| Researcher(s) |
Nicole Hellyer (DPI Vic) Shayne Mathews (DPI Vic) John Waller (SFS) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2011 |
| Contributor | Southern Farming Systems |
| Trial location(s) |
Bairnsdale, VIC
|
To evaluate a number of commercially available oat varieties for yield and grain quality. These reflect the most widely grown varieties in the area and include others that may be considered in the future.
| Lead research organisation | N/A |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
This was an SFS Gippsland Branch Funded Trial. Thanks to the Gippsland Branch Committee. |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Forage: Oats |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Randomised,Replicated,Blocked |
| Sow date | 18 May 2011 |
|---|---|
| Harvest date | 3 January 2012 |
| Plot size | 20m x 1.26m |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| # | Variety |
Protein (%) | Screenings (%) | Grain yield (t/ha) | Test weight (kg/hL) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Targa | 11.05 | 2.7 | 4.325 | 46.65 |
| 2 | █ Yallara | 11.39 | 3.79 | 3.953 | 47.38 |
| 3 | █ Mitika | 11.18 | 3.93 | 3.851 | 47.05 |
| 4 | █ Echidna | 10.85 | 4.55 | 3.668 | 46.1 |
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