A better understanding of plant requirements and the highly efficient management of water has led irrigators to apply water to accurately meet crop needs.

* Determine/update the crop salinity relationships * Determine the variability of EC (soil water) and leaching efficiency in the field * Simulate different scenarios of River Murray salinity at Morgan * Input to the M

Over the years growers in the Lower Murray-Darling irrigation districts have consistently reported salinity damage to horticultural crops despite the moderate irrigation water salinity.

Since the end of 2003 a tri-state syndicate of government agencies from western NSW, Victoria and South Australia has been working on a strategy to manage this salinity hazard.