Demonstration of the impact of osmotic stress on an artificial cell
Plants experience osmotic stress when they are exposed to salinity in soil.
Understanding Your Soils: Sodicity and Salinity
Want to know more about soil sodicity and salinity? Watch this short video from the Understanding Your Soils Series...
Examining a soil pit face to identify at-risk soil
There are no hard and fast rules for diagnosing soil affected by sodicity in semi-arid and higher-rainfall landscapes.
Australian Soil Classification system
The Australian Soil Classification (ASC) system provides a framework for organising knowledge about Australian soils by allocating soils to...
Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook
The Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook specifies methods and terminology for soil and land surveys.
3D view of an individual gravel
Internal pores in ironstone gravel particles provide additional water storage, new surfaces for nutrient binding and microhabitats for microorganisms.
Using penetrometers and hand probes to identify soil compaction
Testing needs to be done when the soil is sufficiently wet to depth - preferably at the drained upper...
Gravel and bulk density calculator
A simple web-based tool for adjusting soil carbon and nutrient concentration results for either bulk density or gravel/stone content...
Testing for dispersion and slaking
Simple guide to testing for dispersion
