UWA Science Exchange : Cropping in a changing climate
Channel: Science at UWA
Date: 2020-07-15

From Geraldton to Esperance, the South-West of WA has experienced increasingly variable climate conditions for over a century.  With increasingly drier winters and warmer, wetter summers affecting our state’s cropping industry; we need to gather and integrate knowledge from across Science to understand how best to respond to the challenges ahead.

Join three UWA experts: Frances Hoyle (Soil), Nicolas Taylor (Plant) and Don McFarlane (Climate effects on water) as they explore how research has helped address previous and current challenges facing growers; and help them anticipate how we ‘gear up’ and identify areas of future knowledge needed for the sustainability of the industry.

Speakers Assoc Prof Frances Hoyle, Dr Nicolas Taylor, Dr Don McFarlane
Host Kirsty Brooks

Resources
UWA Environment Seminars https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrUs3ihoYE65znnWkDBtu7A

Hoyle F. C., O'Leary R.A., Murphy D. V. (2017) Spatially governed climate factors dominate management in determining the quantity and distribution of soil organic carbon in dryland agricultural systems https://www.nature.com/articles/srep31468

Hoyle F. C., D’Antuono M., Overheu T., Murphy D. V. (2013) Capacity for increasing soil organic carbon stocks in dryland agricultural systems. Soil Research 51, 657-667. https://www.publish.csiro.au/sr/sr12373 

iBooks (free to download)
https://books.apple.com/au/book/soil-quality-1-constraints-to-plant-production/id1317079117
https://books.apple.com/au/book/soil-quality-2-integrated-soil-management/id1350650941
https://books.apple.com/au/book/soil-quality-3-soil-organic-matter/id1444338744
https://books.apple.com/au/book/soil-quality-4-soil-acidity/id1484613085

Social Media
Twitter: @SoilsWest @PlantEnergyBiol