| Researcher(s) |
De-Anne Ferrier (BCG) Mark Peoples (CSIRO) Harm van Rees (CropFacts) Laura Watson (CropFacts) |
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| Year(s) | 2013 |
| Contributor | Birchip Cropping Group |
| Trial location(s) |
Birchip, VIC
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To compare soil moisture, soil nitrogen and profitability of five different vetch end-use treatments from 2012, sown to wheat in 2013.
Early termination of vetch resulted in higher soil N and soil water at sowing the following year compared with later termination timings of vetch. Wheat yield in the year following vetch was highest for the earlier termination timings of the vetch. Brown manure vetch had higher soil N and soil water compared to vetch taken through to harvest.
| Lead research organisation | N/A |
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| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | GRDC CSP00146 |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
This project was funded by the GRDC through the CSIRO Crop Sequencing Project. |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Cereal (Grain): Wheat |
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| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sow date | 3 May 2013 |
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| Harvest date | 19 November 2013 |
| Plot size | 1.8m X 14m |
| Plot replication | 4 |
| Fertiliser |
3 May - MAP + Impact (30kg/ha) |
| Herbicide |
3 May - TriflurX (2L/ha) + Avadex Xtra (2L/ha) 8 July - Intervix (600ml/ha) + Lontrel Advance (65ml/ha) + LVE MCPA (350ml/ha) + Hasten (1%) |
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Treatment 1
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Protein (%) | Screenings (%) | Grain yield (t/ha) | Test weight (kg/hL) | 1000 grain weight (g) | Soil mineral N (kg N/ha) | Soil water (vol. mm) |
| 1 | █ 2012 Treatment: Hay | 13.1 | 12 | 1.8 | 80 | 25 | 44 | 51 |
| 1 | █ 2012 Treatment: Brown Manure | 16 | 33 | 2.1 | 75 | 19 | 85 | 70 |
| 2 | █ 2012 Treatment: Cultivated | 15.2 | 21 | 2.3 | 77 | 21 | 66 | 57 |
| 2 | █ 2012 Treatment: Grazed x2 | 14.1 | 14 | 2.1 | 80 | 24 | 78 | 67 |
| 3 | █ 2012 Treatment: Harvested (Control) | 15.4 | 35 | 1.9 | 74 | 19 | 71 | 54 |
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| Rainfall trial gsr (mm) | 156mm |
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SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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