Authors Kate Rice & Alec Smeaton

Published: 2012

Publisher: ABA Books

Format: Paperback

Pages: 50

Suitable: Secondary Agriculture & Horticulture (Year 11)

Achievement Standard 1.3: Demonstrate Knowledge of Soil Management Practices

Student Workbook : involves knowledge of soil components, their effects on the properties of soil and the management practices used to modify soil.

Soil management practices are those carried out by the grower to improve plant growing conditions. These could include fertilizer application, liming, cultivation, adding compost materials, drainage, irrigation, crop rotation, effluent application.

Explanations of soil management practices relating to soil properties and how these influence plant growth will refer, where relevant to soil components, soil texture and soil organisms (earthworms)