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Effect of lime incorporation on soil nutrient availability

2013
CC BY 4.0

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

Trial details

Researcher(s) Ross Brennan (DAFWA)
Gavin Sarre (DAFWA)
Criag Scanlan (DAFWA)
Year(s) 2013
Contributor Liebe Group
Trial location(s) West Wubin, WA
Effect of lime incorporation on soil nutrient availability locations
Aims

To determine whether a profit can be achieved from incorporating lime in the year it is applied.

Key messages
Not specified
Lead research organisation N/A
Host research organisation N/A
Trial funding source GRDC
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

This research is supported by the GRDC-funded More Profit from Crop Nutrition initiative. Thanks to Clare Johnston (Liebe Group) Bruce Thorpe (DAFWA) and Shari Dougall (DAFWA) for technical support.
Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

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

West Wubin 2013

Sow date 22 May 2013
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size 20m x 1.54m
Plot replication 3
Herbicide

1.5 L/ha Roundup,118 g/ha Sakura, 2 L/ha SpraySeed,300 mL/ha Axial, 0.5% Adigor,1 L/ha Velocity, 0.5% Hasten
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Trial results Table 1

# Treatment 1
Treatment 2
Gross margin ($/ha) Grain yield (t/ha)
1 █ All █ Control 207 2.05
2 █ All █ Cultivation 243 2.42
3 █ All █ Lime+Cultivation 99 2.24
4 █ All-K █ Control 322 1.94
5 █ All-K █ Cultivation 334 2.2
6 █ All-K █ Lime+Cultivation 239 2.25
7 █ All-N █ Control 175 1.79
8 █ All-N █ Cultivation 186 2.04
9 █ All-N █ Lime+Cultivation 49 1.9
10 █ All-P █ Control 146 1.43
11 █ All-P █ Cultivation 239 2.06
12 █ All-P █ Lime+Cultivation 145 2.11
13 █ All-S █ Control 254 2.24
14 █ All-S █ Cultivation 265 2.5
15 █ All-S █ Lime+Cultivation 147 2.44
16 █ Nil █ Control 241 1.09
17 █ Nil █ Cultivation 348 1.79
18 █ Nil █ Lime+Cultivation 218 1.67

Grain yield t/ha

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Gross margin $/ha

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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Site Depth Type pH EC P K N A OC CAT
West Wubin, WA 0 - 10cm Sandy loam 5.20 0.05
West Wubin, WA 10 - 30cm Sandy loam 4.40 0.02
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
West Wubin, WA Sandy loam
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
West Wubin, 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

West Wubin WA 2013

Observed climate information

Rainfall trial gsr (mm) 228mm

Derived climate information

West Wubin 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

2013 trial report