List of readings on soil health
Publications
Abbot, L & Murphy, D 2004, "Soil Biological Fertility", Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004, Dordrecht, p 264.
Cattle, SR & George, BH 1999, ‘Describing, analysing and managing our soil’, invited lectures for a workshop held in Sydney, 22–26 November 1999, Australian Soil Science Society Inc. (NSW Branch) and Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, University of Sydney.
Charman, PEV & Murphy, BW, Ed, 2000. Soils: Their properties and management. Oxford University Press, Australia.
Jayawardane, N, Kirchhof, G & Blackwell, J 2000, ‘Soil slotting to ameliorate subsoil limitations to crop production’, in Proceedings, ‘Tillage at the threshold of the 21st century: looking ahead’, 5th Conference of the International Soil Tillage Research Organisation (ISTRO), 2–7 July 2000, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
Kirchhof, G 2001, ‘Plastic properties’, in Encyclopedia of Soil Science, ed. Rattan Lal, invited contribution, in press.
Kirchhof, G 2002, Soil health seminar, ‘Keeping our soils alive’, in Proceedings of seminars, Ashford 20 February 2002 and Lake Keepit 21 February 2002, sponsors: NSW Agriculture, Sustainable Grazing Systems and Acid Soil Action, ISBN 0 7347 1344 4.
Kirchhof, G & Daniells, I 2001, ‘Soil structure — the key to sustainable agro-ecosystem management’, in Soil health — the foundation of sustainable agriculture, ed. R Lines-Kelly, NSW Agriculture, Wollongbar, NSW, Australia, pp. 97–103.
Kirchhof, G, Daniells, I & Schwenke, G 2000, ‘Changing tillage methods and their effect on soil structure on major dryland cropping soils in north western New South Wales, Australia’, in Proceedings, ‘Tillage at the threshold of the 21st century: looking ahead’, 5th Conference of the International Soil Tillage Research Organisation (ISTRO), 2–7 July 2000, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
Kirchhof, G, Priyono, S, Utomo, WH, Adisarwanto, T, Dacanay, EV & So, HB 2000, ‘The effect of soil puddling on the soil physical properties and the growth of rice and post-rice crops, Soil and Tillage Research, vol. 56, pp. 37–50.
Kirchhof, G & Salako, FK 2000, ‘Residual tillage and bush-fallow effects on soil properties and maize intercropped with legumes on a tropical Alfisol’, Soil Use and Management, vol. 16, pp. 183–8.
Kirchhof, G, Smith, P & Hyson, L 2000, ‘Variation in plant available water and hydraulic conductivity along transects of different textured soils’, Proceedings, 5th International Conference on Precision Agriculture, 16–19 July 2000, Precision Agriculture Centre, University of Minnesota, USA.
Kirchhof, G, So, HB, Adisarwanto, T, Utomo, WH, Priyono, S, Prastowo, B, Basir, M, Lando, TM, Subandi, Dacanay, EV, Tan-Elicano, D & Sanidad, WB 2000, ‘Growth and yield response of legume crops to different soil management practises after rainfed lowland rice’, Soil and Tillage Research, vol. 56, pp. 51–66.
Lobry de Bruyn, LA 2001, ‘Collaborating with farmers to design a practical soil health checklist’, in Proceedings of the 10th Australian Agronomy Conference, Hobart, 2001.
Lobry de Bruyn, LA, Abbey, JA 2003, ‘Characteristics of farmers’ soil sense and the implications for no farm monitoring of soil health’, Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 285–305.
Rahmianna, A, Sanidad, WB, Adisarwanto, T, Kirchhof, G & So, HB 2000, ‘Crop establishment of legumes in rainfed lowland rice-based cropping systems’, Soil and Tillage Research, vol. 56, pp. 67–82.
Salako, FK, Kirchhof, G & Tian, G 2000, ‘Conservation of a tropical Alfisol using legume cover crop intercropping and residue mulch’, in Proceedings, ‘Tillage at the threshold of the 21st century: looking ahead’, 5th Conference of the International Soil Tillage Research Organisation (ISTRO), 2–7 July 2000, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
Schafer, BM & Kirchhof, G 2000, ‘Soil and climate for lowland rice-based cropping systems in the Philippines and Indonesia’, Soil and Tillage research, vol. 56, pp. 15–35.
Schwenke, G (undated), "Soil organic matter, biological activity, and productivity" Soil Biology in Agriculture, proceedings of a conference at Tamworth, 2004, NSW Department of Primary Industries.
Schwenke, G, Butler, G, Christian T, Nixon, J, Hayman, P & Herridge, D 2001, ‘Age of cultivation is not a good indicator of profitable crop production’, in Proceedings of the 10th Australian Agronomy Conference, Hobart, 2001, Australian Society of Agronomy.
So, HB & Kirchhof, G 2000, ‘Management of clay soils for rainfed lowland rice-based cropping systems’, Soil and Tillage Research, vol. 56, pp. 1–2.
So, HB & Kirchhof, G 2000, guest editors, ‘Special Issue: Management of clay soils for rainfed lowland rice-based cropping systems’, Soil and Tillage Research, vol. 56, 188pp.
So, HB, Kirchhof, G, Baker, R & Smith, GD 2000, ‘Low input tillage/cropping systems for limited resource areas’, Proceedings, ‘Tillage at the threshold of the 21st century: Looking ahead’, 5th Conference on the International Soil Tillage Research Organisation (ISTRO), Fort Worth, Texas, USA, 2-7 July 2000.
So, HB, Kirchhof, G, Baker, R & Smith, GD 2001, ‘Low input tillage/cropping systems for limited resource areas’, Soil and Tillage Research, vol. 61, pp. 109–23.
Tattersall, PJ & Baldwin, BJ 1998, ‘Farmer participation in the identification of measures of soil health’, reprinted from Proceedings of the ASPAC Conference, November 1998, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
Tian, G, Kolawole, GO, Kang, BT & Kirchhof, G 2000, ‘Nitrogen fertiliser replacement indexes of legume cover crops in the derived savanna of West Africa’, Plant and Soil, vol. 224(2), pp. 287–296.
