| Researcher(s) |
Clare Johnston (Liebe Group) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2013 |
| Contributor | Liebe Group |
| Trial location(s) |
Wongan Hills, WA
|
To determine the effects of mouldboarding and deep ripping on a Wongan Hills yellow sand when varying lime and nutrient inputs
| Lead research organisation | N/A |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
Shari Dougall and Bruce Thorpe, Wongan Hills RSU, DAFWA. Peter Newman, AHRI for presenting the trial at the Wongan Hills Field Day. |
| 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 | 10m x 18m |
| Plot replication | 3 |
| Fertiliser |
80 kg/ha Macro Pro Plus |
| Herbicide |
2 L/ha Spray.Seed, 118 g/ha Sakura,300 mL/ha Axial, 0.5% Adigor,670 mL/ha Velocity, 1% Hasten |
| # |
Treatment 1
|
Hectolitre weight (kg/hL) | Protein (%) | Screenings (%) | Grain yield (t/ha) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Deep Ripped, Nil Lime | 74.58 | 12.7 | 14.87 | 1.32c |
| 2 | █ Mouldboard, 2 t/ha Lime | 75.61 | 12.13 | 10.2 | 0.80ab |
| 3 | █ Mouldboard, 2 t/ha Lime | 74.38 | 12.7 | 12.37 | 0.90a |
| 4 | █ Mouldboard, nil Lime | 74.07 | 12.07 | 10.73 | 0.74a |
| 5 | █ Mouldboard, nil Lime | 76.11 | 12.07 | 10.73 | 0.80ab |
| 6 | █ Nil Culitvation, Nil Lime | 75.1 | 12.03 | 9.42 | 1.03b |
| 7 | █ Nil Cultivation, 2 t/ha Lime | 75.06 | 11.67 | 8.38 | 0.95a |
| 8 | █ Nil Cultivation, 2 t/ha Lime | 76.41 | 11.8 | 8.9 | 1.08bc |
| 9 | █ Nil Cultivation, Nil Lime | 75.16 | 12 | 8.41 | 1.11bc |
| 10 | █ Nil Cultivation, Nil Lime | 73.77 | 12.53 | 10.76 | 1.25bc |
| Rainfall trial gsr (mm) | 256mm |
|---|
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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