Staff profile

Dr Gary Clark

Associate Lecturer

Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering

School of Life Sciences
Department of Agricultural Science
AgriBio, the Centre for AgriBioscience

R.L. Reid Building 309, Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) La Trobe, PG Dip. Applied Science (Horticulture) UMelb, M Agriculture UMelb.

Membership of professional Associations

Member of Australian Society of Soil Science, Certified Practising Soil Scientist Stage 2

Area of study

Agricultural Sciences

Brief Profile

After graduating with a BSc (Hons) in chemistry from La Trobe University in 1981 Gary worked as an industrial chemist in the surface coating industry developing coatings and inks for the packing and printing industry. A downturn in that industry enabled Gary to further pursue studies in horticulture at Burnley College (University of Melbourne). After graduating with a Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Science (Horticulture) in 2002, Gary received a scholarship to study a Master in Agriculture in the faculty of Land and Food at the University of Melbourne. During this period Gary developed an interest in the challenges of crop production on the heavy soils of south-western Victoria. This culminated in a PhD study “Managing subsoil constraints for increased productivity and water use efficiency” co-supervised by Dr Peter Sale and Professor C Tang. This was completed in 2010.

Research interests

Soil conservation of alpine vegetation

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Recent Publications

  • Gill, J S, Clark, G J, Sale, P G, Peries, R R & Tang, C. (2012) Deep placement of organic amendments in dense sodic subsoil increases summer fallow efficiency and the use of deep soil water by crops. Plant and Soil DOI 10.1007/s11104-012-1126-6

  • Clark, G. J., Sale, P. W. G. & Tang, C. (2009). Organic amendments initiate the formation and stabilisation of macroaggregates in a high clay sodic soil. Australian Journal of Soil Research 47: 770-780.

  • Clark, G. J., Dodgshun, N., Sale, P. W. G. & Tang, C. (2007). Changes in chemical and biological properties of a sodic clay subsoil with addition of organic amendments. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 39: 2806-2817.

  • Clark, G. J., Tang, C. & Sale, P. W. G. (2010). Subsoil amelioration with organic materials improves canola growth and water- use efficiency. In World Congress of Soil Science, Brisbane: IUSS.

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