Territory Stories

Properties of selected soils in the Douglas and Katherine Regions

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Title

Properties of selected soils in the Douglas and Katherine Regions,

Creator

Edmeades, B.F., Northern Territory. Department Of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts And Sport, Natural Resources Division, Northern Territory Agricultural Association Incorporated, Australia. Caring for our Country,

Collection

E-Publications, E-Books, PublicationNT, Technical Report 32/2011,

Date

2011-03,

Location

Douglas Daly Region, Katherine Research Farm,

Description

The Department of Natural Resources, Environment The Arts and Sport (NRETAS) was requested by the Northern Territory Agricultural Association (NTAgA) to describe and test three soils for the “Improved Irrigation and Nutrient Management Project”, and one for the “Increasing the Productivity of Improved Pastures by Sustainable Management of Native Vegetation Regrowth Project”. NRETAS involvement was to describe, test and report on three soil pits in the Douglas/Daly area and a fourth soil in the Katherine area. The report provides reference sites for land holders, agricultural consultants and government to assist sustainable land and water management., Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).,

Notes

A joint project of the Northern Territory Agriculture Association, Caring For Our Country and supported by the Northern Territory Department of Natural Resource, Environment The Arts And Sports. “A project to increase Irrigation Efficiency, Nutrient and Land Management.” and “Increasing the productivity of improved pastures by the sustainable management of native vegetation regrowth”,

Table of contents

Introduction -- Methodology -- Results and Discussion -- References -- Appendices -- Soil Profile Descriptions,

Language

English,

Subject

Soil moisture -- Northern Territory -- Katherine (N.T.) -- Measurement, Soil physics -- Northern Territory -- Katherine (N.T.)., Soil physics -- Northern Territory -- Douglas Daly Region (N.T.)., Soil moisture -- Northern Territory -- Douglas Daly Region (N.T.) -- Measurement,

Publisher name

Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport, Natural Resources Division,

Place of publication

Palmerston,

Series

Technical Report 32/2011,

Format

8 pages : colour illustrations ; 30 cm.,

File type

application/pdf,

Copyright owner

Check within Publication or with content Publisher.,

Related links

http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/252862,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/541213