How effective are new inoculant technologies for the nodulation of grain legumes?

2007
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Trial details

Researcher(s) Sam Cockayne (DPI)
Renick Peries (DPI)
Gary Sheppard (DPI)
Rohan Wardle (DPI)
Year(s) 2007
Contributor Southern Farming Systems
Trial location(s) Mininera, VIC
Mt Pollock, VIC
How effective are new inoculant technologies for the nodulation of grain legumes? locations
Aims

To help farmers to gain knowledge about alternate stubble management options. 

Key messages
  • On average, the stubble incorporation treatments appeared to yield marginally better across this site, but overall when considering additional costs of inputs, there was not significant difference between treatments in terms of net return. Grain quality did not appear to be different across the treaments. 
  • For further findings please see the attached trial report.
Lead research organisation N/A
Host research organisation N/A
Trial funding source GRDC
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

Special thanks to Rowan Peel who generously donated access to 20ha of land to undertake this trial. Thanks also to Paula Horne and Jessica Page from IPM technologies for undertaking insect observations at the site. Thanks also to Josh Walter for conducting the scratch tillage treatments. 


Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop types Grain Legume: Faba beans Cereal (Grain): Barley
Treatment type(s)
  • Seed treatment: Inoculant
  • Stubble: Management
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Randomised,Replicated,Blocked

Mininera 2007 Faba beans

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size 10m x 1.42m
Plot replication Not specified

Mt Pollock 2007 Barley

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
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Download results

Trial results Inverleigh results

# Variety
Treatment 1
Protein (%) Grain yield (t/ha) 1000 grain weight (g) Screenings (%) Test weight (kg/hL) Insect incidence (%)
1 Gairdner Wide Rows (12") 11.1 4.66 52 0.6 65.2 NR
2 Gairdner Stubble digestion application with scratch tillage discs 10.2 4.47 50.6 0.7 65.26 NR
3 Gairdner Scratch Till x 2 9.8 4.95 50.6 0.6 64.3 NR
4 Gairdner Scratch Till x 1 10.1 5.06 51 0.6 60.74 NR
5 Gairdner Mulcher 10.2 4.8 51.8 1 59.44 NR
6 Gairdner Disc x 1 8.6 4.56 51.6 0.6 64 NR
7 Gairdner Conventional harvest with no treatment 11.2 4.55 54.2 0.6 63.54 5.1
8 Gairdner Chook Manure + Scratch Till 10.2 5.13 48.4 1.3 61.58 NR
9 Gairdner Burn 10.7 4.59 50.2 0.4 64.28 2.9
10 Gairdner Bale & Reomove 14.1 4.49 52.4 0.5 63.84 NR

Grain yield t/ha


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Insect incidence %


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Protein %


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Test weight kg/hL


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Trial results Mininera results

# Variety
Nodulation (nodules/plant)
1 Farah (faba bean) Peat slurry coated on seed 31.1
2 Farah (faba bean) EasyRhiz injected by nozzles at 50L/ha into drill rows at sowing 20
3 Farah (faba bean) EasyRhiz applied to seed 26.6
4 Farah (faba bean) Control 0.1
5 Farah (faba bean) Becker Underwood granules sown at 6kg/ha 2.5cm below seed 1.5
6 Farah (faba bean) Becker Underwood granueles sown at 6kg/ha with seed 8.6
7 Farah (faba bean) Alosca bentonite clay granule sown at 10kg/ha with seed 1.5

Nodulation nodules/plant


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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Not specified
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Mininera, VIC Not specified
Mt Pollock, VIC Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Mininera, VIC Sodosol
Mt Pollock, 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 Mininera VIC Mt Pollock VIC
2007 302.8mm520.9mm
2006 300.7mm546.2mm
2005 316.0mm577.5mm
2004 320.6mm552.5mm
2003 373.9mm534.2mm
2002 397.3mm501.5mm
2001 407.9mm527.7mm
2000 432.6mm504.0mm
National soil grid Source: CSIRO/TERN
NOTE: National Soil Grid data is aggregated information for background information on the wider area
Actual soil values can vary significantly in a small area and the trial soil tests are the most relevant data where available

Soil properties

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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.

Mininera VIC

Mt Pollock VIC

Mininera VIC

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Mt Pollock 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 last modified: 20-11-2019 15:37pm AEST