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Winter wheat variety trial

2008
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Research organisation
Funding source
Southern Farming Systems
<abbr title='Southern Farming Systems'>SFS</abbr>

Trial details

Researcher(s) Sam Cockayne (SFS)
Jon Midwood (SFS)
Ben O'Connor (SFS)
Gary Sheppard (SFS)
Rohan Wardle (SFS)
Year(s) 2008
Contributor Southern Farming Systems
Trial location(s) Dunkeld, VIC
Winter wheat variety trial locations
Aims
  • To compare a number of varieties that are either commercially available or close to commercial release that may be suitable for southwest Victoria.
  • To evaluate the varieties with a fungicide programme, to determine the yield response of the varieties by comparing controlled leaf disease against an untreated control.
Key messages
  • The average foliar fungicide treated wheat yield for the Dunkeld winter wheat trial was 5.24 t/ha. Disease pressure was high at the site resulting in an average yield increase of 0.75 t/ha across all varieties from the two spray fungicide programme, with 5 of the 8 varieties achieveing a 20% or more yield increase.
  • The highest yielding variety was Mackellar at 126% of the site mean, also the most profitable variety returning a gross margin of $1,136.40/ha.
  • BYDV management must be considered when growing susceptible varieties of wheat, employing techniques that also minimise the impacts on the predatory environment.
Lead research organisation N/A
Host research organisation N/A
Trial funding source SFS
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

This was an SFS Hamilton Branch funded trial.

Thanks to Doug Macarthur for providing the land for this trials programme.
Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop type Cereal (Grain): Wheat
Treatment type(s)
  • Crop : Variety
  • Fungicide : Application Method
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Randomised,Replicated,Blocked

Dunkeld 2008

Sow date 23 May 2008
Harvest date 21 January 2009
Plot size 13m x 1.45m
Plot replication Not specified
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Trial results Table 1

# Variety
 Protein (%) Grain yield (t/ha) Test weight (kg/hL) Screenings <2mm (%)
1 █ Mackellar 8.6 6.61 74.5 15
2 █ Frelon 10 5.62 76 13
3 █ Einstein 9.5 5.51 71.8 10.3
4 █ Amarok 9.6 5.32 73.4 12.7
5 █ Beaufort 9.1 5.28 69 17.3
6 █ SQP 95102.1 9.1 4.73 69.6 17.3
7 █ Brennan 11.1 4.59 73.7 15
8 █ Naparoo 10.2 4.26 74.6 12.3

Grain yield t/ha

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Protein %

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Screenings <2mm %

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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
Dunkeld, VIC Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Dunkeld, VIC Tenosol
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.

Dunkeld 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

2008 trial report



Trial last modified: 09-11-2019 19:44pm AEST