SALINITY-L: 199710XX
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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 00:03:31 -0600
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Subject: SALINITY-L Digest - 28 Sep 1997 to 14 Oct 1997
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Topics of the day:
1. Salt tolerant trees & irrigation with saline water
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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 13:45:37 +1000
From: Jo Sasse (J.Sasse@NRE.VIC.GOV.AU)
Subject: Salt tolerant trees & irrigation with saline water
Hi to all at Salinity-L,
My name is Jo Sasse, and I work for the Centre for Forest Tree
Technology (formerly the Forest Research Branch), which is part of the
Department of Natural Resources and Environment in Victoria, Australia.
I have a fairly traditional background in forestry and tree physiology,
and am relatively new to detailed consideration of salinity issues. As
most people in this group would be aware, salinity is a massive problem
in Australia. My particular interests in salinity relate to;
- disposal of irrigation drainage water
- irrigation with saline water
- salt tolerance of trees
- genetic improvement of salt tolerance in commercially important tree
species
- management of irrigated tree plantations
I am currently working on a collaborative research program (called
"XylonovA") in which we are developing new hybrids of eucalypts which
will combine salt tolerance with commercial growth and wood quality
characteristics. The program is managed by ForBio Limited (a forest
biotechnology company based in Brisbane, Queensland), and the other
partners in the program are the State Forests of NSW (state government
agency), the University of Melbourne, the University of Western Sydney,
Murdoch University, and TreeCorp. The aim is that the hybrids will be
able to tolerate relatively saline water, and still grow at a
commercially viable rate. We would anticipate that these hybrids could
be used as a step in serial biological concentration systems to reduce
the volume of drainage water directed into evaporation basins; used in
areas with high, saline water tables, or become a commercial crop in
their own right.
We are about to establish field trials to test the hybrids under flood
irrigation with different levels of salinity in the applied water. At
this stage, I'd be very interested to hear of other people's experiences
of irrigation with saline water, or any experiences in the other topics
listed above. I am also more than happy to answer any questions about
the XylonovA program.
I'm looking forward to some fruitful discussions and clarifying
insights!
Jo
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Dr Jo Sasse
Centre for Forest Tree Technology
PO Box 137
Heidelberg 3084
Victoria Australia
tel : + 61 3 9450 8672
fax : + 61 3 9450 8644
email : J.Sasse@nre.vic.gov.au
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