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Decide : How Much Superphosphate, G A. Robertson, J. W. Bowden, N. J. Halse
Decide : How Much Superphosphate, G A. Robertson, J. W. Bowden, N. J. Halse
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
* A 400 per cent increase in ihe price of superphosphate has reduced the economic optimum rates of super for crops and pastures in 1975.
* Many factors, both biological and economic, must be taken into account in determining the rate of superphosphate to apply.
• DECIDE, a model developed by CSIRO and the Department of Agriculture, provides a formal system in which all these factors can be considered.
• DECIDE is based on the results of all research on superphosphate carried out in Western Australia. However, each farmer's own knowledge of his farm, the soils, crops and animals is …