Location

Perth WA

Disciplines

Soil Science

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Soil health and biology is capturing public imagination due to its significance in organic and regenerative agriculture and its role in mitigating climate change (a location for potential carbon sequestration). Programs centred on soil health are supported by farmers and funding bodies such as the Soil Biology Initiative (Grains Research and Development Corporation), the National Landcare Program, and the Cooperative Research Centre for High Performance Soils. Additionally, global businesses are diverting resources into understanding soil and crop microbiomes to develop novel technologies that increase soil health and crop productivity to commercialise a variety of products including soil amendments (e.g. sea weeds, humic acids, other prebiotics) or microbial inocula (often termed “biologicals”, “probiotics”, “biopesticides”, or “biofungicides”).

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A Fast and Inexpensive Molecular Biological Assay to Assess Soil Health

Perth WA

Soil health and biology is capturing public imagination due to its significance in organic and regenerative agriculture and its role in mitigating climate change (a location for potential carbon sequestration). Programs centred on soil health are supported by farmers and funding bodies such as the Soil Biology Initiative (Grains Research and Development Corporation), the National Landcare Program, and the Cooperative Research Centre for High Performance Soils. Additionally, global businesses are diverting resources into understanding soil and crop microbiomes to develop novel technologies that increase soil health and crop productivity to commercialise a variety of products including soil amendments (e.g. sea weeds, humic acids, other prebiotics) or microbial inocula (often termed “biologicals”, “probiotics”, “biopesticides”, or “biofungicides”).