Research program:
Soil and Water Management
Program leader:
Dr Philip Eberbach
Main thrust:
Agriculture is a major export earner for Australia.
The future for Australian agriculture depends upon
the development of management practices which sustainably utilize the natural resource base _
namely soils and water. The thrust of research
undertaken within this program deal with problems
of significance to agricultural production within
the Murray Darling Basin.
Aims
• To develop farming systems which reduce soil
pH decline in higher rainfall areas of southern Australia
• To investigate the potential for phase farming
to reduce groundwater recharge and reduce the spread of dryland salinization
• To improve irrigation practices to reduce
water usage by crops and reduce recharge into groundwater systems
Staff Involved:
CSU
Philip Eberbach
Scott Black
Asitha Katupitiya
Siva Sivapalan
Myo Win
Peter Cregan
Associates
Jeff Evans (NSW Agriculture)
Mark Conyers (NSW
Agriculture)
Deirdre Lemerle (NSW Agriculture)
Jim Virgona (NSW Agriculture)
Damian Heenan (NSW
Agriculture)
Frank Dunin (CSIRO Plant Industry)
Chris Smith (CSIRO Land and Water)
Liz Humphreys (CSIRO Land and Water)
Warren Muirhead (CSIRO Land and water)
Students
Keryn Paul (submitted 1998)
Suwardji
Michelle Kennedy
Gerard O'Connor
Michael Gromer (submitted and passed 1998)
Michelle Miller
Phil Charlesworth
Jason Condon
Jeff Hoffman | 
