Coping with soil and climatic hazards during crop establishment in the semi-arid tropics

D. G. Abrecht and K. L. Bristow
Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 36, 8, 971-83, 1996
Climatic induced hazards that adversely affect seedling emergence and establishment of annual crops on red earth soils at Katherine in the Daly basin in the Northern Territory are reviewed and results of some recent simulations studies and experiments are presented.