Professorial fellow, Murdoch University
Dr Ed Barrett-Lennard is a Professorial Fellow at Murdoch University and a Senior Principal Soil Scientist at the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development in Western Australia. He works in projects funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) in Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and Vietnam. Ed works in the disciplines of agronomy, soil science and plant physiology. For 40 years, his research has focused on the growth of crops and pastures in saline and waterlogged environments, and on the adoption of saline agricultural principles by farmers and extension workers. He is an author of 80 scientific papers and 6 books.
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