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N x P wheat vs canola

2008
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Research organisations
Liebe Group CSBP

Trial details

Researcher(s) Erin Cahill (CSBP)
James Easton (CSBP)
Year(s) 2008
Contributor Liebe Group
Trial location(s) East Marchagee, WA
N x P wheat vs canola locations
Aims

To demonstrate and compare nitrogen and phosphorus responses in wheat and canola side by side.

Key messages
  • Good growing conditions produced wheat yields of up to 5.0t/ha and canola yields of up to 2.6t/ha.
  • There was no response to P in either crop where N was applied.
Lead research organisation CSBP
Host research organisation N/A
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

Thanks to Rowan Maddern and Ryan Guthrie (CSBP Field Research) for their contribution to this trial and the Hunt family for hosting the trial.
Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop types Oilseed: Canola Cereal (Grain): Wheat
Treatment type(s)
  • Crop : Type
  • Fertiliser : Application Method
  • Fertiliser : Timing
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Replicated

East Marchagee 2008 Canola

Sow date 5 May 2008
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size 20m x 2m
Plot replication 3
Fertiliser

Whole site 150 kg/ha Gypsum, 0,8,16 kg/ha Phosphorus and 0,42,84 kg/ha Nitrogen
Herbicide

5/5/2008 Canola: 1.2 L/ha roundup powermax Pre, 2 L/ha atrazine, 300 ml/ha imidan PSPE Wheat:1.2 L/ha roundup powermax, 2 L/ha trifluralin Pre 300 ml/ha imidan PSPE; 1/7/08 Canola 2 L/ha atrazine, 450 ml/ha select + oil + SoA;
Insecticide

5/5/2008 200 ml/ha talstar, 5/8/08 125 ml/ha cypermethrin
Fungicide

5/8/2008 Wheat 145 ml/ha folicur,

East Marchagee 2008 Wheat

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified
Insecticide Not specified
Fungicide Not specified
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Trial results Table 1

# Treatment 1
Treatment 2
Treatment 3
Gross margin ($/ha) Grain yield (t/ha) Protein (%)
1 █ canola █ 0 N █ 0 P 1114 2.32
2 █ canola █ 0 N █ 8 P 1059 2.29
3 █ canola █ 0 N █ 16 P 1086 2.43
4 █ Wheat █ 0 N █ 0 P 756 3.15 9.1
5 █ Wheat █ 0 N █ 8 P 894 3.89 9.7
6 █ Wheat █ 0 N █ 16 P 897 4.07 9.8
7 █ canola █ 42 N █ 8 P 1135 2.61
8 █ canola █ 42 N █ 16 P 1004 2.42
9 █ Wheat █ 42 N █ 8 P 1010 4.7 10.1
10 █ Wheat █ 42 N █ 16 P 1020 4.91 10
11 █ canola █ 84 N █ 8 P 995 2.48
12 █ canola █ 84 N █ 16 P 960 2.49
13 █ canola █ 84 N █ 0 P 1016 2.44
14 █ Wheat █ 84 N █ 8 P 986 4.92 10.5
15 █ Wheat █ 84 N █ 16 P 955 4.96 10.3
16 █ Wheat █ 84 N █ 0 P 997 4.8 10.1

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
East Marchagee, WA 0 - 10cm Sand over Gravel
East Marchagee, WA 10 - 30cm Sand over Gravel
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
East Marchagee, WA Sand over gravel
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
East Marchagee, WA Sodosol
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.
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Climate

East Marchagee WA 2008

Observed climate information

Rainfall trial gsr (mm) 324mm

Derived climate information

East Marchagee 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

2008 trial report



Trial last modified: 06-08-2019 07:53am AEST