1. Home ::  
  2. Trial Search

Faba bean variety trial

2009
CC BY 4.0

Research organisation
Funding sources
Southern Farming Systems
<abbr title='Grains Research and Development Corporation'>GRDC</abbr> <abbr title='Pulse Breeding Australia'>PBA</abbr>

Trial details

Researcher(s) Toby Campbell (SFS)
Sam Cockayne (SFS)
Jon Midwood (SFS)
Ben O'Connor (SFS)
Gary Sheppard (SFS)
Rohan Wardle (SFS)
Year(s) 2009
Contributor Southern Farming Systems
Trial location(s) Dunkeld, VIC
Faba bean variety trial locations
Aims

To identify the current Faba bean varieties that are best suited to the Western Districts, and to assist in selection of future varieties for the region.  
 

Key messages
  • The highest yielding faba bean variety was Manafest yielding 4.4 t/ha, followed by Farah with 4.14 t/ha. Fiesta VF and Nura yielded about 4.00 t/ha and were not significantlly different from Fiesta VF.
  • For further take home messages please see the attached trial report.
Lead research organisation N/A
Host research organisation N/A
Trial funding source GRDC
Trial funding source PBA
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

This project is funded by GRDC. The faba bean breeding program is a component of Pulse Breeding Australia.

Thanks to Doug MacArthur for providing the land for this trials programme.
 
Other trial partners Not specified
Download the trial report to view additional trial information

Method

Crop type Grain Legume: Faba beans
Treatment type(s)
  • Crop : Variety
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Randomised,Replicated,Blocked

Dunkeld 2009

Sow date 6 May 2009
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size 12m x 1.45m
Plot replication Not specified
Download the trial report to view additional method/treatment information

Download results

Trial results Table 1

# Variety
 Treatment 1
Grain yield (t/ha)
1 █ Farah █ Faba bean 4.14
2 █ Fiesta Vf █ Faba bean 3.94
3 █ Manafest █ Faba bean 4.4
4 █ Nura █ Faba bean 4.01
5 █ AF04064 █ Faba bean 4.7
6 █ AF05023 █ Faba bean 4.65
7 █ AF05073 █ Faba bean 4.55
8 █ AF03109 █ Faba bean 4.46
9 █ AF05060 █ Faba bean 4.42
10 █ AF03029 █ Faba bean 4.29
11 █ AF05095 █ Faba bean 4.27
12 █ AF03063 █ Faba bean 4.11
13 █ AF01006-1 █ Faba bean 4.04
14 █ AF01008-1 █ Faba bean 3.69
15 █ PBA Kareema █ Broad bean 2.18
16 █ Aquadulce █ Broad bean 2.04

Grain yield t/ha

Loading
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.
Year Dunkeld VIC
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000

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

Loading
Loading
Loading

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

2009 trial report



Trial last modified: 07-11-2019 12:26pm AEST