Australian Seed Scaling Initiative
WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?
Accurately and efficiently using wild-collected native seeds to initiate plant establishment is a critical challenge to large scale ecological restoration and rehabilitation. As climate change reduces the availability of viable seed stock, current failings and inefficiencies in native seed handling and planting will impact restoration outcomes more severly. Therefore, increasing the efficiency of seed performance in ecosystem rehabilitation for mined and agricultural landscapes is paramount to ensure positive restoration outcomes.
WHAT’S OUR SOLUTION?
In collaboration with botanists at Kings Park Science, Engineers at CEI:AgER have designed new mechanisms to process, enhance and more efficiently precision sow diverse mixes of wild-collected seeds. This project aims to test, modify, and optimise these new mechanisms. Mechanisms are currently being applied to restore the highly altered landforms that are commonly found in mined landscapes and severely degraded agricultural environments.
UN GOALS
CEI:AgER PROJECT TEAM
DR LUKE OMOARELOJIE
Research Fellow
MR HARRISON CADDY
Research Fellow
MS EVE MCCALLUM
PhD Candidate
A/PROF ANDREW GUZZOMI
Senior Investigator
DR MONTE MASAREI
Research Fellow
DR TODD ERICKSON
Project Lead
DR SHANIKA HARSHANI
Research Officer
