Forest Nutrition

Ensis looks to address the immediate needs of the forest industry, while also looking to the future in developing management systems to ensure long-term sustainable production and for emerging enterprises.

Research is providing answers on issues including:

• Impacts of harvest residue management on site nutrient capital and nutrient availability.
• Cultivation and weed control needs.
• Changes in fertility of soils over time under both hardwood and softwood plantations.
• Macro-nutrient requirements of eucalypt plantations.
• Factors influencing responsiveness of mid-rotation radiata pine plantations to Nitrogen (N) and Phosphate (P) fertiliser.
• Nutrient uptake, leaching and volatilisation from different forms of N fertiliser applied at different times of year
• Impacts of insect defoliators and pathogens on stand nutrition and productivity.
• Potential effects of whole tree verses stem only harvesting on nutrition and sustainability.
• N and P management impacts on wood quality.

For further information please contact:
PO Box 946
Mount Gambier, SA, 5290
Ph: +61 08 87218120
Fax: +61 08 87239058