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Assessment of WMF NPK crop plus and WMF microbes of wheat yield and quality

2009
CC BY 4.0

Research organisation
Liebe Group

Trial details

Researcher(s) Richard Devlin (Living Farm)
Paul Storer (Western Mineral Fertilisers)
Year(s) 2009
Contributor Liebe Group
Trial location(s) Pithara, WA
Assessment of WMF NPK crop plus and WMF microbes of wheat yield and quality locations
Aims
  • To evaluate wheat yield and quality when growing wheat with conventional granular fertilisers or Western Mineral’s granular mineral fertiliser.
  • To compare the effects of different methods of “extra” nitrogen application.
Key messages
  • Yields and protein were generally low across the trial.
  • Addition of granular starter had a significant effect on yield vs the untreated for all treatments except treatments 2 and 5.
Lead research organisation N/A
Host research organisation N/A
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

Paper reviewed by Ben Parkin, Living Farm
Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop type Cereal (Grain): Wheat
Treatment type(s)
  • Fertiliser : Form
  • Fertiliser : Type
  • Seed treatment : Inoculant
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Randomised,Replicated,Blocked

Pithara 2009

Sow date 5 June 2009
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size 15m x 1.25m
Plot replication 3
Fertiliser

As per treatments
Herbicide

05/06/09: 2.5l/ha Trifluralin, 2L/ha Roundup, 30g/ha Logran,08/07/09: 25g/ha Monza, 2%v/v DC Trate,29/07/09: 380g/ha Achieve, 1.2l/ha Bromicide MA, 0.75%v/v Supercharge
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Trial results Table 1

# Treatment 1
Treatment 2
Treatment 3
Hectolitre weight (kg/hL) Protein (%) Screenings (%) Grain yield (t/ha)
1 █ 70 kg/ha Macro Pro Extra █ 400 ml/ha Impact in Furrow █ 10.5 Units Gran Urea 4W.A.S 72.9 8.53 3.21 1.46
2 █ 70 kg/ha Macro Pro Extra █ 400 ml/ha Impact in Furrow █ 10.5 Units Liquid N inject 71.28 9.17 4.34 1.47
3 █ 70 kg/ha Macro Pro Extra █ 400 ml/ha Impact in Furrow █ No Nitrogen 75.35 7.77 2.6 1.36
4 █ 70 kg/ha NPK Crop Plus █ 750 g/t Ag Microbes on seed █ 10.5 Units Gran Urea 4W.A.S 70.67 8.87 3.87 1.4
5 █ 70 kg/ha NPK Crop Plus █ 750 g/t Ag Microbes on seed █ No Nitrogen 73.89 7.73 2.64 1.22
6 █ 70 kg/ha NPK Crop Plus █ 750 g/t, Ag Microbes on seed █ 10.5, Units Liquid N inject 71.51 8.67 3.82 1.44
7 █ 70 kg/ha NPK Crop Plus █ PSN Microbes on seed █ 10.5 Units Gran Urea 4W.A.S 70.64 9.2 4.54 1.4
8 █ 70 kg/ha NPK Crop Plus █ PSN Microbes on seed █ 10.5 Units Liquid N inject 73.51 8.13 2.89 1.49
9 █ 70 kg/ha NPK Crop Plus █ PSN Microbes on seed █ No Nitrogen 73.85 7.97 3.03 1.28
10 █ NO Fertiliser █ No seed treatment █ No Nitrogen 75.46 7.63 2.29 1.14

Grain yield t/ha

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Hectolitre weight kg/hL

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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
Pithara, WA 0 - 10cm Sandy loam
Pithara, WA 10 - 30cm Sandy loam
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Pithara, WA Sandy loam
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Pithara, 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.
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Climate

Pithara WA 2009

Observed climate information

Rainfall trial gsr (mm) 201mm

Derived climate information

Pithara 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

2009 trial report