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Soil fungi
Soil fungi are microscopic plant-like cells that grow in long threadlike structures or hyphae that make a mass called mycelium. The mycelium absorbs nutrients from … Read more
Plant Health Desktop Study
Australia¡¦s vegetable industry and government have invested heavily in plant health and crop protection R&D. Therefore, a substantial volume of published R&D information has been … Read more
Pilot project – Diagnostic tests for soilborne pathogens, International collaboration
This project was a pilot project for an international collaboration on molecular diagnostic tools for potato soil-borne pathogens, undertaken by Australia and research organisations in … Read more
Organic vegetable production – managing pests and diseases
This 8-page fact sheet describes the effective ways of managing pests (including weeds) and diseases in organic vegetable production systems. It is an excellent source … Read more
Options For Managing Onion White Rot
Report uses a multifaceted approach for the development of practical applications to reduce soil pathogen populations and allow for biological, agronomic and chemical strategies to … Read more
Optimum soil pH for crop plants
Every crop has an optimum soil pH range. Within this range, production potential is maximised. The plant’s critical range is the range of soil pH … Read more
Optimising phosphorus fertiliser use on intensively managed pastures
Most soils used for agriculture in south-western Australia were acutely phosphorus (P) deficient when first cleared for agriculture. Native vegetation had evolved to cope with … Read more
Nutrients applied to potato crops from irrigation water
Water from dams used to irrigate potato crops is not pure water. As well as common salt, irrigation water contains nutrients essential to plant growth … Read more
Nuffield Farming Scholarship
Under Project VG08012, HAL supports three Nuffield Scholars. Each scholar completes a 16-week Scholarship to travel overseas and study a topic related to the horticultural … Read more
Nitrogen Nutrition In Onions
This project undertook three trials on the Krasnozem soils in 1995/96 investigating the effect of nitrogen topdressing on the yield and quality of onions. The … Read more
Nitrogen Dynamics In Commercial Seed Potato Crops And Its Effect On Seed Yield, Quality, Storage And Subsequent Commercial Crop Performance
This report has allowed for seed potato growers to gain increase access to better guidelines on site-specific Nitrogen monitoring using ‘real time’ monitoring tools.
Nitrates in the groundwater beneath horticultural properties
Nitrates from nitrogen fertiliser leaches rapidly from sandy soils to the groundwater, where it can make the groundwater dangerous to drink and contribute to algal … Read more