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Subsoil manuring produces no measurable change in soil or yield in irrigated vegetable production in the first year after treatment
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McPhee, JE and Dean, GJ and Chapman, TC and Hardie, MA and Corkrey, R, Subsoil manuring produces no measurable change in soil or yield in irrigated vegetable production in the first year after treatment, Soil and Tillage Research, 226 Article 105573. ISSN 0167-1987 (2023) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1016/j.still.2022.105573
Abstract
The expansion of irrigation infrastructure in Tasmania, Australia, has led to intensified irrigated crop production, including for vegetables. This has resulted in increased irrigation of texture contrast soils, and other soils with high clay content in the subsoil. Widely used for rain-fed grain production in other parts of Australia, these soils
have been subject to a range of soil amelioration approaches in an effort to improve their soil physical characteristics and capacity to produce crops. Subsoil manuring – the process of placing organic soil ameliorants at a target depth using a specially modified deep ripper – has proven to be successful in increasing yields of rain-fed grain crops. Locally available organic materials (chicken manure and poppy seed meal) were placed in the upper zone of a clay subsoil at three sites used for irrigated vegetable production. The crops grown were green peas for processing and carrots for seed production. Normal grower management practices were the reference against which treatments were compared. Subsequent measurements showed no consistent or significant benefit from
subsoil manuring one year after treatment under the soil and crop management conditions used in this research.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | subsoil manuring, irrigated vegetables, texture contrast soils |
| Research Division: | Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences |
| Research Group: | Horticultural production |
| Research Field: | Horticultural production not elsewhere classified |
| Objective Division: | Plant Production and Plant Primary Products |
| Objective Group: | Horticultural crops |
| Objective Field: | Horticultural crops not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | McPhee, JE (Mr John McPhee) |
| UTAS Author: | Dean, GJ (Mr Geoffrey Dean) |
| UTAS Author: | Chapman, TC (Ms Theresa Chapman) |
| UTAS Author: | Hardie, MA (Mr Marcus Hardie) |
| UTAS Author: | Corkrey, R (Dr Ross Corkrey) |
| ID Code: | 154198 |
| Year Published: | 2023 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 1 |
| Deposited By: | TIA - Research Institute |
| Deposited On: | 2022-11-09 |
| Last Modified: | 2022-12-14 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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