Gunasekhar Nachimuthu
Biography
Gunasekhar Nachimuthu (known as Guna) is a soil scientist for the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries and his current work is focused on cotton farming systems.
Guna joined NSW DPI in April 2014. His work includes research into soil issues for cotton and grains. Guna’s PhD research was focused on phosphorus nutrition in organic production. In his previous role as Research Scientist with Queensland Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Guna worked on quantifying the implications of adopting improved management practices to reduce offsite water quality impacts in a cropping system characterised by sugarcane and intensive vegetable or legume rotations.
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Previous Projects
DisplayingResilient cotton-farming systems in irrigated Vertosols
Closing the carbon soil balance in cotton farming systems (CRDC project)
Determining optimum nitrogen strategies for abatement of emissions for different irrigated cotton systems (DAFF/CRDC)
Recent Publications
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Closing the soil carbon balance
Proceedings of the 17th Australian Cotton Conference, Aug 5-7, Goldcoast, Australia
Impact of management practices on water quality outcomes during capsicum growth in the Burnett Mary region
Case study. Reef Water Quality Protection Plan. Reef Plan unit. Queensland Government
Organic vegetable farms are not nutritionally disadvantaged compared with adjacent conventional or integrated vegetable farms in Eastern Australia
Scientia Horticulturae. 146: 164-168
Optimisation of Phosphorus Nutrition in Organic Vegetable Production. Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation Report
Contact
Email: guna.nachimuthu@dpi.nsw.gov.au
Research branch: Climate, Water, Soil and Forests
Location: Narrabri