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Phosphorus (P) use efficiency of different crops in low P environments

2012

Research organisation
Funding source
Birchip Cropping Group
<abbr title='Grains Research and Development Corporation'>GRDC</abbr>

Trial details

Researcher(s) Ashlea Doolette (University of Adelaide)
Sean Mason (University of Adelaide)
Stuart McColl (BCG)
Year(s) 2012
Contributor Birchip Cropping Group
Trial location(s) Ballapur, VIC
Sunnyside, VIC
Phosphorus (P) use efficiency of different crops in low P environments locations
Aims

To assess the soil and fertiliser (external) P requirements of different crop types in low phosphorus environments.

Key messages
  • Different crop types displayed varying phosphorus (P) use efficiencies (soil and fertiliser demand) under P deficient conditions.
  • Crop types that have previously shown to be P efficient did not display the same traits in neutral to slightly alkaline soils.
  • Soil testing can have significant economic benefits if the right test is used.
Lead research organisation N/A
Host research organisation N/A
Trial funding source GRDC UA00119
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

This project was funded by GRDC (project code UA00119).
Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop types Cereal (Grain): Barley Cereal (Grain): Wheat Oilseed: Canola Grain Legume: Chickpeas Grain Legume: Lupins
Treatment type(s)
  • Crop : Type
  • Fertiliser : Rate
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Replicated

Ballapur 2012 Barley

Sow date 24 May 2012
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication 4
Fertiliser

8 August: urea 90kg/ha (Canola, Wheat, barley only)
Herbicide

IBS: TriflurX 2L/ha, Avadex Xtra 2L/ha, Roundup PowerMax 2L/ha 30 July: Atrazine 1.1kg/ha, Select 500ml/ha, Verdict 100ml/ha, Lontrel 100ml/ha, Uptake 1% (Canola) 30 July: Velocity 670ml/ha, MCPA LVE 600 300ml/ha, Prosaro 300ml/ha (wheat) 30 July: Hussar 100ml/ha, Lontrel 100ml/ha, Wet As (Barley) 30 July: Select 500ml/ha, Verdict 100ml/ha, ammonium sulphate 0.8kg/ha, Uptake 1% (Chickpeas & Lupins) 12 August: Tigrex 500ml/ha, Lontrel 100ml/ha, Hasten 0.1% (Wheat & Barley) 21 August: Axial 300ml/ha, Adigor 0.5% (Wheat & Barley) 20 August: Brodal Options® 200ml/ha (Chickpeas)

Ballapur 2012 Wheat

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified

Ballapur 2012 Canola

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified

Ballapur 2012 Chickpeas

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified

Ballapur 2012 Lupins

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified

Sunnyside 2012 Barley

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified

Sunnyside 2012 Wheat

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified

Sunnyside 2012 Canola

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified

Sunnyside 2012 Chickpeas

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified

Sunnyside 2012 Lupins

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified
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Trial results Table 1

# Treatment 1
Treatment 2
Gross margin ($/ha) Grain yield (t/ha)
1 █ Wheat █ 0 kg P/ha 486 1.66
2 █ Wheat █ 3 kg P/ha 1.6
3 █ Wheat █ 6 kg P/ha 1.57
4 █ Wheat █ 12 kg P/ha 442 1.64
5 █ Wheat █ 18 kg P/ha 1.74
6 █ Wheat █ 24 kg P/ha 408 1.66
7 █ canola █ 0 kg P/ha 296 0.57
8 █ canola █ 3 kg P/ha 0.58
9 █ canola █ 6 kg P/ha 0.59
10 █ canola █ 12 kg P/ha 289 0.63
11 █ canola █ 18 kg P/ha 0.61
12 █ canola █ 24 kg P/ha 218 0.67
13 █ Lupin █ 0 kg P/ha 48 0.15
14 █ Lupin █ 3 kg P/ha 0.29
15 █ Lupin █ 6 kg P/ha 0.29
16 █ Lupin █ 12 kg P/ha 86 0.39
17 █ Lupin █ 18 kg P/ha 0.36
18 █ Lupin █ 24 kg P/ha 15 0.28
19 █ Chickpea █ 0 kg P/ha 325 0.59
20 █ Chickpea █ 3 kg P/ha 0.7
21 █ Chickpea █ 6 kg P/ha 0.72
22 █ Chickpea █ 12 kg P/ha 302 0.62
23 █ Chickpea █ 18 kg P/ha 0.61
24 █ Chickpea █ 24 kg P/ha 247 0.67
25 █ Barley █ 0 kg P/ha 682 3.06
26 █ Barley █ 3 kg P/ha 2.96
27 █ Barley █ 6 kg P/ha 3.43
28 █ Barley █ 12 kg P/ha 646 3.07
29 █ Barley █ 18 kg P/ha 3.05
30 █ Barley █ 24 kg P/ha 616 3.11

Grain yield t/ha

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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Not specified
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Ballapur, VIC Not specified
Sunnyside, VIC Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Ballapur, VIC Calcarosol
Sunnyside, VIC Vertosol
Soil Moisture Source: BOM/ANU
Average amount of water stored in the soil profile during the year, estimated by the OzWALD model-data fusion system.
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Climate

Derived climate information

No observed climate data available for this trial.
Derived climate data is determined from trial site location and national weather sources.

Ballapur VIC

Sunnyside VIC

Ballapur VIC

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Sunnyside VIC

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Some data on this site is sourced from the Bureau of Meteorology

SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
Jeffrey, S.J., Carter, J.O., Moodie, K.B. and Beswick, A.R. (2001). Using spatial interpolation to construct a comprehensive archive of Australian climate data , Environmental Modelling and Software, Vol 16/4, pp 309-330. DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(01)00008-1.

Trial report and links

2012 trial report



Trial last modified: 04-12-2019 16:14pm AEST