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Perennial pasture demonstration

2010
CC BY 4.0

Research organisation
Liebe Group

Trial details

Researcher(s) Flora Danielzik (Liebe Group)
Year(s) 2010
Contributor Liebe Group
Trial location(s) Buntine, WA
Perennial pasture demonstration locations
Aims

To evaluate new fodder shrubs on poor performing areas.

Key messages
  • Atriplex nummularia (Old man saltbush, 79.2% survival), Atriplex rhagodioides (Silver saltbush, 77.1% survival), and Rhagodia parabolica (Mealy saltbush, 76% survival) are the species with the highest survival rates.
  • Weed control was poor with wild radish competing strongly with the perennials for moisture.
  • The trial will continue next year with more results becoming available during this time, including palability, feed value and persistence.
Lead research organisation Liebe Group
Host research organisation N/A
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

Jason Emms, SARDI, for organising the freight of the plants to Buntine.
Paper reviewed by Chris O’Callaghan, Liebe Group.
Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop type Other: Perennial shrubs
Treatment type(s)
  • Crop : Variety
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Replicated

Buntine 2010

Sow date 2 July 2009
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication 4
Fertiliser

Nil
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Trial results Table 1

# Treatment 1
Survival (%)
1 █ Acacia saligna (Golden wreath wattle) 15.6
2 █ Atriplex amnicola (River saltbush) 64.6
3 █ Atriplex nummularia (Old man saltbush) 79.2
4 █ Atriplex rhagodioides (Silver saltbush) 77.1
5 █ Atriplex semibaccata (Creeping saltbush) 49
6 █ Chameacytisis prolifer (Tagasaste) 0
7 █ Chenopodium nitrariaceum (Nitre goosefoot) 42.7
8 █ Convulvulus remotes (Australian bindweed) 0
9 █ Enchylaena tomentosa (Ruby saltbush) 67.7
10 █ Eremophila glabra (Tar bush) 2.1
11 █ Medicago strasseri (Tree medic) 2.1
12 █ Rhagodia crassifolia (Fleshy saltbush) 14.6
13 █ Rhagodia parabolica (Mealy saltbush) 76
14 █ Rhagodia preissii (Saltbush) 52.1
15 █ Rhagodia spinescens (Thorny saltbush) 70.8

Survival %

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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Site Depth Type pH EC P K N A OC CAT
Buntine, WA 0 - 10cm Sand over Gravel 6.00 0.02
Buntine, WA 10 - 30cm Sand over Gravel
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Buntine, WA Sand over gravel
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Buntine, 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

Buntine WA 2010

Observed climate information

Rainfall trial gsr (mm) 158mm

Derived climate information

Buntine 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

2010 trial report



Trial last modified: 26-11-2019 16:34pm AEST