Effectiveness of Current Farming Systems in the Control of Dryland Salinity

Acknowledgements and Further Reading

Acknowledgements

This document was prepared for the Murray-Darling Basin Commission by Mat Gilfedder, Glen Walker and John Williams with assistance and important contributions from Hester Gascoigne, Tom Hatton, Hamish Cresswell, Warren Bond, Kirsten Verburg, Tim Ellis, Cuan Petheram, Lu Zhang, Chris Smith, Mac Kirby, Iain Hume, Heinz Buettikofer, Daniel Figucio and Greg Heath. We also acknowledge valuable collaboration with CSIRO Plant Industry and CSIRO Tropical Agriculture.

Further reading

Bennett, B. (1998), Dealing with Dryland Salinity, ECOS, 96, CSIRO Publishing, 9—28.

Bond, W.J., H.P. Cresswell, R.J. Simpson, Z. Paydar, S.G. Clark, A.D. Moore, D.J. Alcock, J.R. Donnelly, M. Freer, B.A. Keating, N.I. Huth, and V.O. Snow (1997), Meat Research Corporation Sustainable Grazing Systems Key Program Project SGS.130 — Pre-experimentation water balance investigation. final report, Consultancy Report 97—31, CSIRO Land and Water.

Ellis, T.W., T.J. Hatton, I.K. Nuberg (1999), A simple method for estimating recharge from low rainfall agroforestry systems, Environwater99, 2nd Inter-Regional Conference on Environment—Water, 1—4 September, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Hatton, T., and R. Salama (1999), Is it feasible to restore the salinity affected rivers of the Western Australian wheatbelt? In I. Rutherfurd and R. Bartley (eds.), Proceedings of Second Australian Stream Management Conference, Vol 1., Adelaide, 313—317.

Hume, I.H., D.C. Mitchell, P.L. Milthorpe, M. Yea, M. O'Connell, L. Zhang (1998), Episodic recharge under crops and shrubs in the Mallee zone. Final Report, Project No. M4025, Natural Resources Management Strategy, NSW Agriculture.

Lefroy, E.C., R.J. Hobbs, M.H. O'Connor, and J.S. Pate (eds.) (1999), Agriculture as a Mimic of Natural Systems, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands.

Murray-Darling Basin Commission (1999), Murray- Darling Basin Groundwater: a resource for the future, Murray-Darling Basin Commission, Canberra.

Paydar, Z., N. Huth, A. Ringrose-Voase, R. Young, T. Bernardi, B. Keating, H. Cresswell, J. Holland, and I. Daniels (1999), Modelling deep drainage under different land use systems. 1. Verification and systems comparison. In Proceedings of MODSIM 99.

Petheram, C., L. Zhang, and G. Walker (1999), Towards a predictive framework for land use impacts on recharge: A review of recharge studies in Australia. In Proceedings of Murray-Darling Basin Groundwater Workshop, Griffith, 86—91.

PMSEIC (1999), Dryland Salinity and its impact on Rural Industries and the Landscape, Prime Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council Occasional Paper No. 1, Department of Industry, Science and Resources, Canberra.

Reid, M. (1995), Burkes Flat—A Salinity Treatment Success Story, Centre for Land Protection Research, Bendigo.

Ridley, A., B. White, B. Christy, R. Harris, T. McLean, and T. Graze (1999), Environmental impacts of high input pasture systems, paper presented at Murray-Darling Basin Commission Forum, 24—26 August 1999, Canberra.

Ringrose-Voase, A., Z. Paydar, N. Huth, R. Banks, H. Cresswell, B. Keating, R. Young, T. Bernardi, J. Holland, and I. Daniels (1999), Modelling deep drainage under different land use systems. 2. Catchment Wide Application. In Proceedings of MODSIM 99.

Smith, C. J., F. X. Dunin, S. J. Zegelin, R. Poss (1998), Nitrate leaching from a Riverine clay soil under cereal rotation. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, 48, 379—389.

Walker, G.R., R.M. Blom, A.K. Kennett-Smith (1992), Preliminary results of recharge investigations in the upper South-East region of South Australia, Report No. 47, Centre for Groundwater Studies and CSIRO Division of Water Resources.

Ward, P.R., F.X. Dunin, and S.F. Micin (1999), Water balance of annual and perennial pastures on duplex soils in a Mediterranean environment, Australian Journal of Agricultural Research.

Zhang, L., and G.R. Walker (series eds.) (1998), Studies in catchment hydrology: The basics of recharge and discharge. CSIRO Publishing.

Zhang, L., W.R. Dawes, T.J. Hatton, I.H. Hume, M.G. O'Connell, D.C. Mitchell, P.L. Milthorpe and M. Yee (1999), Estimating Episodic Recharge Under Different Crop /Pasture Rotations in the Mallee Region: 2 Recharge Control by Agronomic Practices. Agricultural Water Management 42(2), 241—254.

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