Horticulture - annual

Oxygation

Oxygation involves mixing atmospheric air with irrigation water using a venturi and delivering it via a surface or subsurface drip irrigation system.

Increasing competition on supply of fresh water for irrigation by agricultural, domestic, sports and industrial users demands water use efficient irrigation methods and compliance with environmental regulations.

Up-skilling Water Managers on Expert Irrigation Systems

This project provided for the extension of the Vegetable Irrigation Scheduling System (VISS) to the vegetable industry. The VISS was developed for vegetable growers by the Department of Agriculture and Food of Western Australia (DAFWA), and uses evaporation rates automatically downloaded from local weather stations, plant growth factors and soil type to calculate the irrigation requirements of crops.

Vital Role For Australian Irrigation - 2012

Thi fact sheet summarises Australia’s role in global irrigated food production. Australia’s irrigators have a vital role to play in meeting the challenge of global food security in the context of climate change and a growing global population. With population growth and standards of living and diet increasing in some regions, the demand for food will double in coming decades. Irrigation currently provides 40% of world food supplies and is projected to meet 60% (more)...

Sensor and control system development for autonomous site-specific irrigation

The NPSI/IAL Travel Fellowship 2010 aimed to investigate developments toward autonomous site-specific irrigation control systems. Site-specific irrigation systems offer improvements in water use efficiency and crop performance by differentially applying irrigation to the field when and where it is required.

Incorporating rye grass into soil management

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Continuing the research

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Australian Soils

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The importance of managing soil for productivity

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Salinity management practice guidelines

A better understanding of plant requirements and the highly efficient management of water has led irrigators to apply water to accurately meet crop needs. This has meant a considerable reduction in the amount of water flushing through the root-zone. As a result, soil salinity levels have risen. Current drought conditions and low water allocations are likely to result in even less water being used to flush salts from the root-zone. The declining quality of water resources means that actively (more)...

Salinity Impacts on Lower Murray Horticulture

The project was developed to test the hypothesis: ‘a depressed leaching efficiency (LE) in the Lower Murray irrigation districts raises the root zone salinity and, improved water use efficiency (WUE) has an upper limit determined by that field’s LE and its variance’. The specific objectives were to: Determine/update the salinity relationships for irrigated horticulture along the Lower (more)...