| Researcher(s) |
Emma Glasfurd (Liebe Group) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2006 |
| Contributor | Liebe Group |
| Trial location(s) |
Kalannie, WA
|
To investigate the effect on wheat yield between applications of a gypsum/dolomite mix, high-cal product and lime, and also to compare the long term effects the three products have on soil acidity
| Lead research organisation |
Liebe Group |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | GRDC LIE00005 |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
Liebe Group would like to acknowledge GRDC for funding the project. Thanks also to Brian and Rowan McCreery for hosting the trial site and assistance with implementing the trial.
|
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Cereal (Grain): Wheat |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
|
| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sow rate or Target density | 55 kg/ha |
|---|---|
| Sow date | 29 May 2006 |
| Harvest date | Unknown |
| Plot size | 100m x 20m |
| Plot replication | 3 |
| Fertiliser |
Legume special 80 kg/ha, 35 kg/ha Urea banded |
| Herbicide |
1.2 L/ha Treflan, 800 mL/ha Roundup Powermax, 15g Logran, and 20g Logran B. |
| # |
Treatment 1
|
Gross margin ($/ha) | Protein (%) | Screenings (%) | Grain yield (t/ha) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Control | 65.05 | 12.5 | 5.98 | 0.76 |
| 2 | █ Gypsum/Dolomite mix (1 t/ha) | 48.98 | 12.2 | 5.35 | 0.82 |
| 3 | █ High Cal (600 kg/ha) | 50.68 | 12.6 | 4.32 | 0.75 |
| 4 | █ Lime (1.5 t/ha) | 48.28 | 12.6 | 4.62 | 0.6 |
| Rainfall trial gsr (mm) | 146mm |
|---|
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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