Date Accessioned | 2018-02-14 |
Date Available | 2018-02-14 |
Issued | 2013 |
Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/11079/16934 |
Abstract | The benefits of using soybeans as a break crop during the traditional sugarcane crop fallow period has been well documented. Trials conducted under the SYDJV highlighted that legumes, such as soybeans, produced the following benefits: Improvements in soil health through better balanced biology; Fewer sugarcane root pathogens; Biologically fixed nitrogen reducing the need for inorganic nitrogen fertilizer and consequently reducing the use of fossil fuel to produce that fertilizer; Better cane growth and yield and increased profitability; The tap root on legumes compared with the adventitious root system of sugarcane can work to improve soil structure. |
Language | en |
Publisher | Sugar Research Australia Limited |
Part of Series | 2011/060; GGP060 |
Subject | Farming systems |
Subject | Production management |
Title | Developing a robust soybean industry in Central and Northern Queensland : Final report GGP060 |
Keywords | Soybean, fallow, soil health |