Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0562661
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Mid-rotation diagnosis and management options for correction of water and nutrient deficiencies in plantation-grown eucalypts. This research will improve productivity of bluegum plantations by improving current diagnostic techniques (foliage and soil analysis) for nutrient disorders and the supply of water. Using a novel phloem sampling and analysis technique, we will develop a nutrient (e.g. N, P) and water diagnosis procedure that is quick, cheap, robust and reliable for field use. A major innovation will be distinguishing the effects of shortages of water on growth from those of other growth influences. Overall, this project will provide a highly significant theoretical, conceptual and practical advance in mid-rotation, diagnostics for plantations with considerable commercial promise.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 07-2006
End Date: 12-2008
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $495,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Terrestrial Ecology | Plant Biology | Global Change Biology | Plant Physiology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Climate change | Primary products from plants | Land and water management |
