| Researcher(s) |
Lyn Dohle |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2012 |
| Contributor | Agriculture Kangaroo Island Incorporated |
| Trial location(s) |
Kangaroo Island, SA
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To answer the question: can you affod to lime?
Long term trial work on KI, backed up by work inter and intra state has shown that as soils acidify the portion of acid tolerant weeds increases, growth of sub clover and perennial grasses decreases and crop yields decline. In addition many nutrients eg phosphorus, moly, magnesium and calcium become deficient but some like Aluminium can become toxic.
| Lead research organisation |
Agriculture Kangaroo Island Incorporated |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | Caring for our Country |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments | N/A |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | None: No crop specified |
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| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Article/commentary |
| Trial design | Not applicable |
| Sow date | Not applicable |
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| Harvest date | Not applicable |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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construct a comprehensive archive of Australian climate data , Environmental Modelling and Software, Vol
16/4, pp 309-330. DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(01)00008-1.
