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Demonstration of new annual pasture legumes

2004
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Research organisations
Liebe Group Department of Agriculture and Food WA

Trial details

Researcher(s) Angelo Loi (Department of Agriculture)
Year(s) 2004
Contributor Liebe Group
Trial location(s) West Buntine, WA
Demonstration of new annual pasture legumes locations
Aims

To demonstrate the productivity and persistence of annual pasture legumes (NAPLIP cultivar/species) on several soil types in the medium–low rainfall wheat belt environment.

Key messages
  • Saltbush and bluebush appear best suited to the moderately to severely saline areas of the site.
  • Lucerne has presisted well on the non-saline area adjacent to the saline area.
  • Sub-tropical grasses didn't persist due to excessive levels of salininty and possible competition and allelopathic effects of iceplant.
  • The sandy duplex soil type appears well suited to direct seeding, as there doesn't appear to be any difference in growth between saltbush seedlings and direct seeding.
Lead research organisation Department of Agriculture and Food WA
Host research organisation N/A
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments
  • Technically reviewed by Brianna Peake.
Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop types Cereal (Grain): Wheat Pasture: Clover Pasture: Medic : N/A
Treatment type(s)
  • Crop : Type
  • Crop : Variety
Trial type Demonstration
Trial design Unreplicated

West Buntine 2004 Wheat

Sow date 18 May 2004
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size 40m x 2m
Plot replication 1
Fertiliser

200 kg/ha Superphosphate, 70 kg/ha MOP
Herbicide

200 mL/ha spinnaker, Select
Insecticide

120 mL/ha Talstar

West Buntine 2004 Clover

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

West Buntine 2004 Medic

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

West Buntine 2004

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

# Variety
 Dry matter (t/ha)
1 █ Balansa clover (Frontier) 1.2
2 █ Balansa clover (Paradana) 1.8
3 █ Barrel medic (Caliph) 1.7
4 █ Biserrula (Casbah) 1.7
5 █ Biserrula (Mauro) 1.2
6 █ Biserrula (Uninoculated Casbah) 0.2
7 █ Burr medic (Cavalier) 0.9
8 █ Burr medic (Scimitar) 0.9
9 █ Crinsom clover (Caprera) 3.8
10 █ Eastern star clover (Portolu) 2.8
11 █ French serradella (Cadiz) 4.5
12 █ Hard seed french serradella (Erica) 3.1
13 █ Hard seed french serradella (Margurita) 3.7
14 █ Persian clover (Prolific) 2.4
15 █ Rose clover (Hykon) 1.7
16 █ Sphere medic (Orion) 1.4
17 █ Strand medic (Herald) 1.6
18 █ Subterranean clover (Dalkeith) 2.6
19 █ Subterranean clover (Izmir) 2.5
20 █ Subterranean clover (Uninoculated Dalkeith) 2
21 █ Subterranean clover (Urana) 2.3
22 █ Yellow serradella (Charano) 4.3
23 █ Yellow serradella (Santorini) 3.3
24 █ Yellow serradella (Yelbini) 4.5

Dry matter 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
West Buntine, WA 0 - 10cm N/A
West Buntine, WA 10 - 30cm N/A
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
West Buntine, WA Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
West Buntine, WA Sodosol
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 West 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.

West 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



Trial last modified: 26-11-2019 16:26pm AEST