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Impact of biochar on crop yield and nitrogen

2010
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Research organisation
Funding source
Liebe Group
<abbr title='Grains Research and Development Corporation'>GRDC</abbr>

Trial details

Researcher(s) Daniel Dempster (UWA)
Nadine Hollamby (Liebe Group)
Year(s) 2010
Contributor Liebe Group
Trial location(s) Buntine, WA
Impact of biochar on crop yield and nitrogen locations
Aims
  • To determine the impacts of Biochar on crop yield.
  • To determine how Biochar influences plant nitrogen uptake and soil nitrogen mineralization.
  • To compare the effectiveness of different methods of applying Biochar to the soil.
Key messages
Not specified
Lead research organisation N/A
Host research organisation N/A
Trial funding source GRDC
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

Daniel Dempster and Andrew Wherrett from the University of Western Australia for collaborating with the Liebe group on this trial. Trevor Bell and colleagues at DAFWA’s Research Support Unit in Geraldton for applying Biochar and seeding and harvesting the trial.
Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop type Cereal (Grain): Wheat
Treatment type(s)
  • Crop : Nutrition
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Replicated

Buntine 2010

Sow date 17 July 2010
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size 20m x 2m
Plot replication 4
Fertiliser

17/7/10: 50 kg/ha Double phos. Urea as per treatments
Herbicide

17/7/2010: 2 L/ha Sprayseed, 1.5L Treflan
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Trial results Table 1

@T1: Post tillering @T2: Athesis
# Treatment 1
Treatment 2
Protein (%) Grain yield (t/ha) Nitrogen uptake (kg N/ha) Biomass (t/ha) Biomass (t/ha)
1 █ Banded Biochar █ 0 kg N/ha 8.9 1.3 23 0.5 3.8
1 █ Nil Biochar █ 0 kg N/ha 9.2 1.4 27.7 0.4 3.9
1 █ Spread Biochar █ 0 kg N/ha 8.7 1.6 28.7 0.5 4.3
2 █ Banded Biochar █ 20 kg N/ha 10 1.4 29.5 0.7 4.2
2 █ Nil Biochar █ 20 kg N/ha 9.8 1.4 28.6 0.6 4.5
2 █ Spread Biochar █ 20 kg N/ha 9.7 1.3 26 0.7 4.9
3 █ Banded Biochar █ 40 kg N/ha 11.4 1.5 39.5 0.8 5.5
3 █ Nil Biochar █ 40 kg N/ha 10.7 1.5 35.3 0.8 5.2
3 █ Spread Biochar █ 40 kg N/ha 11.4 1.4 35.3 0.9 4.7
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Biomass t/ha

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Nitrogen uptake kg N/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
Buntine, WA 0 - 10cm Sandy loam 5.50 0.04
Buntine, WA 10 - 30cm Sandy loam 4.60
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Buntine, WA Sandy loam
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) 166mm

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