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Faba bean and lupin variety trial

2011
CC BY 4.0

Research organisation
Southern Farming Systems

Important Caution

The results of this trial may have been impacted by unusual or adverse events
Crop disease

Trial details

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
Faba bean and lupin variety trial locations
Aims

To evaluate a number of commercially available Lupin varieties and two Faba Bean varieties for yield. 

Key messages
  • There were no significant differences in yield between lupin or faba bean varieties.
  • Farah was the highest yielding faba bean variety and Mandelup was the highest yielding lupin variety.
  • Disease and weeds were a significant problem in these poorly competitive crops in this wet year in Gippsland.
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
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Method

Crop types Grain Legume: Faba beans Grain Legume: Lupins
Treatment type(s)
  • Crop : Type
  • Crop : Variety
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Replicated

Bairnsdale 2011 Faba beans

Sow date 18 May 2011
Harvest date 10 January 2012
Plot size 20m x 1.26m
Plot replication Not specified

Bairnsdale 2011 Lupins

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
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Trial results Table 1

# Variety
 Treatment 1
Grain yield (t/ha)
1 █ Mandelup A █ Lupin 1.49
2 █ Jenabillup A █ Lupin 1.37
3 █ Mandelup B █ Lupin 1.16
4 █ Jenabillup B █ Lupin 1.09
5 █ Jindalee B █ Lupin 1.04
6 █ Jindalee A █ Lupin 0.93
7 █ Nura A █ Faba bean 3.635
8 █ Nura B █ Faba bean 3.69
9 █ Nura █ Faba bean 2.71
10 █ Farah █ Faba bean 3.307
11 █ Farah A █ Faba bean 3.583
12 █ Farah B █ Faba bean 3.383

Grain yield t/ha

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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Not specified
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Bairnsdale, VIC Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Bairnsdale, VIC Chromosol
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.

Bairnsdale 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

2011 trial report

Event Date Type Effect
Multiple events

Disease and weeds were a significant problem in these poorly competitive crops in a wet year in Gippsland.

 		Growing season Crop disease 25%


Trial last modified: 30-10-2019 14:21pm AEST