| Researcher(s) |
Greg Baker (SARDI) Helen DeGraaf (SARDI) Latif Salehi (SARDI) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2012 |
| Contributor | Birchip Cropping Group |
| Trial location(s) |
Roseworthy, SA
|
Juvenile snails can be killed with bait (mortality 18-80%), but efficacy is highly variable due to numerous factors. Preliminary studies indicate that bait density is more important than bait size. GRDC is funding a new round of snail/slug research to expand on some of these scoping studies.
| Lead research organisation | N/A |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | GRDC DAS 00127 |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
This project was funded by GRDC (Project DAS 00127). Caffeine spray operations were conducted by Greg Butler and Andrew Bird (South Australian No-Till Farmers Association SANTFA). |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Oilseed: Canola |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
|
| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sow date | Not specified |
|---|---|
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | 5 |
| Other trial notes |
Product names witheld due to the preliminary nature of the results |
| # |
Treatment 1
|
T. pisana mortality rate (%) | C. virgata mortality rate (%) | C. acuta mortality rate (%) | C. barbara mortality rate (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Product 1 | 18.3 | 53.4 | 56.3 | 44.3 |
| 2 | █ Product 2 | 32 | 47.8 | 44.4 | 40.5 |
| 3 | █ Product 3 | 22.7 | 51.6 | 30.7 | 49.7 |
| 4 | █ Product 4 | 20.6 | 67.9 | 39 | 40 |
| 5 | █ Product 5 | 42.8 | 80.4 | 65.8 | 33.1 |
| 6 | █ Product 6 | 40.3 | 63.8 | 65.1 | 57.6 |
| 7 | █ Product 7 | 34.9 | 52.4 | 61.4 | 68.6 |
| # |
Treatment 1
|
T. pisana mortality rate (%) | C. virgata mortality rate (%) | C. acuta mortality rate (%) | C. barbara mortality rate (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Product 1 | 18.3 | 53.4 | 56.3 | 44.3 |
| 2 | █ Product 2 | 32 | 47.8 | 44.4 | 40.5 |
| 3 | █ Product 3 | 22.7 | 51.6 | 30.7 | 49.7 |
| 4 | █ Product 4 | 20.6 | 67.9 | 39 | 40 |
| 5 | █ Product 5 | 42.8 | 80.4 | 65.8 | 33.1 |
| 6 | █ Product 6 | 40.3 | 63.8 | 65.1 | 57.6 |
| 7 | █ Product 7 | 34.9 | 52.4 | 61.4 | 68.6 |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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