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HiFert: phosphorus and trace element for maximum wheat production in the high rainfall zone

2002
CC BY 4.0

Research organisation
Southern Farming Systems

Trial details

Researcher(s) Una Allender (HiFert)
Wes Arnott (HiFert)
Steve Holden (SFS)
Andrew Speirs (HiFert)
Year(s) 2002
Contributor Southern Farming Systems
Trial location(s) Gnarwarre, VIC
Hamilton, VIC
Lake Bolac, VIC
HiFert: phosphorus and trace element for maximum wheat production in the high rainfall zone locations
Aims
  • To develop a phosphorus response curve for wheat in the high rainfall zone of South West Victoria.
  • Investigate responses to zinc and copper individually as well as in combination.
  • Evaluate several R and 0 products which may improve phosphorus and nitrogen efficiency. 
Key messages
  • Phosphorus (P) responses were visual and evident from 3 leaf stage until the end of September with the 50 of P treatments being well ahead of the nil P.
  • The 15 P plots also were visibly behind.
  • There was a strong trend to increased yield with increasing rate of P applied, however this was not significant due to the high CV as a result of crown rot.
  • The zinc and copper cote treatments performed better than most treatments and were significantly better than the nil P treatment, but not significantly better than the straight 25 P treatment as DAP. 
  • Grain proteins were lower than expected with a very high CV 13%, usually grain protein CV's are about 2 - 3% showing that there was a dramatic effect of possibly crown rot in the site.
  • The site had been in barley the year prior which is the best cereal host for carry over of crown rot and a dry finish makes the crown rot worse. 
     
Lead research organisation N/A
Host research organisation N/A
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments N/A
Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop type Cereal (Grain): Wheat
Treatment type(s)
  • Fertiliser : Rate
  • Fertiliser : Type
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Randomised,Replicated,Blocked

Gnarwarre 2002

Sow date 30 May 2002
Harvest date 11 January 2003
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified

Hamilton 2002

Sow date 24 May 2002
Harvest date 14 January 2003
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified

Lake Bolac 2002

Sow date 6 June 2002
Harvest date 6 January 2003
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
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Trial results Gnarwarre HiFert results

# Variety
 Treatment 1
Protein (%) Grain yield (t/ha)
1 █ Kellalac █ MAP impreg S @ sowing and Urea @ pre-sowing 9.3 4.56
2 █ Kellalac █ DAP Cu cote 2.5 % @ sowing and urea @ pre-sowing 9.1 4.31
3 █ Kellalac █ DAP Zinc cote 2.5% @ sowing and Urea @ pre-sowing 9.27 4.24
4 █ Kellalac █ DAP Cu/Zn cote 2.5 % @ sowing and Urea @ pre-sowing 8.47 4.17
5 █ Kellalac █ DAP impreg S @ sowing and Urea @ pre-sowing 9.3 4.13
6 █ Kellalac █ DAP @ sowing and DAP/Urea @ pre-sowing 9.27 4.07
7 █ Kellalac █ MAP @ sowing and urea @ pre-sowing 9.5 3.98
8 █ Kellalac █ DAP @ sowing and Urea @ pre-sowing 9.37 3.98
9 █ Kellalac █ DAP @ sowing and Urea @ pre-sowing 9.83 3.92
10 █ Kellalac █ DAP Cu cote 1 % @ sowing and Urea @ pre-sowing 8.77 3.9
11 █ Kellalac █ DAP FS @ sowing and Urea @ pre-sowing 8.7 3.89
12 █ Kellalac █ DAP @ sowing and DAP/Urea @ pre-sowing 9.33 3.79
13 █ Kellalac █ DAPS @ sowing and Urea @ pre-sowing 9.43 3.7
14 █ Kellalac █ DAP RB1 @ sowing and Urea @ pre-sowing 9.37 3.68
15 █ Kellalac █ Urea @ pre-sowing 10.3 3.29

Grain yield t/ha

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Trial results Hamilton HiFert results

