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Designing a stubble system to reduce the dependence on burning

2007
CC BY 4.0

Research organisation
Southern Farming Systems

Trial details

Researcher(s) Rohan Wardle (SFS)
Year(s) 2007
Contributor Southern Farming Systems
Trial location(s) Lake Bolac, VIC
Designing a stubble system to reduce the dependence on burning locations
Aims

This demonstration was aimed at helping farmers to gain knowledge about alternate stubble management options.

Key messages
  • On average, the stubble incorporation treatment appeared to yield marginally less across this site. There appeared to be no difference between treatments for grain quality.
  • For further findings please see the attached trial report.
Lead research organisation N/A
Host research organisation N/A
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

Special thanks to Rob Coutts and family who generously donated access to 12ha of land. Thanks also to Paul Horne and Jessica Page from IPM technologies for undertaking insect obersvations and to Una Allender for organising extension events held over the past three years at this site. 
Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop type Cereal (Grain): Wheat
Treatment type(s)
  • Stubble : Management
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Blocked

Lake Bolac 2007

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
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Trial results Table 1

# Variety
 Treatment 1
Protein (%) Screenings (%) Grain yield (t/ha) Test weight (kg/hL) 1000 grain weight (g) Insect incidence (%)
1 █ Bolac █ Wide Rows (12") 10.8 2.87 4.55 74.66 32.1 5.625
2 █ Bolac █ Mulcher 10.9 2.61 4.87 75.8 33.4 NR
3 █ Bolac █ microbes 10.9 2.59 5.33 75.72 32.6 NR
4 █ Bolac █ Disc x 1 10.4 2.59 4.66 74.78 32.5 NR
5 █ Bolac █ Burn 10.6 2.79 5.2 75.34 33.9 3.25
6 █ Bolac █ Aerator 10.5 2.69 4.69 76.68 34.2 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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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Not specified
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Lake Bolac, VIC Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
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.
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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.

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

2007 trial report



Trial last modified: 20-11-2019 16:30pm AEST