Acronyms
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AGO - Australian Greenhouse Office
AESA - Alberta Environmental Sustainable Agriculture
BIO - Microbial biomass pool
CCN - Cereal Cyst Nematodes
CEC - Cation exchange capacity
CFU - Colony forming units
CLL - Crop lower limit
CSIRO - Commonwealth Scientific and Industry Research Organisation
DGGE - Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis
DPI - Department of Primary Industries
DPM - Decomposable plant material
DSS - Decision support tools
DUL - Drained upper limit
EC - Electrical conductivity
ER - Erosion factor
ESAS - ‘Our Environment, Our Future’ - Sustainability Action Statement
ESP - Exchangeable sodium percentage
FC - Field capacity
FDR - Frequency Domain Reflectometry
FO - Field operations factor
GLBD - Growth limiting bulk density
GRDC - Grains Research and Development Corporation
HSSF - ‘Healthy Soils for Sustainable Farms’ Programme
HUM - Humified organic matter pool
IOM - Inert organic matter
LWA - Land and Water Australia
MDS - Minimum data set
MED - Molarity of ethanol drop
NCAS - National Carbon Accounting System
NLP - National Landcare Program
NZ - New Zealand
OC - Organic carbon
OH&S - Occupational health & safety
OM - Organic matter
PAWC - Plant available water capacity
PC - Personal computer
PCR - Polymerase chain reaction
PLFA - Phospholipid fatty acid analysis
PMN - Potentially mineralisable nitrogen
PWP - Permanent wilting point
QUT - Queensland University of Technology
RPM - Resistant plant material
SARDI - South Australian Research and Development Institute
SCI - Soil Conditioning Index
SINDI - Soil quality indicators
SIR - Substrate induced respiration
SOC - Soil organic carbon
SOM - Soil organic matter
SQI - Soil Quality Institute
SWC - Soil water content
SWHC - Soil water holding capacity
TRFLP - Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism
USDA - United Stated Department of Agriculture
VRO - Victorian Resources Online website
WAC - Water holding capacity
