Resources for Crop Nutrition

Specialised facilities to support studies on soil and nutrient management

Our facilities include:

Site with depleted P & K status for soil nutrient studies
Over 6 hectares available annually for field vegetable and associated trials work (with irrigation)
Precision fertiliser application technology
Hydroponic and Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) growing facilities for the accurate supply of nutrients
Non-destructive root growth assessment facilities
On-site soil and plant analytical laboratory
Compost mixing equipment
Rhizotrons (for examining roots in situ)

Contact

If interested in accessing our facilities, please contact Sally Mann

Research expertise:

Rob Lillywhite - the nitrogen nutrition of crops and the release of nitrogen from crop residues.

Miriam Gifford - nodulation in plants, improving nitrogen use efficiency.

Gary Bending - diversity and roles of microbial communities inhabiting plants, soil and water.

Ryan Mushinski - microbial controls over biogeochemical cycling in terrestrial ecosystems, with particular emphasis on nitrogen transformations and trace gas emissions

Find out more about our Crop Nutrition Research

If you are interested in working with us, please contact