Soil Carbon Sequestration and Healthy Soils
Our research focuses on restoration or increase of soil organic carbon levels (thereby soil health) through the use of various forms of organic inputs (e.g. biosolids, composts, biochar and lignite). Our aim is to increase nutrient bio-availability to promote crop growth and production which will in-turn enable agricultural systems to sequester more carbon and improve nutrient cycling and soil-plant water relationships.
Research Projects
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Research Group Contact Information
Name and Honorifics: Dr Tony Weatherley
Title: Lecturer
Email: anthony@unimelb.edu.au
Ph: +61 3 8344 4642
The Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences
The University of Melbourne
Researchers
- Prof Deli Chen
- Dr Tony Weatherley, Lecturer
- Dr Kithsiri Dassanayake, Research Fellow
- Dr Kevin Wilkinson, Honorary Research Associate DPI
- Dr Champa Bandaranayake, Honorary Fellow
Research Students
- Piumika Abesekara: Mitigation of nitrogenous emissions from cattle feedlot manures using natural amendments
- Paz Bernaschina: A contrast and comparison of the agronomic, ecological and idealogical aspects among biodynamic, organic and conventional farming systems
Relevant Publications
- R. S. Correa, R. E. White & A. J. Weatherley (2012). Effects of sewage sludge stabilization on organic-N mineralization in two soils. Soil Use and Management 28, 12–18
- Weatherley, AJ and Nguyen, TKP (2012). The effect of urban biochar on phosphorus fractions in an acid dairy soil. Joint Australia and New Zealand Soil Science Conference