A comparison of commercially available products, applied on seed or post emergent, to control Ground Lark damage in canola

2011
CC BY 4.0

Research organisaton
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Trial details

Researcher(s) Freyr Colvin (SFS)
Jon Midwood (SFS)
Gary Sheppard (SFS)
Year(s) 2011
Contributor Southern Farming Systems
Trial location(s) Inverleigh, VIC
A comparison of commercially available products, applied on seed or post emergent, to control Ground Lark damage in canola locations
Aims

To est alternative products to Mesurol that are commercially available both in Australia and overseas, to assess their effectiveness as bird deterrents.

Key messages
  • No bird damage was evident in the trial possibly due to the netting used which may have been a deterrent itself.
  • There was a significant effect on plant counts established in the absense of bird damage but htis didn't relate to final yield.
  • The two highest yielding treatments, although not significant (P = 0.05), were post emergent products applied to the 2nd true leaf.
Lead research organisation N/A
Host research organisation N/A
Trial funding source SFS
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

Thanks to John Hamilton for providing the land for this trial.


Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop type Oilseed: Canola
Treatment type(s)
  • Pest Management: Wildlife / birds
  • Seed treatment: Type
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Randomised,Replicated,Blocked

Inverleigh 2011

Sow date 29 May 2011
Harvest date 2 December 2011
Plot size 10m x 1.45m
Plot replication Not specified
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Trial results Table 1

# Variety
Treatment 1
Oil (%) Test weight (kg/hL) Grain yield (t/ha) Establishment plants (plants/m2)
1 46Y83 CF Vitall Plus @ 2TL 45.1 65.6 2.83 49
2 46Y83 CF Vitall Plus (seed treated) 44.7 65.4 2.7 44
3 46Y83 CF Vitall Plus (PSPE bare earth) 44.2 67.3 2.71 54
4 46Y83 CF Untreated (net covered) 44.7 67.2 2.71 40
5 46Y83 CF Untreated 44.9 65.8 2.71 44
6 46Y83 CF Thiram (net covered) 44.7 64.9 2.73 58
7 46Y83 CF Thiram 44.6 64.6 2.7 48
8 46Y83 CF Mesurol (net covered) 44.3 65.9 2.8 51
9 46Y83 CF Mesurol 44.8 66.5 2.73 51
10 46Y83 CF Grazers @ 2TL 44.3 65.9 2.88 41
11 46Y83 CF Cosmos (net covered) 44.1 66.1 2.74 39
12 46Y83 CF Cosmos 44.5 64.7 2.65 43

Grain yield t/ha


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Establishment plants plants/m2


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Oil %


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Test weight kg/hL


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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Not specified
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Inverleigh, VIC Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Inverleigh, VIC Sodosol
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 Inverleigh VIC
2011 580.5mm
2010 592.9mm
2009 508.8mm
2008 492.1mm
2007 455.4mm
2006 467.8mm
2005 491.2mm
2004 438.6mm
2003 416.4mm
2002 399.6mm
2001 472.4mm
2000 448.5mm
National soil grid Source: CSIRO/TERN
NOTE: National Soil Grid data is aggregated information for background information on the wider area
Actual soil values can vary significantly in a small area and the trial soil tests are the most relevant data where available

Soil properties

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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.

Inverleigh 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 last modified: 30-10-2019 14:51pm AEST