| Researcher(s) |
Greg Forster Rose Maher Ben O'Connor Damian Symington |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2009 |
| Contributor | Southern Farming Systems |
| Trial location(s) |
Bairnsdale, VIC
|
To evaluate a number of varieties that are either commercially available of close to commercial release that
may be suitable for the growing conditions the south east of Victoria.
| Lead research organisation | N/A |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | SFS |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
This was an SFS Geelong Branch funded trial. Thanks to the Bairnsdale Branch Committee. |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Cereal (Grain): Barley |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sow date | 3 June 2009 |
|---|---|
| Harvest date | 12 December 2009 |
| Plot size | 18m x 1.45m |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| # | Variety |
Protein (%) | Grain yield (t/ha) | Test weight (kg/hL) | Screenings <2mm (%) | Retention (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Capstan | 13.9 | 4.45 | 54.7 | 4.5 | 81.5 |
| 2 | █ Oxford | 12 | 4.24 | 59.2 | 4.3 | 81.5 |
| 3 | █ Gairdner | 13.8 | 3.9 | 59.6 | 2.5 | 90 |
| 4 | █ Fleet | 13.4 | 3.8 | 52.4 | 2.3 | 90.3 |
| 5 | █ 5092 | 12.3 | 3.75 | 54.8 | 4 | 82.3 |
| 6 | █ Baudin | 13.1 | 3.65 | 55.9 | 6 | 83 |
| 7 | █ Hindmarsh | 13.7 | 2.93 | 59.8 | 4.5 | 81.5 |
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