| Researcher(s) |
Phillip Bradley (Battunga) Wayne Hawkins (Glenvarloch) Mark Hill (Berum) Jen Lillecrapp (PIRSA) Craig Pietsch (Camden Park) David Watson (lnverary) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2000 |
| Contributor | Southern Farming Systems |
| Trial location(s) |
Conmurra, SA
Frances, SA Kybybolite, SA Mundulla, SA Pooginagoric, SA |
To evaluate the raised bed technology for reducing crop losses caused by waterlogging.
Soil type and topography/drainage will be the major factors that determine the effectiveness of the raised bed system.
| Lead research organisation | N/A |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments | N/A |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop types | Cereal (Grain): Wheat Forage: Oats Cereal (Grain): Barley |
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| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Demonstration |
| Trial design | Unreplicated |
| Sow date | Not specified |
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| # | Variety |
Treatment 1
|
Grain yield (t/ha) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ NR | █ Flats | 1.1 |
| 2 | █ NR | █ Raised beds | 1 |
| # | Grain yield (t/ha) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Raised beds | 3.35 |
| 2 | █ Flats | 3.2 |
| # | Grain yield (t/ha) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Raised beds | 4.3 |
| 2 | █ Flats | 3.8 |
| # | Grain yield (t/ha) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Flats | 6.21 |
| 2 | █ Raised beds | 5.74 |
| # | Grain yield (t/ha) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Flats | 4.86 |
| 2 | █ Raised beds | 4.85 |
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.
