Publication Date

1990

Series Number

Miscellaneous Publication 3/90

Publisher

Department of Agriculture, Western Australia

City

Perth

ISSN

0725-847X

Abstract

PLANTSCAN is a network of schools and landholders throughout the wheatbelt of Western Australia. It aims to speed up the process of testing plants for their suitability to this environment.

This kit contains seed of various trees and shrubs and notes on how to grow them, plant them out into a small plot and record their progress.

Schools and landholders throughout the wheatbelt who have purchased this kit become part of a research network aimed at selecting plants that will:

* overcome soil erosion;

* overcome soil salinity;

* and provide a source of income for farmers.

The following sheets are intended as a guide to teachers and landholders in setting up their experimental plot and monitoring its progress.

Number of Pages

57

Keywords

Plants, Farms, Soil erosion, Soil salinity, Wheatbelt, Western Australia

Disciplines

Agribusiness | Agricultural Science | Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment | Environmental Monitoring | Hydrology | Natural Resource Economics | Natural Resources and Conservation | Natural Resources Management and Policy | Soil Science

Comments

A National Soil Conservation Program Initiative

Materials for the project kits were made available through a grant from 5 the Billion Trees Program

Maps

Maps are not included as part of the complete document download. If this report contains a map, it will be available in the individual parts list below.

Download

This file is 48.9 MB. Files over 3MB may be slow to open. For best results, right-click and select "save as..."

Share

COinS