Thursday 5 December 2019

Registration

Exhibition foyer

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM

Welcome to Country

Richard Walley Dr

Exhibition Foyer

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

Official Opening

Tony O'Donnell Prof., Executive Dean, University of Western Ausralia

8:45 AM - 8:55 AM

Important housekeeping notices

Tim Overheu, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

8:55 AM - 9:00 AM

Keynote Address

Daniel Murphy Prof., Head of School, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment

9:00 AM - 9:25 AM

Soil R&D Outcomes WA & Beyond

Session Chair: Assoc Prof Louise Barton

Subsoil contraints and their management: Overview from five years of R&D

David Hall, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Yvette Oliver, CSIRO
Shahab Pathan, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Karen Holmes, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Dennis van Gool, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Geoff Anderson, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Jeremy Lemon, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Caroline Peek, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Liz Petersen, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Glenn Macdonald, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
E G. Barrett-Lennard, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Dana Mulvaney, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Glen Riethmuller, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Edward Arnold Griffin, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Phil Ward, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

Soil R&D Outcomes WA & Beyond

Session Chair: Assoc Prof Louise Barton

Crop response to amelioration of agricultural soils are mediated by contraint combinations and soil type

Stephen Davies, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Wayne Parker, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Giacomo Betti, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
David Hall, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Tom Edwards, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Chad Reynolds, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Glenn Macdonald, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

9:45 AM - 10:00 AM

Morning tea and World Soil Day Celebration

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Soil R&D Outcomes WA & Beyond

Session Chair: Assoc Prof Louise Barton

Dynamics of water use by wheat and canola crops in compacted, acidic sands treated with deep tillage and lime

Gaus Azam, Department of Primary Industry and Regional Development
Chris Gazey, Department of Primary Industry and Regional Development
Richard Bowles, Department of Primary Industry and Regional Development

10:30 AM - 10:55 AM

Soil R&D Outcomes WA & Beyond

Session Chair: Assoc Prof Louise Barton

Soil nitrogen storage and availability to crops are increased by conservation agriculture practices in rice-based cropping systems in the eastern Gangetic Plains

MD. Khairal Alam, Agriculture Discipline, College of Science, Health, Education and Engineering, Murdoch University
Richard Bell, Agriculture Discipline, College of Science, Health, Education and Engineering, Murdoch University
M E. Haque, Agriculture Discipline, College of Science, Health, Education and Engineering, Murdoch University
M A. Islam, Pulse Research Centre, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute
M A. Kader, Bangladesh Agricultural University and University of South Pacific

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Soil R&D Outcomes WA & Beyond

Session Chair: Assoc Prof Louise Barton

Evolution of ryegrass resistance to glyphosate changes soil microbial diversity 14 years continuous application

Zakaria Solaiman, SoilsWest, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, and the UWA Institute of Agriculture,
Abul Hashem, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Bede Mikan, SoilsWest, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, and the UWA Institute of Agriculture,
Lynette Abbott, SoilsWest, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, and the UWA Institute of Agriculture,
Paul Storer, Troforte Innovations Pty Ltd
Vivek Bhat, Australian Mineral Fertilisers Pty Ltd
Andrew Whitely, SoilsWest, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, and the UWA Institute of Agriculture,

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Soil R&D Outcomes WA & Beyond

Session Chair: Assoc Prof. Louise Barton

Gravel is soil is gravel

David Weaver, Department of Primary Industry and Regional Development
Ron Master, Department of Primary Industry and Regional Development
David Rogers, Department of Primary Inudstry and Regional Development

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Soil R&D Outcomes WA & Beyond

Session Chair: Assoc Prof. Louise Barton

Simulating Australian soil organic carbon sequestration

Juhwan Lee, Soil & Landscape Science, School of Molecular & Life Sciences, Faculty of Science & Engineering, Curtin University
Raphael A. Viscarra Rossell, Soil & Landscape Science, School of Molecular & Life Sciences, Faculty of Science & Engineering, Curtin University

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Soil R&D Outcomes WA & Beyond

Session Chair: Assoc Prof Louise Barton

Extending the message of soil quality in the mobile device era

Chris Gazey, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Frances Hoyle, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment

