Biodiversity
4Agriculture:
lessons from the Centre for Sustainable Cropping
Biodiversity dashboard and information
Enhancing biodiversity for ecosystem services including litter decomposition, nutrient cycling, pollination and regulation of pest and disease populations.
A diversity of species and functional types of plants, invertebrates and microbes in above- and below-ground arable food webs makes the system more stable and resilient to changes in management and climate.
Natural population regulation reduces reliance on crop protection inputs, helping to maintain crop yield with less environmental impact.
Integrated management
To reduce reliance on crop protection inputs and enhance biodiversity at the CSC, we combine:
Targeted weed management
Threshold pest and disease monitoring
Disease forecasting
Wildflower margins
