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Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia

1985

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Soil Hardpans And Plant Growth, J W. Bowden, R. J. Jarvis Jan 1985

Soil Hardpans And Plant Growth, J W. Bowden, R. J. Jarvis

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

When farm vehicles travel over moist soils they can create hardpans which can marledly reduce crop and pasture yields.

Research at Wongan Hills Research Station has shown that plant growth and nutrient uptake were affected for at least eight years after the original workings caused the hardpan.

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