| Researcher(s) |
Claire Browne (BCG) James Hunt (BCG) Therese McBeath (CSIRO) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2011 |
| Contributor | Birchip Cropping Group |
| Trial location(s) |
Hopetoun, VIC
|
To identify low risk, profitable break crops and end-uses for the Mallee region and quantify their benefits to subsequent wheat crops.
Wheat consistently yields more following a broadleaf break-crop than following wheat or a long-fallow. Wheat yields more when grown after legumes (peas and vetch) than after brassicas (mustard, canola). Wheat yields are consistently higher following vetch than all other break crops. Canola, pea hay or vetch hay followed by two wheat crops were more profitable than continuous wheat or fallow followed by two wheat crops.
| Lead research organisation | N/A |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | GRDC BWD00012,CPS00111 |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
This project was funded by GRDC projects BWD00012 Yielding benefits through partnerships and CPS00111 Identifying farm-scale opportunities to improve WUE: A nationally coordinated systems approach. |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop types | Oilseed: Canola Cereal (Grain): Wheat Forage: Pea Hay: Vetch |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Randomised,Replicated,Blocked |
| Sow date | Not specified |
|---|---|
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | 2.8m x 28m |
| Plot replication | 4 |
| Fertiliser |
55kg/ha MAP |
| Other trial notes |
Yield Data refers to wheat yields following various crops or fallow in 2010 |
| Sow date | Not specified |
|---|---|
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Fertiliser | Not specified |
| Other trial notes |
Yield Data refers to wheat yields following various crops or fallow in 2010 |
| Sow date | Not specified |
|---|---|
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Fertiliser | Not specified |
| Other trial notes |
Yield Data refers to wheat yields following various crops or fallow in 2010 |
| Sow date | Not specified |
|---|---|
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Fertiliser | Not specified |
| Other trial notes |
Yield Data refers to wheat yields following various crops or fallow in 2010 |
| @T1: Pre Sowing | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # |
Treatment 1
|
Protein (%) | Grain yield (t/ha) | Mineral N (kg/ha) |
| 1 | █ Peas | 12 | 3 | 80 |
| 1 | █ Juncea Canola | 11.6 | 3 | 88 |
| 2 | █ Wheat | 11.6 | 3.4 | 79 |
| 2 | █ Vetch | 11.5 | 2.5 | 89 |
| 3 | █ Fallow | 11.6 | 2.5 | 68 |
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SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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