More economically and environmentally responsible use of phosphorus fertiliser in potato cropping on krasnozem soils in Australia

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Report published by Hort Innovation. This is a final research report from Hort Innovation’s historical archives. The content and recommendations within them may be superseded by more recent research.

Crops grown on Kransnozems (also known as ferrosols) often had high levels of phosphorus fertiliser applied. This 2002 report explores different ways of applying phosphorus fertiliser to a crop in order to reduce fertiliser use. Different Fertiliser forms and interactions with irrigation were applied over the three year project.

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