Browsing Soil health and nutrient management by Title
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Risk assessment of phosphorus (P) loss and guidelines for P use in lower Herbert soils Final report on SRDC Project No CLW010
(2000)In project CSS3S (Bramley et aI., 1998), a field and laboratory-based survey of the behaviour of phosphorus (P) was carried out on the soils of the lower Herbert River catchment, and sediments derived from them. The aim ... -
Role of controlled release fertilizer in Australian sugarcane systems: final report 2014/011
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2017)Controlled release fertilisers (CRFs) are promoted as a means to optimise the productivity achieved per unit of fertiliser nitrogen (N) input and lower environmental impacts from N leaching, runoff and emission losses. ... -
Seeing is believing: managing soil variability, improve crop yield, and minimising off site impacts using digital soil mapping
(2020-12-31)Over 70 % of sugarcane industry operates next to the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). Farmers are under pressure to improve practices to minimise off-farm pollution, while at the same time improve fertiliser (e.g. lime) and ... -
Short and long term impacts of green cane trash blanketing on soil fertility
(2005)In the last three decades, there has been a widespread adoption of green cane harvesting-trash blanketing (GCTB) in the Australian sugarcane industry, generally motivated by the practical advantages (e.g. weed control, ... -
Smart blending of enhanced efficiency fertilisers to maximise sugarcane profitability : final technical report RRDP1718
(Cotton Research and Development Corporation;Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, 2020)Jointly funded by the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Sugar Research Australia, Queensland Government, and industry and research partners, this project aimed to: (1) characterise PCU N release ... -
Soil compaction studies - Mossman
(1975)Study was initiated to investigate the effects of the different bin transport systems on soil compaction. Compaction under dry soil conditions does not appear to be a serious problem and can ve overcome by cultivation. ... -
Soil constraints to productivity improvement
(1990)Yields of most crops are known to decrease if that crop is grown continuously without fallowing or rotation with other crop species. Sugarcane has been grown continuously on many fields in Queensland for 50-100 years. ... -
Soil constraints to productivity improvement
(1991)Evidence from investigations into fumigation, fungicide application, fallowing and growth of sugarcane on recently cultivated soils strongly suggests that yields in established cane growing areas are being restricted by ... -
Spatial distribution of potential soil constraints affecting nitrogen management in the Wet Tropics : ASSCT peer-reviewed paper
(ASSCT, 2019)Position in the landscape and climatic conditions experienced during the growing season, especially following the application of nitrogen (N) fertiliser, has important implications for crop growth, N uptake and N losses. ... -
Spatially explicit estimation of Achievable Yield Potential – An improved basis for fertilizer management: final report 2015/070
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2017)Current practice in implementing the SIX EASY STEPS (6ES) is to use the ‘district yield potential’ (DYP) to guide development of nitrogen (N) fertilizer recommendations. However, because both land (soil, topography) and ... -
SRA Research Project Final report UV absorption as a tool for growers to benchmark humified organic carbon in soil
(2014)In this project, we investigated the feasibility of modifying well established methods for quantifying aquatic humic substances, for detecting soil humic substances. Soil humic substances are the dark coloured, organic ... -
SRDC Final Report - Project BS142S: Economic cost of soil compaction
(1999)Objectives of this project were: Adapt a Scandinavian model to determine the effect of soil compaction on crop yield for the Australian sugar industry; Relate crop response to degree of compactness by examining current and ... -
SRDC Grower Group innovation project final report Developing a sediment trapping system in the Silkwood drainage board area (SDBA)
(2008)The Silkwood Drainage Board Area (SDBA) encompasses a catchment area of approximately 1200 hectares using a system of drains which are both man made and redesigned natural streams. There are roughly 16 kilometres of drainage ... -
SRDC Grower Group innovation project final report Profits through Recycling: Pilot processing of sugar industry and community by-products to improve on-farm sustainability
(2010)GGP034 set out to establish if cane farmers could produce on farm a percentage of their farm’s nutrient requirement from sugar industry and community wastes at a competitive cost and thus reduce off farm inputs. It was ... -
SRDC Grower Group Innovation Project final report SECMAPPER (Soil Electrical Conductivity Mapper): mapping soil electrical conductivity patterns below trash blankets and stubble
(2011)The SRDC funded Grower Group SECMAPPER (Soil Electrical Conductivity Mapper) project has modified an existing VERIS 3100 soil mapping system to map bare soil blocks through to blocks with thick trash and stubble residue ... -
SRDC Reseach Project final report Building grower capacity to understand and better manage groundwater
(2009)The Upper Haughton Water Balance Study - Building grower capacity to understand and better manage groundwater commenced in July 2006 after growers expressed concerns at the rising groundwater table in the Burdekin River ... -
SRDC Research Project final report Development of a constructed wetland for improving water quality in sugarcane drainage, and ensuring its community acceptance and industry adoption
(2007)Canefield drainage water quality is an increasingly important issue for the industry and community because of the potential downstream environmental impacts of contained contaminants. The community is increasingly ... -
SRDC Research Project final report Improved methods of compost generation
(2012)This report explores different techniques and management principles and the results of compost production specifically for sugar-cane in tropical agriculture. Our earlier research using the Lubke Methodology developed in ... -
SRDC Research Project final report Irrigation runoff event monitoring
(2006)A major concern of the Burdekin irrigated sugarcane growing industry is the impact of nutrient runoff on the waterways and the surrounding environment. In line with the current Commonwealth and State Government’s Reef Water ... -
SRDC Research Project Harnessing soil biology to improve the productivity of the new sugarcane farming system
(2010)This project addresses the knowledge gap of how management affects soil biological processes. This is important because management has to maximise soil health and nutrient relations. Knowledge of soil biology in context ...