develop cost effective techniques to ameliorate poorly structured subsoils and increase crop production and profitability through the incorporation of organic matter and/or other amendments. The project will focus on root distribution in soil layers, crop canopy function on water and nutrient uptake by the crop, and...

1 Jun 2018 - 30 Jun 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

La Trobe University

Post-Doctoral Fellowship - More profit from lentils through enhanced tolerance of waterlogging and improved canopy management logo
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Post-Doctoral Fellowship - More profit from lentils through enhanced tolerance of waterlogging and improved canopy management

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

This investment will utilise pulse agronomy and physiology techniques to improved tolerance to waterlogging and improve canopy management to avoid risk associated with either poor growth and low yield, or excessive vegetative growth with low harvest index, lodging and disease.

25 Jun 2018 - 30 Jun 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

The University of Adelaide (UA)

Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Unravelling the relationships between soil mixing uniformity by spading and crop response logo
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Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Unravelling the relationships between soil mixing uniformity by spading and crop response

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Rotary spaders are increasingly being used by grain growers to incorporate surface applied soil amendments, loosen compacted layers and mix top-soil profile layers in constrained sandy soil environments. Discrete Element Method (DEM) simulations provide accurate predictions of the impact of settings and soil interactions of rotary spaders, which include operating...

15 Mar 2019 - 30 May 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

University of South Australia (UniSA)

Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Understanding causes of physical constraints in sandy soils and implications for targeted deep tillage logo
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Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Understanding causes of physical constraints in sandy soils and implications for targeted deep tillage

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Physical constraints to crop water-use are prevalent in sandy soils of the southern region, but the nature of the physical constraint and crop responses to strategic deep tillage varies significantly. Barriers to adoption of strategic tillage include variable yield responses, concerns over short-term ripping effects, and the erosion risk of...

15 Jun 2019 - 30 Jun 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Synchrotron Postdoctoral Fellow no. 2: Soil - nutrient availability mapping under field conditions using intact soil cores logo
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Synchrotron Postdoctoral Fellow no. 2: Soil - nutrient availability mapping under field conditions using intact soil cores

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Depletion of phosphorous (P) and potassium (K) in soil sublayers is a significant issue for crop production. Decreased availability of P&K, and the variable effect of deep placement of P&K fertilisers, is likely due to transformation of P fertilisers to forms with low availability. The only current technique that can...

15 Oct 2019 - 1 Mar 2023

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

University of South Australia (UniSA)

Developing more informed decisions for management of infertile sandy soils in the southern Mallee region logo
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Developing more informed decisions for management of infertile sandy soils in the southern Mallee region

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

This investment aims to complete research into the potential impacts of soil amelioration and herbicide residues on crop production on hostile soils in low rainfall Mallee farming systems.

1 Aug 2020 - 31 May 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

The University of Adelaide (UA)

CSIRO - UNDERSTANDING CONSTRAINTS TO CROP PROFITS ON HIGHLY CALCAREOUS SOIL logo
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CSIRO - UNDERSTANDING CONSTRAINTS TO CROP PROFITS ON HIGHLY CALCAREOUS SOIL

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Very highly calcareous soils contain 30-90% free lime and pH is above 8.0 which has major implications for crop nutrition, root diseases and other issues, resulting in poor crop establishment, vigour, grain yield, and gross margins. This investment aims to boost crop profitability on calcareous soils in South Australia through...

15 Sep 2020 - 1 Jun 2023

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)