GRDC Grains Research Update, online - Estimating soil plant available water capacity (PAWC)

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GRDC Grains Research Update, online - Estimating soil plant available water capacity (PAWC)

Summary

• Using existing soil and landscape data sources to estimate plant available water capacity (PAWC) for decision-making and crop resourcing (CQ data sets will be used as examples of process). Kirsten Verburg & Brett Cocks (CSIRO)
• Commercial experience with soil maps. Brendan Griffiths (Precision Cropping Technologies)
  • What’s the value of a good soil map?
  • How can we use that information to make better decisions and more money?
  • How accurate does it need to be?

Past event resources

Update papers

• Exploring interactions of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), rhizobia and root-lesion nematode (Pratylenchus thornei) in mung bean
• Applications of three-dimensional measurement of soil water properties using Electromagnetic Induction

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