| Researcher(s) |
Steve Holden (DPI) Clive Kirkby (CSIRO) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2009 |
| Contributor | Southern Farming Systems |
| Trial location(s) |
Dunkeld, VIC
|
To test the hypothesis that incorporation of the carbon rich stubble into the soil will not necessarily increase the humus content of the soil and compare it with other stubble management systems and in particular examining the impact these systems have on the soils organic matter levels over a period of time.
| 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 tiral and La Trobe University. Special thanks to Hamilton Branch SFS members, Graham and Rowan Moyle, David Robertson, Don Price, Rob Gairdner and Kathryn Robertson. Thanks also to SFS member, Jack Donaldson for the incorporation of the stubble. Special mention must be made of the work behind the scenes by Hamilton Branch coordinator, Michelle McClure and trial site manager, Toby Campbell. |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Cereal (Grain): Barley |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated,Blocked |
| Sow date | 29 May 2009 |
|---|---|
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | 12m x 286m |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| # | Variety |
Treatment 1
|
Screenings (%) | Grain yield (t/ha) | Test weight (kg/hL) | Soil N (mg/kg) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Gairdner | █ Standing stubble with additional nutrients | 28.5 | 3.69 | 58 | 0.27 |
| 2 | █ Gairdner | █ Standing stubble | 28.5 | 3.44 | 65.9 | 0.29 |
| 3 | █ Gairdner | █ Incorporation with additional nutrients | 10 | 2.21 | 61.2 | 0.31 |
| 4 | █ Gairdner | █ Incorporation | 15.5 | 2.76 | 63.1 | 0.28 |
| 5 | █ Gairdner | █ Control | 24.8 | 3.48 | 59.4 | 0.26 |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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