Improving wheat production with deep banded Oil Mallee Charcoal ...

Improving wheat production with deep banded Oil Mallee Charcoal ... Improving wheat production with deep banded Oil Mallee Charcoal ...

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Research questions • Will charcoal improve crop yields from poor soil in a dry Mediterranean environment? – (50% increase in Sumatra; Yamato et al., 220% increase in Brazil; Lehmann & Rondon) • How much soluble fertiliser • Will mineral fertiliser and inoculated soil microbes enable more yield with charcoal?

Soil biological nutrition model with charcoal charcoal particle plant root Symbiotic fungi (AM) mineral particle

Research questions<br />

• Will charcoal improve crop yields from<br />

poor soil in a dry Mediterranean<br />

environment?<br />

– (50% increase in Sumatra; Yamato et al.,<br />

220% increase in Brazil; Lehmann & Rondon)<br />

• How much soluble fertiliser<br />

• Will mineral fertiliser and inoculated soil<br />

microbes enable more yield <strong>with</strong> charcoal?

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