Researcher(s) |
Christine Zaicou-Kunesch |
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Year(s) | 2015 |
Contributor | Department of Agriculture and Food WA |
Trial location(s) |
Western Australia, WA
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Further information | View external link |
Compare the yield responses of wheat varieties sown at three sowing dates (9 April, 23 April and 12 May) and two plant densities.
Lead research organisation | N/A |
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Host research organisation | N/A |
Trial funding source | DAFWA DAW00253 |
Related program |
Tactical Break Crop Agronomy |
Acknowledgments |
Financial support for this trial has been provided by the Grains Research and Development Corporation's Regional Cropping Solutions Network in Western Australia. Yield Prophet reporting managed by Richard Quinlan at PlanFarm. DAFWA's research support unit for trial managment and Melaine Kupsch for data management. Appreciation of the Yuna Farm Improvement Group and the Batten family for access to trials site and field day events. |
Other trial partners | Yuna Farm Improvement Group, Plan Farm Pty Ltd |
Crop type | Cereal (Grain): Wheat |
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Treatment type(s) |
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Trial type | Experimental |
Trial design | Replicated |
Sow rate or Target density | 60 and 120 plants/m2 |
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Sowing machinery |
7 row cone seeder |
Sow date | 9 April 2015 9th April, 23rd April and 12th May 2015 |
Harvest date | November 2015 |
Plot size | 1.54m x 10m |
Plot replication | 3 |
Fungicide |
n/a |
Soil amelioration |
nil |
Seed treatment | nil |
Inoculant | nil |
Tillage | Minimum tillage |
# |
Treatment 1
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Grain yield (t/ha) | Number of grains (grains/m2) | 1000 grain weight (g) | Number of ears (ears/m2) | |
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1 | █ Sown 9 April Forrest 60 plants/m2 | █ Target 60 plants/m2 | 4.2 | 13820 | 40 | 260 |
2 | █ Sown 9 April Mace 60 plants/m2 | █ Target 60 plants/m2 | 2.3 | 7314 | 45 | 197 |
3 | █ Sown 9 April Magenta 60 plants/m2 | █ Target 60 plants/m2 | 3.4 | 8874 | 44 | 265 |
4 | █ Sown 9 April Trojan 60 plants/m2 | █ Target 60 plants/m2 | 2.5 | 9090 | 45 | 262 |
5 | █ Sown 9 April Westonia 60 plants/m2 | █ Target 60 plants/m2 | 2.5 | 7335 | 42 | 220 |
6 | █ Sown 9 April Yitpi 60 plants/m2 | █ Target 60 plants/m2 | 2.9 | 8786 | 40 | 253 |
7 | █ Sown 9 April Forrest Target 120 plants/m2 | █ Target 120 plants/m2 | 4 | 11636 | 40 | 268 |
8 | █ Sown 9 April Mace Target 120 plants/m2 | █ Target 120 plants/m2 | 2.3 | 7380 | 45 | 256 |
9 | █ Sown 9 April Magenta Target 120 plants/m2 | █ Target 120 plants/m2 | 3.7 | 8227 | 45 | 313 |
10 | █ Sown 9 April Trojan Target 120 plants/m2 | █ Target 120 plants/m2 | 2.7 | 7894 | 46 | 240 |
11 | █ Sown 9 April Westonia Target 120 plants/m2 | █ Target 120 plants/m2 | 2.5 | 7095 | 40 | 283 |
12 | █ Sown 9 April Yitpi Target 120 plants/m2 | █ Target 120 plants/m2 | 2.9 | 7253 | 39 | 294 |
13 | █ Sown 23 April Forrest Target 60 plants/m2 | █ Target 60 plants/m2 | 3.9 | 14125 | 36 | 297 |
14 | █ Sown 23 April Mace Target 60 plants/m2 | █ Target 60 plants/m2 | 3.5 | 8106 | 45 | 239 |
15 | █ Sown 23 April Magenta Target 60 plants/m2 | █ Target 60 plants/m2 | 4.1 | 9713 | 47 | 278 |
16 | █ Sown 23 April Trojan Target 60 plants/m2 | █ Target 60 plants/m2 | 3.9 | 9187 | 45 | 219 |
17 | █ Sown 23 April Westonia Target 60 plants/m2 | █ Target 60 plants/m2 | 3.6 | 7120 | 45 | 211 |
18 | █ Sown 23 April Yitpi Target 60 plants/m2 | █ Target 60 plants/m2 | 3.8 | 9768 | 41 | 258 |
19 | █ Sown 23 April Forrest Target 120 plants/m2 | █ Target 120 plants/m2 | 3.8 | 12030 | 37 | 264 |
20 | █ Sown 23 April Mace Target 120 plants/m2 | █ Target 120 plants/m2 | 3.3 | 6696 | 46 | 267 |
21 | █ Sown 23 April Magenta Target 120 plants/m2 | █ Target 120 plants/m2 | 4.2 | 9190 | 47 | 305 |
22 | █ Sown 23 April Trojan Target 120 plants/m2 | █ Target 120 plants/m2 | 4.1 | 8229 | 44 | 223 |
23 | █ Sown 23 April Westonia Target 120 plants/m2 | █ Target 120 plants/m2 | 3.4 | 7744 | 44 | 248 |
24 | █ Sown 23 April Yitpi Target 120 plants/m2 | █ Target 120 plants/m2 | 3.9 | 7796 | 40 | 279 |
25 | █ Sown 12 May Forrest Target 60 plants/m2 | █ Target 60 plants/m2 | 3 | 13078 | 29 | 314 |
26 | █ Sown 12 May Mace Target 60 plants/m2 | █ Target 60 plants/m2 | 4.6 | 13325 | 39 | 299 |
27 | █ Sown 12 May Magenta Target 60 plants/m2 | █ Target 60 plants/m2 | 4.1 | 12319 | 40 | 302 |
28 | █ Sown 12 May Trojan Target 60 plants/m2 | █ Target 60 plants/m2 | 3.5 | 15173 | 36 | 306 |
29 | █ Sown 12 May Westonia Target 60 plants/m2 | █ Target 60 plants/m2 | 4 | 14484 | 37 | 295 |
30 | █ Sown 12 May Yitpi Target 60 plants/m2 | █ Target 60 plants/m2 | 3.4 | 12148 | 33 | 317 |
31 | █ Sown 12 May Forrest Target 120 plants/m2 | █ Target 120 plants/m2 | 3 | 14158 | 30 | 328 |
32 | █ Sown 12 May Mace Target 120 plants/m2 | █ Target 120 plants/m2 | 4.7 | 13145 | 40 | 325 |
33 | █ Sown 12 May Magenta Target 120 plants/m2 | █ Target 120 plants/m2 | 4.4 | 14634 | 38 | 395 |
34 | █ Sown 12 May Trojan Target 120 plants/m2 | █ Target 120 plants/m2 | 4.1 | 14013 | 36 | 353 |
35 | █ Sown 12 May Westonia Target 120 plants/m2 | █ Target 120 plants/m2 | 4.6 | 14415 | 38 | 369 |
36 | █ Sown 12 May Yitpi Target 120 plants/m2 | █ Target 120 plants/m2 | 3.6 | 12372 | 33 | 344 |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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