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Compost evaluation

2005
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Research organisation
Liebe Group

Trial details

Researcher(s) Darren Chitty (AgriTech)
Year(s) 2005
Contributor Liebe Group
Trial location(s) West Buntine, WA
Compost evaluation locations
Aims

To evaluate compost and clay for their ability to improve the production capacity of soil.

Key messages

Average yields ranged from 2.1 to 2.5t/ha.

Soil amendments applied in 2004 did not significantly improve wheat yields in 2005.

The high fertiliser regime yielded significantly higher than the district practice regime and the low fertiliser regime.

Lead research organisation N/A
Host research organisation N/A
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments
  • Paper reviewed by Barrett Sinclair.
Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

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

West Buntine 2005

Sow date 19 May 2005
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size 20m x 6.6m
Plot replication 3
Fertiliser

As per treatment list
Herbicide

SpraySeed 2L, TriflurX 1.6L, Logran 35g, Tigrex 500mL, Lontrel 100mL
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Trial results Table 1

# Treatment 1
Treatment 2
Protein (%) Screenings (%) Grain yield (t/ha)
1 █ Clay 15 t/ha █ District Fertiliser 10.4 2.1 2.15
2 █ Compost 18 t/ha █ District Fertiliser 9.8 2.4 2.35
3 █ Compost 18t + Clay 15 t/ha █ District Fertiliser 10.4 2.2 2.5
4 █ Compost 6 t/ha █ District Fertiliser 10.6 2.1 2.33
5 █ Compost 6t + Clay 15 t/ha █ District Fertiliser 10.4 2.9 2.05
6 █ Nil amendment █ District Fertiliser 10.1 2.1 2.28
7 █ Clay 15 t/ha █ High Fertiliser 10.3 2.1 2.33
8 █ Compost 18 t/ha █ High Fertiliser 11.2 2.8 2.79
9 █ Compost 18t + Clay 15 t/ha █ High Fertiliser 10 2.1 2.47
10 █ Compost 6 t/ha █ High Fertiliser 10.5 2.3 2.54
11 █ Compost 6t + Clay 15 t/ha █ High Fertiliser 10.6 2.1 2.64
12 █ Nil amendment █ High Fertiliser 10.8 2.3 2.41
13 █ Clay 15 t/ha █ Low Fertiliser 10.1 2.1 2.05
14 █ Compost 18 t/ha █ Low Fertiliser 9.7 2.4 2.04
15 █ Compost 18t + Clay 15 t/ha █ Low Fertiliser 9.6 2.1 2.3
16 █ Compost 6 t/ha █ Low Fertiliser 9.6 2 2.1
17 █ Compost 6t + Clay 15 t/ha █ Low Fertiliser 9.9 2.5 2.21
18 █ Nil amendment █ Low Fertiliser 9.6 2.5 1.98

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
West Buntine, WA 0 - 10cm Sandy loam
West Buntine, WA 10 - 30cm Sandy loam
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
West Buntine, WA Sandy loam
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
West 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 West Buntine WA
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
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Climate

West Buntine WA 2005

Observed climate information

Rainfall trial gsr (mm) 258mm

Derived climate information

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

2005 trial report