| Researcher(s) |
Wes Arnott (SFS) Colin Hacking (SFS) Gary Sheppard (SFS) Rohan Wardle (SFS) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2005 |
| Contributor | Southern Farming Systems |
| Trial location(s) |
Inverleigh, VIC
|
To assess the grazing and grain potential of both MacKellar winter wheat and Yerong barley.
Leaf rust started to impact on Mackellar wheat from GS29 onwards. Grazing of the wheat and barley reduced the amount of leaf rust visible. Leaf rust was rife in theYerong barley, particularly late in the season. The forage material was analysed for quality with very high levels of metabolizeable energy and protein being recorded in both the wheat and barley (Table 5-8)
| Lead research organisation | N/A |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | GRDC |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
This is part of the grazing cereals programme within Grain & Graze. Thanks go to the funding bodies including GRDC, MLA, Land & Water Australia and AWI. |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop types | Cereal (Grain): Barley Cereal (Grain): Wheat |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
|
| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sow rate or Target density | 200 plants/square metre |
|---|---|
| Sow date | 3 March 2005 barley 7-6-05 |
| Harvest date | Unknown |
| Plot size | 20m x 2m |
| Plot replication | 3 |
| Sow rate or Target density | Not specified |
|---|---|
| Sow date | Not specified |
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| # | Variety |
Treatment 1
|
Grain yield (t/ha) | Dry matter (t/ha) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Mackellar wheat | █ No grazing | 5.37 | 0 |
| 2 | █ Yerong barley | █ No grazing | 4.42 | 12.48 |
| 3 | █ Mackellar wheat | █ Grazed only at GS1 | 3.95 | 0.486 |
| 4 | █ Yerong barley | █ Grazed only at GS1 | 3.12 | 2.32 |
| 5 | █ Mackellar wheat | █ Grazed at GS29 and GS31 | 3.98 | 0.577 |
| 6 | █ Yerong barley | █ Grazed at GS29 and GS31 | 3.9 | 1.33 |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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