Water balance changes in a crop sequence with lucerne

dc.contributor	Dunin, F. X.
dc.contributor	Smith, C. J.
dc.contributor	Zegelin, S. J.
dc.contributor	Leuning, R.
dc.date.accessioned	2012-03-08T00:35:19Z
dc.date.available	2012-03-08T00:35:19Z
dc.date.issued	2001
dc.identifier.uri	http://livestocklibrary.com.au/handle/1234/30818
dc.description.abstract	In a detailed study of soil water storage and transport in a sequence of 1 year wheat and 4 years of lucerne, we evaluated drainage under the crop and lucerne as well as additional soil water uptake achieved by the subsequent lucerne phase. The study was performed at Wagga Wagga on a gradational clay soil between 1993 and 1998, during which there was both drought and high amounts of drainage (>10% of annual rainfall) from the rotation. Lucerne removed an additional 125 mm from soil water storage compared with wheat (root-zone of ~1 m), leading to an estimated reduction in drainage to 30
dc.publisher	CSIRO
dc.source.uri	http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=AR00089.pdf
dc.title	Water balance changes in a crop sequence with lucerne
dc.type	Research
dc.description.version	Journal article
dc.identifier.volume	52
dc.identifier.page	247-261
dc.identifier.issue	2