Guides and Manuals

Guidelines for Managing Soil Salinity in Groundwater Irrigated Vineyards

 This report outlines the key findings from the project:

• Rainfall percolation is the key to sustaining supplementary irrigation with saline groundwater
• At 25 years of age, salt excluding rootstocks have equal or better yield than own rooted vines and half the fruit chloride
• Soil water extractors give fast and cheap guidance on vineyard salinity status

Guidelines for Managing Soil Structure in Irrigated Vineyards

Good soil structure is essential for healthy, resilient plants because it allows them to develop extensive, active root systems. This promotes efficient use of water and nutrients, encourages biological activity and cushions plants against drought and other hardship.

The general perception of a soil with good structure is that it is well-drained, easy to penetrate and crumbles readily into aggregates of about 1-10 mm that remain intact when they are wet.

Management of Riparian Zones

Streams within our region are highly valued for a range of reasons including, potable, stock and domestic water supply, recreation (both passive and active), the presence of threatened and vulnerable fish species, aesthetic beauty, biodiversity values, provision of irrigation supplies for production and value adding industry.

Repair and replacement options for concrete lined irrigation channels

This package contains guidelines for repairing or replacing concrete lined irrigation channels.

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Dryland Salinity - What are the impacts and how do you value them?

Salinity management practice guidelines

A better understanding of plant requirements and the highly efficient management of water has led irrigators to apply water to accurately meet crop needs. This has meant a considerable reduction in the amount of water flushing through the root-zone. As a result, soil salinity levels have risen. Current drought conditions and low water allocations are likely to result in even less water being used to flush salts from the root-zone. The declining quality of water resources means that actively (more)...

Saltland solutions

Saltland Solutions is a practical guide to saltland managment based on the Saltland Genie website (www.saltlandgenie.com.au).

After a decade of minimal activity, the first few years of the 21st Cent

How to make money out of grass

These guidelines have been developed by the Mid North Grasslands Working Group which was established in 1999 to provide farmers with practical information and support on the management of native pastures for increased productivity and biodiversity.

The group of more than 300 farmers throughout the Northern Agricultural Districts of South Australia as well as government representatives and other interested people in the community.

Assessing invasive plants in Australia 2007

The title on the inside cover of this product is: Assessing invasive weed species in Australia: the distribution of some major plants in Australia in 2007 Invasive plants or weeds may cause serious economic, social and environmental costs in many areas of Australia. Weed research and management are expensive, so investment in weed control requires information to ensure that attention is directed to areas of highest priority. Furthermore, the effectiveness of such investments in (more)...

User guide: Australian Natural Resources Atlas and Australian Natural Resources data library

The Australian Natural Resources Atlas (the Atlas) and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (the Data Library) are key information discovery, access and visualisation tools of the National Land & Water Resources Audit (the Audit). They combine to form one of the most comprehensive natural resource information systems for Australia. Developed through the Audit, the Atlas (with the newly incorporated Australia’s Resources Online ( (more)...