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Soil And Plant Analysis : A Guide To Fertilizer Usage, Walter Jacob Cox
Soil And Plant Analysis : A Guide To Fertilizer Usage, Walter Jacob Cox
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Soil and plant analysis can be used to identify problems in soils, diagnose nutrient deficiencies and as a guide to fertiliser usage.
Soil testing is particularily useful where large amounts of phosphorus and potassium are leached or removed from the paddock in hay or silage.
Actual rates of fertiliser can only be recommended from soil testing and only in conjunction with additional biological and economic information.
Potassium Deficiency In Lupins : Identification, Rates, Times And Method Of Application, Walter Jacob Cox
Potassium Deficiency In Lupins : Identification, Rates, Times And Method Of Application, Walter Jacob Cox
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Large areas of sandplain soils north of Perth are low in potassium levels, and responses to applied potassium have been large for both sub. clover and grain lupins.
This article indicates where potassium might be needed, and how to diagnose and overcome deficiencies in lupins.
Plants As Pumps, E A N Greenwood
Plants As Pumps, E A N Greenwood
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Native species vary greatly in their ability to pump ground water.
CSIRO studies are measuring water use by different plants to plan revegetation strategies.