| Researcher(s) |
Geoff Moore (DAFWA) John Titterington (DAFWA) Brad Wintle (DAFWA) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2007 |
| Contributor | Liebe Group |
| Trial location(s) |
Buntine, WA
|
Although the panic grasses at the Buntine site have shown excellent presistence, despite the extended dry conditions, there remains a question mark over the role of sub-tropical grasses in the north-eastern wheatbelt.
| Lead research organisation | N/A |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
The authors would like to thank MLA and CRC for Future Farm Industries.
|
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Other crop: Grasses |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sow date | 21 September 2006 |
|---|---|
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | 5 |
| Fertiliser |
23/4/07: 150 kg/ha of super:potash 3:1 23/4/07: 100 kg/ha ammonium sulphate (20 units of N) |
| Herbicide |
Nil |
| Other trial notes |
Rainfall: Sept - Dec 2006 30mm;Jan - mid-Dec. 2007 144mm |
| @T1: 10/7/07 | @T2: 30/8/07 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| # |
Treatment 1
|
Biomass (g/m of row) | Biomass (g/m of row) |
| 1 | █ Gatton | 47.8 | 47.8 |
| 1 | █ Panmax010 | 49 | 39.1 |
| 2 | █ Panmax011 | 47.5 | 62.7 |
| 2 | █ Panmax045 | 40.1 | 44 |
| 3 | █ Panmax049 | 47.7 | 51.5 |
| 3 | █ Panmax050 | 33.6 | 48.3 |
| 4 | █ Panmax055 | 37.1 | 50.1 |
| 4 | █ Panmax057 | 28.5 | 45.7 |
| 5 | █ Panmax059 | 47.2 | 51.8 |
| 5 | █ Panmax060 | 47.6 | 61.7 |
| 6 | █ Panmax062 | 55.3 | 64.6 |
| 6 | █ Panmax067 | 34.8 | 49.7 |
| 7 | █ Petrie-Green | 44.9 | 53.9 |
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SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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