Nutrient-management challenges and opportunities in conservation agriculture

John Angus, Mike Bell, Therese McBeath, Craig Scanlan

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    Abstract

    Massive changes have taken place in the nutrient management of Australian crops and pastures in the past three decades. Before then the supply of nutrients had been mostly from soil reserves (apart from phosphorus fertiliser, which has been routinely applied in the south), but during the three decades those reserves have declined and plant demand is increasingly met by fertilisers. Additional amounts of nutrients are needed to meet the requirements of higher yielding crops, the increased crop area stimulated by conservation agriculture (CA) and the reduced area of pastures and their supply of residual nitrogen from biological fixation.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationAustralian agriculture in 2020
    Subtitle of host publicationFrom conservation to automation
    EditorsJim Pratley, John Kirkegaard
    Place of PublicationWagga Wagga, Australia
    PublisherAustralian Society of Agronomy
    Chapter14
    Pages221-236
    Number of pages16
    ISBN (Electronic)9780648581901
    Publication statusPublished - 2019

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