Research Grant
[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP0347734]
Researchers:
A/Prof Hwat-Bing So
(Chief Investigator)
,
Dr G Kirchhof
(Chief Investigator)
,
Dr Neal Menzies
(Chief Investigator)
,
Adjunct Professor Ram Dalal AM
(Partner Investigator)
,
Dr Des McGarry
(Partner Investigator)
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Brief description Conservation tillage and its potential to affect catchment salt and water balances. Replacement of deep-rooted vegetation with shallow rooted crops has resulted in greater movement of water into groundwater systems, raising in groundwater level and mobilizing salt to the land's surface. The practice of conservation tillage, provides a range of advantages to landholders, but also has the potential to accentuate the risk of salinisation because it increases water infiltration into the soil surface. This project aims to evaluate the impact of conservation tillage on soil salt profiles in the Condamine-Balonne and Border Rivers Catchments, and to model will the effect of changed landscape salt and water balances on river water quality.
Funding Amount $314,000
Funding Scheme Linkage Projects
- PURL : https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP0347734
- ARC : LP0347734