Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Rice Production: Recent submissions
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A GIS Approach to Quantify Impact of Flooding on Shallow Groundwater Levels in the Wakool Irrigation District - Final Draft
Published 2005-10-19Environmental degradation associated with shallow saline watertables is a major threat to the sustainability of agricultural industry throughout the Murray-Darling Basin. Located in the western part of the Murray Valley ...Open AccessOther -
Integration of 1401 Graduate Studies (Groundwater Management for Sustainable Farming Systems)
Published 2005-01-01This report presents the integration of research studies carried out by the graduate students at UTS and UNSW as part of the CRC for Sustainable Rice Production Graduate Studies Program. It evaluates the methodologies and ...Open AccessOther -
The Persistence of Pesticides in Floodwaters and How This is Influenced by Water Management and Layout
Published 2005-01-01The detection of pesticides in drainage water from rice in the MIA that frequently exceeded NSW Environmental Protection Agency guidelines for the protection of aquatic ecosystems led to rice growers with-holding water for ...Open AccessOther -
Quantifying Climate and Management Impacts on Watertables and Soil Salinity (Summary)
Published 2005-01-01This report describes the development of a surface-groundwater interaction model for the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area (MIA), situated in New South Wales, about 600 km west of Sydney and 900 km east of Adelaide. The MIA ...Open AccessOther -
Simulation of Yield and Environmental Impacts of Wheat after Rice in Bangladesh and Australia
Published 2005-10-19CERES-wheat and SWAGMAN Destiny models, respectively, were used to estimate the optimum time of sowing, and trade-off between yield and net recharge of the watertable, for wheat grown after rice in northern Bangladesh and ...Open AccessOther