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Date

2023/06/27

01:05

ebook

Soil Quality: 9 Gravel Soil

Original video courtesy

GRDC

Talent

Matthias Leopold, UWA

Video editing

Science with Style

Organisations

SoilsWest

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

Murdoch University

Grains Research and Development Corporation

Reference

ebook Soil Quality: 9 Gravel Soil

Brailsford F, Scanlan C, Weaver D, Holmes K and Leopold M (2023).

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Challenges of ironstone gravel soil

Soil management

06:14

This grower case study highlights new research to give growers practical information on how to better manage ironstone gravel...

Video

Introduction to ironstone gravel soil

01:35

Gravel soil comprises four million hectares of the arable area used for crop production in south-west Western Australia.

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Describing gravel soil at Kendenup, Western Australia

05:44

Tim Overheu, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, describes a gravelly duplex soil at Kendenup.

Video

3D view of an individual gravel

Soil physical attributes

01:01

Internal pores in ironstone gravel particles provide additional water storage, new surfaces for nutrient binding and microhabitats for microorganisms.

Video

Understanding how gravel interacts with the soil environment

01:05

Gravel particles contain pores which allows extra space for interactions with water, nutrients and microorganisms within the soil profile...

Video

Potential wheat yield on gravel soil in south-western agricultural region of Western Australia

01:30

High potential wheat yield based on rainfall corresponds with areas with a high proportion of gravel soil.

Video

A ‘systems’ approach to managing sodic and alkaline soil

Soil management

03:10

A combination of crop choice, water harvesting, gypsum application, maximising soil cover and no livestock, and then maintaining the...

Video

Processes of soil nutrient supply to plant roots

02:36

Professor Richard Bell explains how plant roots take up nutrients from the soil by diffusion, mass flow, and interception.

Nitrous oxide greenhouse gas emissions from dryland cropping soil

Soil management

5 min read

Quantifying the extent and timing of nitrous oxide emissions.

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