Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0234684

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0234684

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The dynamics of organic matter turnover in soils to improve the productivity of Australia's agricultural industries. Two recent national reports on the soils issues facing Australian agriculture (Reeves et al, 1997; CSIRO, 2000) concluded that soil structural degradation remains, after salinisation, our major threat to the sustainability of agricultural production. This research will provide fundamental understanding of how the dynamics of organic matter turnover benefit aggregate formation and stability. This will advance the understanding of organic matter from simply considering the quantity of carbon present, to one of predicting the short- and long-term benefits to soil structure. This approach is innovative in the study of soil health, and has the potential to greatly advance the development of conservation farming systems.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 03-2002

End Date: 12-2005

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $67,635.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Soil Biology | Soil Physics | Soil Sciences

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Primary products from plants | Field crops |

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