| Researcher(s) |
David Meharry (Landmark) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2008 |
| Contributor | Liebe Group |
| Trial location(s) |
East Marchagee, WA
|
To determine the most effective seed treatment in wheat and evaluate any benefits from using imidacloprid on wheat.
| Lead research organisation | N/A |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
Thanks go to Landmark's Product Development Agronomist, Darren Chitty, and Coorow Agronomist, Holly Syme, for their help in seeding, harvesting and presenting the trial.
|
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Cereal (Grain): Wheat |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
|
| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sow rate or Target density | 80 kg/ha |
|---|---|
| Sow date | 20 May 2008 |
| Harvest date | Unknown |
| Plot size | 10m x 2m |
| Plot replication | 3 |
| Fertiliser |
20/5/07: 100 kg/ha Agstar Xtra + 80kg Urea |
| Herbicide |
20/5/08: 2 L/ha PowerMax, 2.5 L/ha Boxer Gold, Post: 2 L/ha Precept |
| Insecticide |
200 ml/ha Alpha-cypermethrin |
| # |
Treatment 1
|
Grain yield (t/ha) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Baytan 1.5 L/t | 3.06 |
| 2 | █ Dividend 1.3 L/t | 3.19 |
| 3 | █ Dividend 2.6 L/t | 3.15 |
| 4 | █ Gaucho 0.6 L/t | 3 |
| 5 | █ Gaucho 1.2 L/t | 3.08 |
| 6 | █ Hombre 4.0 L/t | 3.16 |
| 7 | █ Intake IF 0.4 L/t | 3.36 |
| 8 | █ Raxil 1 L/t | 3.42 |
| 9 | █ Untreated | 3.12 |
| 10 | █ Zorro 4 L/t | 3.11 |
| Rainfall trial gsr (mm) | 324mm |
|---|
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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