Completed project
Navigating the wealth of soil health information and identification of opportunities (PT16003)
Publication date: February 5, 2019
Delivery Partner: The Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture
This project, which ran from mid-2017 to mid-2018, reviewed the current state of knowledge of factors that influence soil health in potato growing. It produced grower-friendly resources to allow soil health information and R&D to be better utilised on-farm – allowing potato growers to boost understand what constitutes a healthy and productive soil and how to best improve soil health.
If the soil is more robust and resilient it may allow for shorter rotation times between potato crops generating greater returns.
Work undertaken included…
The literature review covered over 220 references on the different aspects of soil health (physical, chemical and biological), how to measure them, and how they can be influenced by management practices. At the end of the project, resources based on the findings were produced and the researchers made recommendations for further research avenues,
Download this fact sheet on improving soil heath and management produced by the project.
The below soil health information videos featuring potato growers were also produced…
You can also read more about the outcomes of the project on p10 of the June/July 2018 edition of the levy-funded Potatoes Australia magazine.
This project was a strategic levy investment in the Hort Innovation Potato - Fresh and Potato - Processing Funds
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