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Title: Review of irrigation research and development on the Swan Coastal Plain conducted by Agriculture Western Australia since 1994 / Neil Lantzke.
Author: Western Australia. Agriculture Western Australia. ; Lantzke, N. C. (Neil Clifton), 1963- (Agriculture Western Australia, Perth)
Publisher: [South Perth, W.A.] : Agriculture Western Australia,
Year: 1997.
Description: [303] p. in various pagings ; 30 cm.
Subject: Research. ; Soil types. ; Vegetable growing. ; Irrigation. ; Lysimeters. ; Trickle irrigation. ; Swan coastal plain region - Western Australia. ; Potatoes. ; Irrigation scheduling. ; Organic fertilizers. ; Carrots. ; Irrigation systems. ; Sprinkler irrigation. ; Fertigation. ; Fertilizers. ; Soil amendments. ; Soil water. ; Peel Harvey catchment (W.A.) ; Nitrogen fertilizers. ; Western Australia.
Notes: Cover title. "In April 1994, a detailed review of irrigation work by the then Irrigation Group was conducted by Greg Luke (1994). Since that review, staff and capital allocated to irrigation research and extension have decreased substantially. Scott Moorhead, an irrigatio engineer, resigned in 1995 and Greg Luke, the Irrigation Group Leader, transferred to Albany and is now concentrating on policy issues. Since the introduction of the funder, purchaser, provider model in 1996, irrigation work by Agriculture Western Au ustralia since 1994 can be summarised under the following 9 headings: 1. Soil amendments. 2. Improving poor uniformity of vegetable growers irrigation systems. 3. The effect of wind speed on sprinkler uniformity. 4. Soil moisture sensors. 5. Line source
Includes bibliographical references.
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