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Summit tillage and nutrition

2004
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Liebe Group Summit Fertilizers

Trial details

Researcher(s) Justin Fuery (Summit Fertilizers/Agritech Crop Research)
Year(s) 2004
Contributor Liebe Group
Trial location(s) Buntine, WA
Summit tillage and nutrition locations
Aims

To determine the productivity gains from deep tillage in conjunction with potassium and high phosphorus supply over a number of seasons.

Key messages
  • All fertiliser treatments significantly lifted grain yield from the untreated control with 15cm working depth.
  • There was no significant response to applied potassium.
Lead research organisation Summit Fertilizers
Host research organisation N/A
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments
  • Technically reviewed by Sandy Alexander (Summit Fertilizers).
Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop type Cereal (Grain): Wheat
Treatment type(s)
  • Fertiliser : Application Method
  • Fertiliser : Rate
  • Fertiliser : Type
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Replicated

Buntine 2004

Sow date 18 June 2004
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size 20m x 2.2m
Plot replication 3
Fertiliser

Basal 100kg N with 100kg UREA and 200kg MAXam IBS.
Herbicide

SpraySeed 2 L/ha Trifluralin 1.5 L/ha Trisulfuron 35 g/ha LVE MCPA 200 mL/ha Paragon 250 mL/ha
Insecticide

Chlorpyrifos 1 L/ha
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Trial results Table 1

# Treatment 1
Treatment 2
Grain yield (t/ha)
1 █ 100kg Vigour/Allstar/Max █ 15cm 2.08
2 █ 125kg Vigour/MAXam █ 15cm 2.09
3 █ 150 kg Vigour/MOP/MAXam █ 15cm 2.15
4 █ 200kg Vigour █ 15cm 2.15
5 █ 75kg MAPSZC/MAXam █ 15cm 2.21
6 █ Nil █ 15cm 1.81
7 █ 100kg Vigour/Allstar/Max █ 30cm 2.11
8 █ 125kg Vigour/MAXam █ 30cm 2.05
9 █ 150 kg Vigour/MOP/MAXam █ 30cm 2.25
10 █ 200kg Vigour █ 30cm 2.28
11 █ 75kg MAPSZC/MAXam █ 30cm 2.14
12 █ Nil █ 30cm 1.99

Grain yield t/ha

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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Site Depth Type pH EC P K N A OC CAT
Buntine, WA 0 - 10cm Sandy loam 4.90
Buntine, WA 10 - 30cm Sandy loam 5.10
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Buntine, WA Sandy loam
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Buntine, WA Kandosol
Soil Moisture Source: BOM/ANU
Average amount of water stored in the soil profile during the year, estimated by the OzWALD model-data fusion system.
Year Buntine WA
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Climate

Derived climate information

No observed climate data available for this trial.
Derived climate data is determined from trial site location and national weather sources.

Buntine WA

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Some data on this site is sourced from the Bureau of Meteorology

SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
Jeffrey, S.J., Carter, J.O., Moodie, K.B. and Beswick, A.R. (2001). Using spatial interpolation to construct a comprehensive archive of Australian climate data , Environmental Modelling and Software, Vol 16/4, pp 309-330. DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(01)00008-1.

Trial report and links

2004 trial report