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Policy, Institutional and Managerial Considerations in Managing Weeds with a Commercial Value

Weeds cost the Australian economy millions of dollars each year in lost production, eradication, containment and management, however there has been very little effort placed on assessing or valuing the ecological impact of these weeds.

Development of value selection method for choosing between alternative soil moisture sensors

Final Report

The Australian Irrigation Technology Centre (AITC) identified in its 1993 [1] survey of irrigators the low level of adoption of soil moisture sensing devices (less than 7%), despite there being a number of soil water sensors which could be used by irrigators to help schedule irrigation. There is a large range of devices available commercially which make various claims about measuring and monitoring soil moisture status. The operation of these devices is based on a (more)...