Evaluation of dual purpose cereal varieties

2007
CC BY 4.0

Research organisaton

Trial details

Researcher(s) Greg Forster (SFS)
Year(s) 2007
Contributor Southern Farming Systems
Trial location(s) Epping Forest, TAS
Evaluation of dual purpose cereal varieties locations
Aims

To assess dual purpose wheat, barley, triticale and oat varieties for DM production, recovery from grazing and grain yield. A further aim was to compare dry matter and feed quality of cereals with a tetraploid annual ryegrass used for over‐winter grazing prior to seed production.

Key messages
  • Two trials were conducted to compare dry matter production and subsequent grain yield from cereal crops. In one trial four cereal crop species wheat (Mackellar), barley (Urambie), triticale (Breakwell), and oats (Bass) were compared. With a longer vegetative period, a second DM cut was able to be taken from Bass oats and consequently total DM production was significantly higher than from Mackellar which in turn produced significantly more DM than Breakwell and Urambie. Grain yield was significantly higher from Breakwell (9.4 t/ha).
  • In a second trial, 7 wheat varieties and breeding lines were compared. There were statistically no differences in DM production between the wheats. The CSIRO line 95102.1 and Alberic were the highest grain producers.
Lead research organisation N/A
Host research organisation N/A
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

Tom and Philip Osborne


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Method

Crop types Forage: Oats Cereal (Grain): Triticale Cereal (Grain): Wheat Cereal (Grain): Barley
Treatment type(s)
  • Crop: Type
  • Crop: Variety
  • Sowing: Timing
Trial type
Trial design

Epping Forest 2007 Oats

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Epping Forest 2007 Triticale

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Epping Forest 2007 Wheat

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Epping Forest 2007 Barley

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Plot size 20m x 2m
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Trial results Table 1

# Variety
Treatment 1
Dry matter (t/ha) Grain yield (t/ha)
1 Mackellar Wheat 2.3 8.36
2 95102.1 (wheat) Wheat 2.13 9.67
3 Alberic (wheat) Wheat 1.97 9.64
4 K37.18 (wheat) Wheat 2.05 9.22
5 H123.1 (wheat) Wheat 2.15 8.77
6 Mackellar (wheat) Wheat 2.27 8.21
7 Tennant (wheat) Wheat 2.33 8.2
8 K89.44 (wheat) Wheat 2.31 8.19
9 Breakwell Triticale 1.78 9.42
10 Bass Oats 3.9 4.42
11 Urambie Barley 1.56 6.75

Grain yield t/ha


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Dry matter t/ha


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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
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Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Epping Forest, TAS Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Epping Forest, TAS 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 Epping Forest TAS
2007 196.3mm
2006 199.4mm
2005 214.9mm
2004 208.3mm
2003 244.8mm
2002 282.5mm
2001 388.1mm
2000 519.3mm
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.

Epping Forest TAS

NOTE: Exact trial site locality unknown - Climate data may not be accurate
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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 15:31pm AEST