Simon Craig (BCG) Andrew Makin (Integrated Packaging)
Year(s)
2008
Contributor
Birchip Cropping Group
Trial location(s)
Curyo, VIC
Aims
To demonstrate if summer crops and wheat can be grown successfully when sown in winter and covered in biodegradable polymer films.
Key messages
Biodegradable polymer films retain soil moisture and increase soil temperature.
Polymers allow crops to be grown out of season and expand the planting window.
Sorghum and millet successfully germinated under the film failed to germinate in the absence of the film.
Lead research organisation
N/A
Host research organisation
N/A
Related program
N/A
Acknowledgments
BCG would like to acknowledge the CRC for Polymers and Integrated Packaging for their support in this trial. The authors would like to gratefully acknowledge James Jess, Claire Browne, Liam Coffey and Karen Chapman for their assistance during the season.
Trial source data and summary not available Check the trial
report PDF for trial results.
Climate
Derived climate information
No observed climate data available for this trial. Derived climate data is
determined from trial site location and national weather sources.
Curyo VIC
NOTE: Exact trial site locality unknown - Climate data may not be accurate
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.
