| Researcher(s) |
Brett Davey (SFS) Geoff Dean (SFS) Simon Munford (DPIWE) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2005 |
| Contributor | Southern Farming Systems |
| Trial location(s) |
Nile, TAS
|
The objective of this trial was to compare a commercial plant density for dual purpose and grain-only production with reduced rates
comparable to that used for early sowing in the UK.
The effects of plant density (50, 125, 200 plants/m2) on growth and grain yield of early sown wheat were evaluated. Early in the growing season the low density plots looked very sparse but by September had largely caught up whereas the highest density plots looked visually good during early tillering but later in the season tillers were visually thinner and prone to lodging.
| Lead research organisation | N/A |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
Michael Chilvers, Rob Bradley. |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Cereal (Grain): Wheat |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
|
| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sow date | Not specified |
|---|---|
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| # | Variety |
Treatment 1
|
Grain yield (t/ha) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Mackellar | █ 50 plants/m2 | 6.93 |
| 2 | █ Mackellar | █ 200 plants/m2 | 7.74 |
| 3 | █ Mackellar | █ 125 plants/m2 | 7.41 |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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