| Researcher(s) |
Lara Swift (Liebe Group) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2008 |
| Contributor | Liebe Group |
| Trial location(s) |
West Buntine, WA
|
To evaluate the effectiveness of skip row spacing of lupins in a medium to low rainfall environment
| 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.
|
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Grain Legume: Lupins |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
|
| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| 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 |
| # |
Treatment 1
|
Protein (%) | Grain yield (t/ha) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Control | 29.2 | 2.5 |
| 2 | █ Skip row | 29.2 | 2.12 |
| Rainfall trial gsr (mm) | 330mm |
|---|
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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