| Researcher(s) |
Megan Beveridge (SFS) Jon Midwood (SFS) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2013 |
| Contributor | Southern Farming Systems |
| Trial location(s) |
Inverleigh, VIC
Westmere, VIC |
A series of trials were set up in 2013 at our Inverleigh and Westmere sites to evaluate a range of commercially available varieties of barley that are either grown for malt, grown for feed or varieties that have the potential to be grown for yield but could still be accepted as malt at receivals.
| Lead research organisation | N/A |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments | N/A |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Cereal (Grain): Barley |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
|
| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sow rate or Target density | 200mm row spacings using 25mm knifepoints |
|---|---|
| Sow date | 24 May 2013 |
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Fertiliser |
24 May - MAP 60kg/ha (6N) 27 August - Urea 100 kg/ha (46N) 13 Sept - (feed only) Urea 100 kg/ha (46N)
|
| Herbicide |
The perennial issues of ryegrass and wild radish were well controlled with Boxer Gold PSPE and |
| Fungicide |
Disease levels were kept under control with two fungicides timed at GS32 (second node) and GS49 (awns emerging). |
| Other trial notes | Not specified |
| Sow rate or Target density | 200mm row spacings using 25mm knifepoints |
|---|---|
| Sow date | 24 May 2013 |
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Fertiliser |
24 May - MAP 60kg/ha (6N) 27 August - Urea 100 kg/ha (46N)
|
| Herbicide |
The perennial issues of ryegrass and wild radish were well controlled with Boxer Gold PSPE and |
| Fungicide |
Disease levels were kept under control with two fungicides timed at GS32 (second node) and GS49 (awns emerging). |
| Other trial notes | Not specified |
| Sow rate or Target density | 200mm row spacings using 25mm knifepoints |
|---|---|
| Sow date | 28 May 2013 |
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Fertiliser |
28 May - MAP 80 kg/ha (8N) 28 August - UAN 135 L/ha (57N) 17 Sept - (feed only) Urea 100 kg/ha (46N) |
| Herbicide |
The ryegrass and wild radish were well controlled with Boxer Gold PSPE and a post emergence application of Precept in June. |
| Fungicide |
Disease levels were kept under control with two fungicides timed at GS32 (second node) and GS49 (awns emerging). |
| Other trial notes |
The trial was managed according to best |
| Sow rate or Target density | 200mm row spacings using 25mm knifepoints |
|---|---|
| Sow date | 28 May 2013 |
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Fertiliser |
28 May - MAP 80 kg/ha (8N) 28 August - UAN 135 L/ha (57N) |
| Herbicide |
The ryegrass and wild radish were well controlled with Boxer Gold PSPE and a post emergence application of Precept in June. |
| Fungicide |
Disease levels were kept under control with two fungicides timed at GS32 (second node) and GS49 (awns emerging). |
| Other trial notes | Not specified |
| # | Variety |
Protein (%) | Screenings (%) | Grain yield (t/ha) | Test weight (kg/hL) | Retention (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Granger | 11 | 2.5 | 8.63 | 65.7 | 95.3 |
| 2 | █ Henley | 10.4 | 1 | 8.59 | 64.2 | 97.3 |
| 3 | █ Westminster | 10.3 | 1.8 | 8.33 | 66.9 | 95.3 |
| 4 | █ SY Rattler | 10 | 3.3 | 8.23 | 67.2 | 92.3 |
| 5 | █ Commander | 10.4 | 1.5 | 8.23 | 66.5 | 96 |
| 6 | █ Gairdner | 10.6 | 2.3 | 8.06 | 67.3 | 92.8 |
| 7 | █ Bass | 10.8 | 1.3 | 7.99 | 67.2 | 96.8 |
| 8 | █ Flinders | 10.4 | 1.5 | 7.9 | 67.3 | 96.5 |
| 9 | █ |
| # | Variety |
Protein (%) | Screenings (%) | Grain yield (t/ha) | Test weight (kg/hL) | Retention (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ SY Rattler | 10.5 | 2.3 | 7.98 | 67.4 | 89.1 |
| 2 | █ Granger | 10.9 | 1 | 7.87 | 69.5 | 95.3 |
| 3 | █ Henley | 10.7 | 1 | 7.83 | 67 | 96.3 |
| 4 | █ Bass | 11.9 | 1 | 7.53 | 68.1 | 97.8 |
| 5 | █ Westminster | 10.8 | 1.5 | 7.49 | 68.7 | 95.3 |
| 6 | █ Flinders | 11.6 | 1 | 7.48 | 69.2 | 95.3 |
| 7 | █ Commander | 10.5 | 1.8 | 7.28 | 67.6 | 94.8 |
| 8 | █ Gairdner | 11.1 | 2 | 7.08 | 67.9 | 91.1 |
| 9 | █ |
| # | Variety |
Protein (%) | Grain yield (t/ha) | Percentage of site mean (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Oxford | 10.6 | 9.62 | 103 |
| 2 | █ Navigator | 10.6 | 9.38 | 100 |
| 3 | █ Granger | 11.9 | 9.39 | 100 |
| 4 | █ Westminster | 11.1 | 9.23 | 99 |
| 5 | █ Henley | 11.1 | 9.16 | 98 |
| 6 | █ |
| # | Variety |
Protein (%) | Grain yield (t/ha) | Percentage of site mean (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Oxford | 11.1 | 10.7 | 108 |
| 2 | █ Navigator | 12.3 | 9.99 | 100 |
| 3 | █ Granger | 12.7 | 9.75 | 98 |
| 4 | █ Westminster | 11.7 | 9.75 | 98 |
| 5 | █ Henley | 11.7 | 9.52 | 96 |
| 6 | █ |
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