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Lime, gypsum and dolomite for acid soils

2003 - 2004
CC BY 4.0

Research organisations
Liebe Group CSBP

Trial details

Researcher(s) Stephen Loss (CSBP)
Luigi Moreschi (CSBP)
Year(s) 2003 - 2004
Contributor Liebe Group
Trial location(s) East Wubin, WA
Lime, gypsum and dolomite for acid soils locations
Aims

To investigate the effects of lime, gypsum and dolomite for wheat and lupin production on an acid soil.

Key messages
  • The application of lime or dolomite increased soil pH significantly and increased exchangeable Ca and Mg, while the application of gypsum increased soil conductivity levels.
  • The nodulation of lupins sown on the gypsum plots was impaired probably because of the high salt levels in the soil.
  • Following a drier than average season, lupin yields were lowest where gypsum had been applied in the previous year but benefited from the application of lime or dolomite.
Lead research organisation CSBP
Host research organisation N/A
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments
  • Technically reviewed by Eddy Pol (CSBP).
Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop type Grain Legume: Lupins
Treatment type(s)
  • Crop : Rotation
  • Soil Improvement : Rate
  • Soil Improvement : Type
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Randomised,Replicated,Blocked

East Wubin 2003

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Herbicide Not specified

East Wubin 2004

Sow date 3 May 2004
Harvest date Unknown
Plot size 20m x 2m
Plot replication 3
Herbicide

3rd May; knockdown + 1kg Simazine + 400g Atrazine 22nd July; 300g Fusion
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Trial results Table 1

@T1: Anthesis
# Treatment 1
Treatment 2
Grain yield (t/ha) Plant potassium (%) Potassium uptake (mg/plant) Plant nitrogen (%) Plant phosphorus (%) Biomass (g/m2)
1 █ 2t dolomite █ Triticale Stubble 1.34 1.242 62.861 3.73 0.201 5.047
1 █ 2t Gypsum █ Triticale Stubble 1.04 1.422 58.076 3.873 0.219 4.087
2 █ 2t gypsum + 2t dolomite █ Triticale Stubble 1.21 1.386 54.749 3.84 0.223 3.967
2 █ 2t Lime █ Triticale Stubble 1.23 1.284 62.93 3.627 0.194 4.89
3 █ 2t lime + 2t gypsum █ Triticale Stubble 1.15 1.231 54.556 3.91 0.207 4.403
3 █ Nil █ Triticale Stubble 1.15 1.227 61.51 3.48 0.183 5.017
4 █ 0.5t gypsum + 0.5t dolomite █ Wheat Stubble 1.33 1.191 55.539 4.18 0.196 4.68
4 █ 1t gypsum + 1t dolomite █ Wheat Stubble 1.46 1.316 63.212 3.98 0.205 4.8
5 █ 2t dolomite █ Wheat Stubble 1.28 1.207 71.377 3.723 0.203 5.91
5 █ 2t Gypsum █ Wheat Stubble 1 1.31 55.567 3.81 0.2 4.25
6 █ 2t gypsum + 2t dolomite █ Wheat Stubble 1.05 1.289 48.139 4.027 0.211 3.78
6 █ 2t Lime █ Wheat Stubble 1.31 1.247 67.995 3.69 0.196 5.48
7 █ 2t lime + 2t gypsum █ Wheat Stubble 1.09 1.254 59.403 3.9 0.204 4.74
7 █ Nil █ Wheat Stubble 1.16 1.251 64.257 3.767 0.199 5.13
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Biomass g/m2

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Plant nitrogen %

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Plant phosphorus %

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Plant potassium %

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Potassium uptake mg/plant

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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 Acidic Sand 4.80 0.07
East Wubin, WA 10 - 30cm Acidic Sand
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
East Wubin, WA Acidic sand
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
2004
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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

2004 trial report



Trial last modified: 23-01-2023 15:26pm AEST