Book chapter
Cool-Season grain legumes production and rhizobial interactions in Australian dryland agriculture
Challenges and Strategies of Dryland Agriculture, pp.229-242
John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
2015
Abstract
In this chapter we review recent advances in cool‐season pulse production in Australia and how rhizobial, soil, and environmental factors impact on productivity. Nationally, pulse production has continued to increase to about 2 × 106 t yr−1, but in recent years the capacity for nitrogen (N2) fixation has been limited, especially due to insufficient moisture in 2002 and through the emergence of Ascochyta blight in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) crops across southern Australia, in addition to abiotic factors such as extremes in soil pH (highly acidic or alkaline soils), temperature, soil moisture, nutrients, and chemical residues have a significant impact on N2 fixation and pulse production in Australia.
Details
- Title
- Cool-Season grain legumes production and rhizobial interactions in Australian dryland agriculture
- Authors/Creators
- J. Slattery (Author/Creator) - Rutherglen Research Institute Rutherglen Victoria AustraliaK.H.M. Siddique (Author/Creator) - The University of Western AustraliaJ. Howieson (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
- Contributors
- S.C. Rao (Editor)J. Ryan (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Challenges and Strategies of Dryland Agriculture, pp.229-242
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
- Identifiers
- 991005542451107891
- Copyright
- © 2004. Crop Science Society of America and American Society of Agronomy
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Additional Information
- Book Series:CSSA Special Publications; Vol. 32
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