| Researcher(s) |
Nick Poole (FAR Australia) Tracey Wylie (FAR Australia) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2011 |
| Contributor | Riverine Plains |
| Trial location(s) |
Bungeet, VIC
|
Evaluate the performance of different drill openers at a range or row spacings for first wheat following canola. The goal of this trial is to improve water use efficiency (WUE) in no-till cropping and stubble retention systems in spatially and temporally variable conditions in the Riverine Plains.
| Lead research organisation |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation |
Riverine Plains |
| Trial funding source | GRDC |
| Related program |
National Water Use Efficiency Initiative |
| Acknowledgments |
John Alexander |
| Other trial partners | FAR Australia |
| Crop type | Cereal (Grain): Wheat |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sow rate or Target density | 85kg/ha |
|---|---|
| Sow date | 1 June 2011 |
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | 44m x 3m |
| Plot replication | 4 |
| Paddock history | Canola |
| Fertiliser |
85kg/ha MAP + Flutriafol + host farmer paddock management |
| Herbicide |
host farmer paddock management |
| Insecticide |
host farmer paddock management |
| Fungicide |
host farmer paddock management |
| Other trial notes |
Improved water use efficiency (WUE) in no-till cropping and stubble retention systems in spatially and temporally variable conditions in the Riverine Plains |
| # |
Treatment 1
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Treatment 2
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Establishment plants (plants/m2) | Harvest index (value) | Hectolitre weight (kg/hL) | Protein (%) | Screenings (%) | Grain yield (t/ha) | 1000 grain weight (g) | Total water use (mm) | Transpiration efficiency (kg/ha/mm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Disc Opener | █ 9" row spacing | 151 | 25.2 | 76 | 10.2 | 1.2 | 3.78 | 35 | 8 | 13.84 |
| 2 | █ Disc Opener | █ 12" row spacing | 105 | 25.1 | 75.5 | 10.6 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 35.5 | 7.2 | 13.8 |
| 3 | █ Disc Opener | █ 15" row spacing | 78 | 30.9 | 76.2 | 10.8 | 1.3 | 3.26 | 36 | 6.9 | 17 |
| 4 | █ Tine Opener | █ 9" row spacing | 152 | 32.2 | 73.5 | 10.2 | 1 | 4.27 | 36 | 9 | 17.71 |
| 5 | █ Tine Opener | █ 12" row spacing | 101 | 28.1 | 76.7 | 10.1 | 0.9 | 3.69 | 36.5 | 7.8 | 15.43 |
| 6 | █ Tine Opener | █ 15" row spacing | 81 | 27.1 | 76.6 | 10.7 | 1 | 3.63 | 36 | 7.6 | 14.93 |
| Rainfall trial gsr (mm) | 301mm |
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SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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