| Researcher(s) |
Stephen Davies (DAFWA) Nadine Hollamby (Liebe Group) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2013 |
| Contributor | Liebe Group |
| Trial location(s) |
West Buntine, WA
|
To determine if there are any benefits to be gained from mouldboard ploughing a yellow sandplain soil
| Lead research organisation | N/A |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | Australian Government |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
This project is funded by the Australian Government. Thank you to the Department of Agricultural and Food, WA for the use of their mouldboard plough and Colin Cail for the use of his tractor in 2012. |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Cereal (Grain): Wheat |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
|
| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sow date | 16 May 2013 |
|---|---|
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | 100m x 18m |
| Plot replication | 2 |
| Fertiliser |
60 L/ha Flexi-N, 50 kg/ha Ag flow extra, 20 kg/ha MOP, 0.25 L/ha TM21 |
| Herbicide |
1.8 L/ha Treflan, 1 L/ha Roundup |
| # |
Treatment 1
|
Hectolitre weight (kg/hL) | Protein (%) | Screenings (%) | Grain yield (t/ha) | Nearest neighbour control (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Control | 81 | 11.9 | 2 | 2.01 | 100 |
| 2 | █ Control | 81 | 11.6 | 2 | 2.06 | 100 |
| 3 | █ Control | 80 | 11.4 | 2 | 2.11 | 100 |
| 4 | █ Deep ripped | 81 | 11.2 | 2 | 2.22 | 110 |
| 5 | █ Deep ripped | 79 | 11.3 | 3 | 1.86 | 90 |
| 6 | █ Mouldboard | 80 | 12.1 | 2 | 2.28 | 110 |
| 7 | █ Mouldboard | 80 | 12.2 | 1 | 2.02 | 95 |
| Rainfall trial gsr (mm) | 173mm |
|---|
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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