| Researcher(s) |
Geoff Dean (TIAR) Rob Howard (TIAR) Peter Johnson (TIAR) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2003 |
| Contributor | Southern Farming Systems |
| Trial location(s) |
Symmons Plains, TAS
|
To investigate the nodulation and yield response of Faba beans to higher rates of rhizobia inoculation.
Rhizobium inoculation improved faba bean yields by 9-30% above uninoculated plants. Higher rates of rhizobium inoculum show a trend to further increase yield though this was not significant. Rhizobium inoculation should be considered as cheap insurance against conditions not favourable to nitrogen supply, particularly during winter.
| Lead research organisation | N/A |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments | N/A |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Grain Legume: Faba beans |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
|
| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sow date | 29 May 2003 |
|---|---|
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | 8m x 1.7m |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| # |
Treatment 1
|
Grain yield (t/ha) | Nodulation (nodules/plant) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Averaged across treatments | 3 | 5.7 |
| 2 | █ High innoculation | 2.9 | 7.7 |
| 3 | █ Standard innoculation | 2.8 | 7 |
| 4 | █ Averaged across treatments | 2.5 | 5.3 |
| 5 | █ None innoculation | 2.2 | 1.8 |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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