School of Life and Environmental Sciences: Recent submissions
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Modelling the Fate of Molinate in Rice Paddies of South Eastern Australia Using RICEWG
Published 2005-06-22Contamination of drainage channels and creeks with pesticides used in rice production is of concern in south eastern Australia. Of major concern is the herbicide molinate that is detected in over 25% of water samples. This ...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 -
Hydro-climatic and Economic Evaluation of Seasonal Climate Forecasts for Risk Based Irrigation Management
Published 2005-01-01This work is focused in the Murrumbidgee catchment to help understand the value of the seasonal forecasts to rice based cropping systems. The key activities of this project include: • An overview of water allocation in the ...Open AccessOther -
Assessing the Impact of Rainfall Variability on Watertables in Irrigation Areas
Published 2001-01-01This report describes three different methods i.e. Quartiles, Deciles and a Standard Precipitation Index (SPI) of quantifying rainfall variability. The quartile and decile methods divide the data sets into discrete intervals ...Open AccessReport, Technical -
Water Quality Study Tour
Published 2005-10-19The major rice growing regions of North Eastern Argentina, South Brazil and Uruguay were visited in association with RIRDC between 2/3/03 - 9/3/03. Currently, drainage water quality from agriculture does not appear to be ...Open AccessOther