11:45 AM - 11:55 AM

Soil R&D Outcomes WA & Beyond

Session Chair: Assoc Prof. Louise Barton

SoilsWest - GRDC launch of the next ebook in th Soil Quality series

Peter Bird, General Manager, Grain Research and Development Corporation
Frances Hoyle

11:55 AM - 12:05 PM

Soil Innovation & Development

Session Chair: Chris Gazey

iLime an app for assessing the management of soil acidity in agricultural systems

James Fisher, Désirée Futures
Jenni Clausen, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Fiona Evans, Premier’s Midcareer Fellow, Murdoch University and Curtin University
Chris Gazey, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

12:50 PM - 1:00 PM

Soil Innovation & Development

Session Chair: Chris Gazey

The forensic analysis of Perth’s soils

Kari Pitts

1:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Soil Innovation & Development

Session Chair: Chris Gazey

Topsoil slotting has potential to improve root pathways through hostile subsoils

Wayne Parker

1:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Soil Innovation & Development

Session Chair: Chris Gazey

Black soldier fly technology can convert manure into valuable fertiliser

Sasha Jenkins, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment
Zhuoda Huang, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment
Bede Mikan, University of Western Australia
Morten Andersen, Institute of Biotechnology, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Southern Denmark
Luke Wheat, Future Green Solutions Pty Ltd
Lynette Abbott, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment

1:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Soil Innovation & Development

Session Chair: Chris Gazey

Soil classification based on spectral and environmental variables

Andre Carnieletto Dotto, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University
Raphael A. Viscara Rossel, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University
Jose AM Dematte, College of Agriculture Luiz de Queiroz, University of São Paulo
Rodnei Rizzo, College of Agriculture Luiz de Queiroz, University of São Paulo

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM

Soil Innovation & Development

Session Chair: Chris Gazey

Rapid soil analytical techniques for international agricultural research and development

Wendy Vance, Agriculture Discipline, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University
Mike TF Wong, Agriculture Discipline, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University
Anthony Ringrose-Voase, CSIRO
Soil and Water Science Office, Cambodian Agricultural Research and Development Institute, Soil and Water Science Office, Cambodian Agricultural Research and Development Institute
Department of Agricultural Research, Myanmar, Department of Agricultural Research, Myanmar
Department of Agricultural Research, Myanmar, Department of Agricultural Research, Myanmar
Department of Agricultural Research, Myanmar, Department of Agricultural Research, Myanmar
Department of Agricultural Research, Myanmar, Department of Agricultural Research, Myanmar

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Soil Innovation & Development

Session Chair: Chris Gazey

Legacy phosphorus – have we fallen asleep at the wheel?

Simon Clarendon, Department of Primary Industries New South Wales
David Weaver, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Robert Summers, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Soil Innovation & Development

Session Chair: Chris Gazey

Posters on display – 'meet n greet' poster authors

Foyer area, UWA Business School

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Soil Innovation & Development

Session Chair: Chris Gazey

Afternoon tea & extended poster display

UWA Business School Terrace

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Soil Policy, Planning & Governance

Session Chair: Tim Overhue

Monitoring ground cover and associated erosion risks using satellite remote sensing in the agricultural region of Western Australia

Justin Laycock

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Soil Policy, Planning & Governance

Session Chair: Tim Overhue

Validating and extending the national Better Fertiliser Decisions for Pasture critical values for phosphorus

David Rogers, Department of Primary Industry and Regional Development
David Weaver, Department of Primary Industry and Regional Development
Ron Master, Department of Primary Industry and Regional Development
Robert Summers, Department of Primary Industry and Regional Development

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Soil Policy, Planning & Governance

Session Chair: Tim Overhue

Translating soils information into better land planning decisions: an example from the Peel-Harvey Catchment Western Australia

Heather M. Percy, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Andrew del Marco, Peel-Harvey Catchment Council
Tom Lerner, Shire of Murray
Brett Flugge, Shire of Murray

4:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Soil Policy, Planning & Governance

Session Chair: Tim Overhue

Posters on display

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM

Annual Boodja Lecture in Soil Science

Session Chair: Henry Smolinski

A Career in land and soil conservation

Andrew Watson, Commissioner for Soil and Land Conservation, WA

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Annual Boodja Lecture in Soil Science

Session Chair: Henry Smolinski

Post Lecture and Conference Dinner

BHP Billiton Courtyard

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM