Crop safety of Boxer Gold and Crusader

2008
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Research organisatons

Trial details

Researcher(s) David Scholz (Elders Ltd)
Year(s) 2008
Contributor Liebe Group
Trial location(s) East Marchagee, WA
Crop safety of Boxer Gold and Crusader locations
Aims

To investigate the crop safety of new products Boxer Gold (Syngenta) and Crusader (Dow).

Key messages
  • Trifluralin use resulted in significant crop damage at this site.
  • Crusader can cause early crop damage, and the label does warn about crop yellowing, but in general the crop with 'grow out' of this damage in a matter of weeks.
Lead research organisation Elders Ltd
Host research organisation N/A
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

Thanks to the Hunt family for allowoing use of the land, the Liebe Group for hosting the site and Bayer, Dow, Farmoz and Syngenta for trial product.

Paper reviewed by Peter Carlton.


Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop type Cereal (Grain): Wheat
Treatment type(s)
  • Herbicide: Timing
  • Herbicide: Type
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Replicated

East Marchagee 2008

Sow date 10 May 2008
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size 5m x 4m
Plot replication 3
Fertiliser

10/5/08: 50 kg/ha Urea (IBS), 50 kg/ha Muriate of Potash (IBS), 100 kg/ha Agstar extra (DB), 7/6/08: 50 kg/ha Urea (TD)

Herbicide

10/5/08: 2 L/ha Spray.Seed®, IBS & PSPE treatments, 18/5/08: Post-emergent treatments, 7/6/08: Post-emergent treatments, 1/7/08: Post-emergent Group B treatments

Fungicide

12/7/08: 500 mL/ha Tilt®

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Trial results Table 1

# Treatment 1
Treatment 2
Grain yield (t/ha) Biomass rating (%)
1 Boxer Gold 2.5 L/ha (IBS) Atlantis Post Em 3.06 97
2 Boxer Gold 2.5 L/ha (Post-em) Atlantis Post Em 3 97
3 Boxer Gold 2.5 L/ha (PSPE) Atlantis Post Em 2.99 98
4 Duet 2 L/ha Atlantis Post Em 2.73 97
5 Trifluralin 2.3 L/ha Atlantis Post Em 2.84 91
6 Boxer Gold 2.5 L/ha (IBS) Crusader Post Em 2.84 95
7 Boxer Gold 2.5 L/ha (Post-em) Crusader Post Em 3.08 92
8 Boxer Gold 2.5 L/ha (PSPE) Crusader Post Em 3.01 97
9 Duet 2 L/ha Crusader Post Em 2.73 86
10 Trifluralin 2.3 L/ha Crusader Post Em 2.54 82
11 Boxer Gold 2.5 L/ha (IBS) Monza Post Em 2.98 98
12 Boxer Gold 2.5 L/ha (Post-em) Monza Post Em 3.11 99
13 Boxer Gold 2.5 L/ha (PSPE) Monza Post Em 2.95 100
14 Duet 2 L/ha Monza Post Em 2.81 99
15 Trifluralin 2.3 L/ha Monza Post Em 2.6 86
16 Boxer Gold 2.5 L/ha (IBS) Nil Post Em 2.85 97
17 Boxer Gold 2.5 L/ha (Post-em) Nil Post Em 3.01 98
18 Boxer Gold 2.5 L/ha (PSPE) Nil Post Em 2.89 99
19 Duet 2 L/ha Nil Post Em 2.85 98
20 Trifluralin 2.3 L/ha Nil Post Em 2.68 91

Grain yield t/ha


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Biomass rating %


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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 Sandy loam
East Marchagee, WA 10 - 30cm Sandy loam
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
East Marchagee, WA Sandy loam
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.
Year East Marchagee WA
2008 183.6mm
2007 141.1mm
2006 155.2mm
2005 155.1mm
2004 131.5mm
2003 134.3mm
2002 104.5mm
2001 116.0mm
2000 191.2mm
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

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: 11-10-2017 14:53pm AEST