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Soil amendments

2003
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Research organisations
Liebe Group CSBP

Trial details

Researcher(s) Troy Conley (CSBP)
Luigi Moreschi (CSBP)
Year(s) 2003
Contributor Liebe Group
Trial location(s) East Wubin, WA
Soil amendments locations
Aims

To investigate benefits of soil amendments on acid soil for wheat and triticale.

Key messages

There was a significant yield improvement of the triticale to applied gypsum.

Lead research organisation CSBP
Host research organisation N/A
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments
  • Technically reviewed by Luigi Moreschi.
Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop types Cereal (Grain): Wheat Cereal (Grain): Triticale
Treatment type(s)
  • Soil Improvement : Rate
  • Soil Improvement : Type
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Replicated

East Wubin 2003 Wheat

Sow date 22 May 2003
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size 20m x 1.8m
Plot replication 3
Fertiliser

Basal – 100 kg/ha Agstar 75 L/ha Flexi-N 100 kg/ha Muriate of Potash
Herbicide

2 L/ha Glyphosate, 1.2 L/ha Treflan + 35g Logran

East Wubin 2003 Triticale

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified
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Trial results Table 1

# Variety
 Treatment 1
Grain yield (t/ha)
1 █ Tahara █ 2 t dolomite 2.45
2 █ Tahara █ 2 t gypsum 2.57
3 █ Tahara █ 2 t gypsum + 2 t dolomite 2.62
4 █ Tahara █ 2 t lime 2.4
5 █ Tahara █ 2 t lime + 2 t gypsum 2.6
6 █ Tahara █ Nil Lime 2.43
7 █ Wyalkatchem █ 2 t dolomite 2.65
8 █ Wyalkatchem █ 2 t gypsum 2.77
9 █ Wyalkatchem █ 2 t gypsum + 2 t dolomite 2.72
10 █ Wyalkatchem █ 2 t lime 2.72
11 █ Wyalkatchem █ 2 t lime + 2 t gypsum 2.78
12 █ Wyalkatchem █ Nil Lime 2.66

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
East Wubin, WA 0 - 10cm Sandy loam 4.80
East Wubin, WA 10 - 30cm Sandy loam 4.20
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
East Wubin, WA Sandy loam
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
East Wubin, 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 East Wubin 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.

East Wubin 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

2003 trial report



Trial last modified: 06-08-2019 07:53am AEST