👀 It all kicks off this afternoon! People are descending on Perth for the Global Conference on Sandy Soils #GCSS2025 Starting with our Early Career Networking event, very kindly sponsored by Soil Science Australia Then onto our Welcome Reception. We'll see you soon! 🎉

Welcome reception for the 2nd Global Sandy Soils conference in Perth-great place to network ⁦CSIRO⁩ Looking forward to exciting talks next 4 days ⁦GRDC West⁩

We're underway at the Global Conference on Sandy Soils! #GCSS2025 Special thanks to our Platinum Sponsors - GRDC and DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock Silver Sponsors - Ag Machinery and SoilsWest Conference Sponsors - CSIRO and VRT Solutions Destination Sponsor - Business Events Perth

A fantastic journey about Gondwana link and ecosystems in WA in the talk by Keith Bradby at #GCSS2025 ⁦GRDC⁩

Dr McBeath @csiro highlighted the unrealised yield potential in sandy soils #gcss2055 and multiple constraints to production ⁦GRDC⁩

An interesting and entertaining presentation that made soil classification a fun exercise 👏

Dr Rob Fitzpatrick @csiro presenting an exciting story on forensic soil science #gcss2055

Looking at SOM from mechanistic to farming system points of view CSIRO

Dr Nigel Wilhelm SARDI presenting promising findings from research to rank crop types for their tolerance of high strength soils #gcss2025 ⁦GRDC⁩

Jacky Ouzman ⁦CSIRO⁩ presented research outputs from ranking soil constraints in sandy soils for production and amelioration strategies in South Australian agricultural mallee region #gscss2025

This is an excellent resource. How does it compare with phosphorus fertilizer usage across different regions globally?

💥NEW in Global Change Biology 🔥 Plant Functional Traits Define Microbial Response to Nutrient Availability in Tropical #Rainforest #Soil doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70… #Phosphorus #nitrogen #stoichiometry #soilbacteria #soilfungi #rhizosphere #strategist

New paper out in TrendsPlantSci led by Courtney Tharp Here, we discuss common misconceptions and limitations of the pervasive use of the 'cry for help' hypothesis in plant-microbe interactions. Department of Plant Science One Health Microbiome Center Huck Institutes Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences doi.org/10.1016/j.tpla…

Effects of plant diversity on soil nitrogen cycling Zhang et al. 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/PBTGWWZ4…

🏁We are off & racing at the ⁦GRDC⁩ Farming Systems Symposium at Goondiwindi. Looking back on the last 10 year’s of research & helping shape its future direction 👍 ⁦NSW Agriculture⁩ ⁦CSIRO⁩ ⁦University of Southern Queensland⁩ ⁦GRDC North⁩

Our sincere thanks to Dr Nese Sreenivasulu for joining us at Murdoch University and delivering an inspirational presentation on his team’s efforts to develop low-GI, high-protein rice lines. With over 537 million adults suffering from diabetes globally, successfully developing

A well deserved recognition to one of the champions of crop disease research 👏

Crop pathologists and fungal disease experts have raised concerns about the increasing use of precautionary fungicide applications in Australian canola, warning it could have serious long-term consequences. While producers may consider repeated applications of a single fungicide

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🔈Rhizoctonia disease causes significant yield losses in WA cereals, especially barley. A DPIRD-led research project unveiled potential management strategies to reduce the diseases impact. Read all about it in the latest #ProtectingWA Crops newsletter. 🔗dpird.wa.gov.au/siteassets/doc…