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Precision Agriculture
Technological advances are giving growers a valuable boost in their ongoing efforts to generate more value from existing resources. In recent years, attention is increasingly … Read more
A National Strategy To Reduce Cadmium In Potatoes
This study seeks to devise techniques to control cadmium accumulation in Potato tubers. It investigates; an extension program to increase awareness, develop predictive tests to … Read more
Intensive Vegetable Production And Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhizas
Soil fumigation with metam sodium is a popular management tool in intensive vegetable production. Some vegetable growers in the Fassifem and Lockyer Valleys in SE … Read more
Increasing Water And Nutrient Use Efficiency In Vegetable Production On Sandy Soils
The project involving over 20 properties in WA indicates that efficient fertiliser use depends on good irrigation scheduling and schronisation of the application of nutrients … Read more
Improving Soil Health for Yield and Profit in Vegetables
Researchers who are part of the VIC DPI Vegetable Soil Health Team have found that by measuring biological, physical and chemical properties in soil they … Read more
Improved Labelling Of Pesticides – Stage 2
Horticulture Australia in response to grower concerns has been investigating the issue of pesticide labelling, i.e., their ease of use or lack thereof. Pesticide labels … Read more
Free-living bacteria lift soil nitrogen supply
Non-symbiotic nitrogen fixation can contribute significant plant-available nitrogen per hectare per year to intensive farming systems. With the potential for non-symbiotic nitrogen fixation to provide … Read more
Fertigation Management Of Trellis Tomatoes In Northern Victoria
This project involved the monitoring of sap nutrients levels in a number of trellis tomato crops relating these to fertigation practices and crop productivity, with … Read more
Farm Biosecurity Manual for the Northern Adelaide Plains Vegetable Growers
This short manual outlines protection measures relevant to biosecurity threats, developed for the Northern Adelaide Plains Vegetable Growers. It contains a summary of important biosecurity … Read more
Enhancing Fertiliser Use Efficiency For Transplanted Vegetables
Project investigates practical means of growing leafy vegetable crops could be grown using more efficient means of fertiliser application seeking to reduce fertilisier leaching into … Read more
Efficacy of SAR for disease control in rhubarb: A preliminary study and Developing guidelines for environmentally sustainable use of mineral fertilisers
A 4-page factsheet that details the purpose and findings of two projects – VG09031 and VG07036. While the former project – Efficacy of SAR for … Read more
Effect Of Soil Conditions And Fertilizers On Cadmium In Vegetables – A National Approach
This project investigated the effect of farm management practices within a national perspective, on cadmium concentrations in vegetables, especially potatoes. Both field and glasshouse experiments … Read more