# Variety
 Protein (%) Grain yield (t/ha)
1 █ Kellalac █ DAP @ sowing and DAP/Urea @ pre-sowing 10.3 7.6
2 █ Kellalac █ DAP @ sowing and DAP/Urea @ pre-sowing 10.17 7.58
3 █ Kellalac █ MAP impreg S @ sowing and Urea @ pre-sowing 10.87 7.45
4 █ Kellalac █ DAPS @ sowing and Urea @ pre-sowing 10.23 7.44
5 █ Kellalac █ MAP @ sowing and urea @ pre-sowing 10.5 7.4
6 █ Kellalac █ DAP Cu cote 2.5 % @ sowing and urea @ pre-sowing 10.93 7.37
7 █ Kellalac █ DAP @ sowing and Urea @ pre-sowing 10.33 7.21
8 █ Kellalac █ DAP Cu cote 1 % @ sowing and Urea @ pre-sowing 10.2 7.17
9 █ Kellalac █ DAP FS @ sowing and Urea @ pre-sowing 10.33 7.12
10 █ Kellalac █ DAP @ sowing and Urea @ pre-sowing 10.2 7.03
11 █ Kellalac █ DAP RB1 @ sowing and Urea @ pre-sowing 10.4 7.01
12 █ Kellalac █ DAP impreg S @ sowing and Urea @ pre-sowing 10.43 6.99
13 █ Kellalac █ DAP Cu/Zn cote 2.5 % @ sowing and Urea @ pre-sowing 10.67 6.97
14 █ Kellalac █ DAP Zinc cote 2.5% @ sowing and Urea @ pre-sowing 10.37 6.96
15 █ Kellalac █ Urea @ pre-sowing 10.6 6.11

Grain yield t/ha

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Protein %

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Trial results Lakce Bolac HiFert results

# Variety
 Protein (%) Grain yield (t/ha)
1 █ Kellalac █ DAP @ sowing and DAP/Urea @ pre-sowing 13.57 5.097
2 █ Kellalac █ DAP @ sowing and DAP/Urea @ pre-sowing 13.6 5.011
3 █ Kellalac █ MAP @ sowing and urea @ pre-sowing 13.4 4.972
4 █ Kellalac █ DAP @ sowing and Urea @ pre-sowing 13.13 4.9
5 █ Kellalac █ MAP impreg S @ sowing and Urea @ pre-sowing 13.43 4.772
6 █ Kellalac █ DAP Cu cote 1 % @ sowing and Urea @ pre-sowing 13.53 4.761
7 █ Kellalac █ DAP FS @ sowing and Urea @ pre-sowing 13.5 4.725
8 █ Kellalac █ DAP impreg S @ sowing and Urea @ pre-sowing 13.77 4.642
9 █ Kellalac █ DAPS @ sowing and Urea @ pre-sowing 13.63 4.572
10 █ Kellalac █ DAP Zinc cote 2.5% @ sowing and Urea @ pre-sowing 13.47 4.522
11 █ Kellalac █ DAP Cu/Zn cote 2.5 % @ sowing and Urea @ pre-sowing 13.53 4.364
12 █ Kellalac █ DAP Cu cote 2.5 % @ sowing and urea @ pre-sowing 14.17 4.364
13 █ Kellalac █ DAP @ sowing and Urea @ pre-sowing 13.37 4.217
14 █ Kellalac █ DAP RB1 @ sowing and Urea @ pre-sowing 13.6 3.947
15 █ Kellalac █ Urea @ pre-sowing 14.1 1.794

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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Not specified
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Gnarwarre, VIC Not specified
Hamilton, VIC Not specified
Lake Bolac, VIC Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Gnarwarre, VIC Chromosol
Hamilton, VIC Kurosol
Lake Bolac, VIC Sodosol
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.
Year Gnarwarre VIC Hamilton VIC Lake Bolac VIC
2002
2001
2000

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.

Gnarwarre VIC

Hamilton VIC

Lake Bolac VIC

Gnarwarre VIC

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Hamilton VIC

NOTE: Exact trial site locality unknown - Climate data may not be accurate
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Lake Bolac VIC

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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

2002 trial report

2002 trial report

2002 trial report



Trial last modified: 14-11-2019 14:27pm AEST