2007 Annual Report - Central Queensland University

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2007 Centre for Plant & Water Science Annual ReportRespondents indicated that hands-on practical exercises on quality assessment of fresh fruit andvegetables using both conventional and high technology such as NIRS were very effective anduseful for the researcher.Practical exercise on the use of chemometric software'' The Unscrambler'' version 9.7 formultivariate data analysis was found to be useful statistical package to compare the attributecorrelation in complex biological research.PROJECT STAFF Principal Investigators:Others:Kerry WalshTek Gotame, Phul SubediFUNDINGATSE CRAWFORD FundCAMO Software India Pvt. Ltd51
2007 Centre for Plant & Water Science Annual ReportINTEGRATING VEGETABLE PRODUCTION INTO AGROFORESTRY INSOUTHEAST ASIASUMMARYTraining and research activities on simple drip irrigation and agroforestry, with vegetables,were undertaken in Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines.The major activity within this project relates to provision of theoretical and practical input intothe ongoing research in Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines, funded by USAID viaSANREM.Visits to the research sites in the Philippines in January and in Indonesia in May wereaccompanied by discussion with the researchers from both international and nationalorganisations. The visit to Indonesia was in conjunction with an international training courseon Drip Irrigation and Minimum Tillage.Results are promising on integrating vegetable-tree (VAF) systems. The complementary effectson yields in the space between rows of trees have to be greater than the competitive effects oftrees on vegetables close to the trees. The concept of ‘net complementarity’ has been shown tobe a simple tool for assessing appropriate tree-vegetable integration. The optimum tree spacingcan be achieved when two complementary zones are at least 20-25 m apart. Tree speciesdetermined to be suitable for VAF systems are Eucalyptus robusta, Eucalyptus torelliana andAcacia mangium, and vegetables determined to be suitable are cabbage, Chinese cabbage,cauliflower and bell pepper. In all countries yield and growth studies on Chinese cabbage,tomato and bell pepper are taking place in the space between trees under conventional and striptillage,and with and without drip irrigation. Drip irrigation is being used to reducedcompetition for water between the trees and the vegetable crops.Sparse shade trials with vegetablesPROJECT STAFF Principal Investigators:Co-supervisors:Installing a simple drip system in IndonesiaProf David MidmoreFUNDINGSANREM and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University52
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