Author: Amy Spear

Banana root and soil health user’s manual Tony Pattison and Stewart Lindsay, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Queensland [abgc_pdf heading=”READ THE REPORT” url=”https://abgc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/BRASH-SOIL-health-kit-users-manual-final5B15D-sec.pdf” heading_type=”H4″ magazine_view=”true” show_download_button=”true” download_text=”Download this resource” use_media_background_image=”true”] Water and Nitrogen Balance in Natural and Agricultural Systems in the Wet Tropics of North…

The strategy The banana industry has a great reputation for adopting environmental best management practices. The majority of growers respect the natural environment and the Great Barrier Reef and understand the impact their farming can have on the quality of water into local catchments.  …

Factsheets [abgc_pdf heading=”Sediment basins” url=”https://abgc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/sediment-basins-factsheet-230114-v1.pdf” heading_type=”H4″ magazine_view=”true” show_download_button=”true” download_text=”Download this resource” use_media_background_image=”true”] [abgc_pdf heading=”Buffer strips” url=”https://abgc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/buffer-strip-factsheet-220114-v1.pdf” heading_type=”H4″ magazine_view=”true” show_download_button=”true” download_text=”Download this resource” use_media_background_image=”true”] [abgc_pdf heading=”Vegetated swales and drains” url=”https://abgc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/vegetated-swales-drains-factsheet-230114-v2.pdf” heading_type=”H4″ magazine_view=”true” show_download_button=”true” download_text=”Download this resource” use_media_background_image=”true”] [abgc_pdf heading=”Constructed (treatment) wetlands” url=”https://abgc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/constructed-wetlands-2301014-v1.pdf” heading_type=”H4″ magazine_view=”true” show_download_button=”true” download_text=”Download…

Phosphorus Fertilizer Management Phosphorus fertiliser management of bananas has received little attention in the past. The result is that phosphorus application rates have generally remained unchanged since the 1990s. A recent project run by North Queensland scientists, John Armour and Rob Lait, has examined ways…