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Optimising Agronomic Options At The Farm Scale
Published 2005-11-03Strategic planning and policy development for environmentally sustainable and economically viable management options for the rice based farming systems require the assessment of management options using mathematical models ...Open AccessOther -
Optimising Agronomic Options at the Farm Scale. Draft Final Report
Published 2005-10-18Strategic planning and policy development for environmentally sustainable and economically viable management options for the rice based farming systems require the assessment of management options using mathematical models ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Organic Rice Production – Improving System Sustainability
Published 2005-10-26Trials conducted as part of the Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Rice Production during 2003-2004 investigated alternative weed management, cultivar assessments and fertiliser strategies in order to improve the ...Open AccessOther -
Participation in the XV International Symposium On Chironomidae, St Paul, Minnesota, And Study Tour To Washington State University
Published 2005-11-01This report summarises activities, findings and recommendations arising from overseas travel between Sunday 10 August and Monday 25 August 2003, during which time I spent approximately 5 days participating in the XV ...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 and Maximising the Benefits of Crops After Rice
Published 2005-01-01At the time this project was conceived, rising watertables and subsequent salinisation were considered to be the major threats to the sustainability of irrigated agriculture in the rice growing areas of southern NSW. The ...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 -
Quantifying Impact Of Rainfall On Shallow Groundwater Table In The Wakool Irrigation District, NSW
Published 2005-11-03Water table rise and salinity are major threats to the sustainability of agriculture in the Wakool area. In order to improve groundwater and salinity management in the Wakool area, it is necessary to quantify impact of ...Open AccessOther -
Remote sensing of irrigated crop types and its application to regional water balance estimation
Published 2005-11-03The strengths of moderate to coarse resolution satellite remote sensing in both identifying crop types and estimating crop area has resulted in the widespread use of this technology for agricultural monitoring. Although ...Open AccessOther -
Remote Sensing Of Rice-Based Irrigated Agriculture: A Review
Published 2005-11-03The ‘Green Revolution’ in rice farming of the late 1960’s denotes the beginning of the extensive breeding programs that have led to the many improved rice varieties that are now planted on more than 60% of the world’s ...Open AccessReport, Technical -
Report On A Study Tour To Examine Symptoms Of Rice Diseases In Southern USA And California
Published 2005-11-01This was the first visit by a pathologist to look at rice diseases overseas since the industry started over 80 years ago. The purpose of my visit to the USA was to become familiar with current research into, and symptoms ...Open AccessOther -
Report On Study Tour To Japan, Italy, Canada And USA
Published 2005-11-01PURPOSE OF THE TRIP • To visit Aichi Prefectural Agricultural Institute, Japan to compare rice production techniques. • To present papers at the 9th International Conference on Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. • To visit McMaster ...Open AccessOther -
Research Solutions To Watertable And Salinity Problems In The Rice Growing Areas Of Southern Australia
Published 2005-11-03The major threat to the sustainability of irrigated agriculture in the rice growing regions of the southern Australia is secondary salinisation as a result of rising watertables. Rice growing contributes about half of the ...Open AccessOther -
Researching Solutions to the Sustainability and Environmental Challenges for Rice-based Cropping Systems in Southern Australia
Published 2005-10-19The major threat to the sustainability of irrigated agriculture in the rice growing regions of the southern Australia is secondary salinisation as a result of rising watertables. Rice growing contributes about half of the ...Open AccessOther -
Rice CRC Water Quality Workshop Report
Published 2005-10-19The strategic plan of the Rice CRC includes an objective to develop systems which minimise pesticide residue levels in soils and waterways in rice based systems. During the first three years of the CRC there was only a ...Open AccessOther -
Rice Water Use Efficiency Workshop Proceedings
Published 2005-11-03For rice grown under ponded conditions in the southern Murray Darling Basin, total evapotranspiration from the paddock during the ponded period can be estimated from Epdk = 0.9 x Epan = 1 x ETo, where ETo is calculated ...Open AccessOther -
Risk Assessment Of Exotic Plant Diseases To The Australian Rice Industry, With Emphasis on Rice Blast
Published 2005-10-26A pest risk assessment was carried out using all available information found in the literature and also two softwares developed by the CSIRO, CLIMEX and DYMEX. CLIMEX was used to assess the suitability of the climate in ...Open AccessOther -
Salinity Research Workshop Report
Published 2005-10-19The CRC for Sustainable Rice Production Management Committee questioned whether the CRC Strategic Plan sufficiently addressed the problem of salinity, (and whether the current portfolio of salinity-related research projects ...Open AccessOther -
Scoping Out A Socio-Economic Research Agenda For The Co-Operative Research Centre For Sustainable Rice Production
Published 2005-10-31In May, 2000 the Co-operative Research Centre for Sustainable Rice Production (henceforth called the Rice CRC) commissioned Professor John Spriggs and Mr Tony Dunn from Charles Sturt University to write a paper called ...Open AccessOther -
Screening Reproductive-Stage Cold Tolerance For The NSW Rice Improvement Program
Published 2005-10-26A summary of this work is provided. The rest of the report will subsequently be the basis for information contained in a thesis to be produced by John Smith, Masters student. This project aimed at developing a clearly-defined ...Open AccessOther