Skip row spacing in Mandelup lupins

2008
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Trial details

Researcher(s) Lara Swift (Liebe Group)
Year(s) 2008
Contributor Liebe Group
Trial location(s) West Buntine, WA
Skip row spacing in Mandelup lupins locations
Aims

To evaluate the effectiveness of skip row spacing of lupins in a medium to low rainfall environment

Key messages
  • The skip row treatments were visually much more susceptable to weed competition.
  • Further analysis and trials are necessary to gain a better understanding of the implications of skip row seeding in lupins and the impace the environment ha son its effectiveness.
Lead research organisation Liebe Group
Host research organisation N/A
Trial funding source GRDC
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

The Liebe Group would like to acknowledge GRDC for funding the project.

Thanks to Michael and Narelle Dodd for hosting the trial site and Ross and Lynne Fitzsimons for assisting with the seeding, harvesting and implmentation of the trial.

Also, thanks to Emma Wilson (formerly Liebe Group) for the initial setup of the trial, Chris O'Callaghan (Liebe Group) for assistance with the harvest adn the CBH Group for grain analysis.

  • Paper reviewed by Bob French.

Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop type Grain Legume: Lupins
Treatment type(s)
  • Sowing: Row Spacing
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Replicated

West Buntine 2008

Sow date 30 April 2008
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size 150m x 13.7m
Plot replication 3
Fertiliser

50 kg/ha Legume Plus

Herbicide

30/4/08: 586 mL/ha Roundup Power MAX, 1.11 kg/ha Simagranz

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Trial results Table 1

# Treatment 1
Protein (%) Grain yield (t/ha)
1 Control 29.2 2.5
2 Skip row 29.2 2.12

Grain yield t/ha


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Protein %


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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 Sand over Gravel
West Buntine, WA 10 - 30cm Sand over Gravel
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
West Buntine, WA Sand over gravel
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
2008 288.3mm
2007 211.9mm
2006 240.5mm
2005 231.1mm
2004 242.2mm
2003 271.0mm
2002 227.4mm
2001 229.5mm
2000 292.6mm
National soil grid Source: CSIRO/TERN
NOTE: National Soil Grid data is aggregated information for background information on the wider area
Actual soil values can vary significantly in a small area and the trial soil tests are the most relevant data where available

Soil properties

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Climate

West Buntine WA 2008


Observed climate information

Rainfall trial gsr (mm) 330mm

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.