Plant, Soil and Environment Systems
Without healthy green plants we would neither breathe nor eat. Of all the food the world requires each year, most comes from plants, which synthesise it out of air, sunlight, water and soil. The remainder comes from animal products, which in turn are derived from plants. The researchers working within the Plant, Soil and Environment Systems (PSES) theme in the School of Environmental and Rural Science at UNE are finding ways to retain and improve the health and productivity of these plant, soil and environment systems for our current and future needs.
Cross disciplinary research on the issues affecting production of sustainable cotton now and over the coming decades... The primary focus for weed research in this group is weed ecology and plant competition as the basis for designing appropriate and effective weed management strategies, which place less reliance We focus on pollutants in soils: their processing and cycling, interactions, their effects, managing risks and remediation, with specific interest in comparative arsenic and antimony ecotoxic effects and biogeochemistry... A focus on global, national and regional sustainability... Applying rigorous science to questions relating to the storage, distribution and cycling of carbon in the terrestrial system...
on herbicides...