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Survey of soil carbon and nutrient services in Australian apple orchards
conference contribution
posted on 2023-05-23, 10:06 authored by Gentile, R, Robertson, C, Mason, K, Sivakumaran, S, van den Dijssel, C, Marcus HardieMarcus Hardie, Clothier, BThe Australian apple and pear industry is the third largest horticultural industry in Australia. To quantify the sustainability of orchard management, a better understanding of soil carbon, nutrient availability and soil health in Australian apple orchards is required. In these duplex soils, ridging is a common practice in orchards, where topsoil is transferred from the alley and mounded in the tree row to increase rooting depth and maintain aeration. Thus, a soil sampling protocol was established that accounted for the spatially complex system of an orchard by sampling in the tree row, wheel tracks and the grassed alley, to determine if this practice leads to a stratified distribution of soil carbon stocks or health measurements. Our objective was to conduct a survey of Australian apple orchard soils to establish the soil’s carbon status and determine the relationships between soil carbon and soil health parameters.
Funding
Horticulture Innovation Australia
History
Publication title
26th Annual FLRC Workshop: Occasional Report No. 26Editors
LD Currie, CL ChristensenPagination
1-5Department/School
Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA)Publisher
Fertilizer and Lime Research CentrePlace of publication
New ZealandEvent title
Accurate and Efficient Use of Nutrients on Farms: 26th Annual FLRC WorkshopEvent Venue
Massey University, New ZealandDate of Event (Start Date)
2013-02-01Date of Event (End Date)
2013-02-01Rights statement
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