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Brome grass management following various cultural practices

2013
CC BY 4.0

Research organisation
Funding source
Northern Sustainable Soils
<abbr title='Natural Resources Northern and Yorke'>NRNY</abbr>

Trial details

Researcher(s) Chris Davey (YP AG)
Year(s) 2013
Contributor Northern Sustainable Soils
Trial location(s) Port Broughton, SA
Brome grass management following various cultural practices locations
Aims

To measure differences in yield and brome grass control following a numerous years of cultural practice on commercial size trial

Key messages

Non-chemical methods work hand in hand with chemical methods for controlling brome grass

Lead research organisation N/A
Host research organisation Northern Sustainable Soils
Trial funding source NRNY
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

N&Y NRM
Other trial partners N&Y NRM
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Method

Crop types Cereal (Grain): Wheat Weed: Brome grass
Treatment type(s)
  • Stubble : Management
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Replicated

Port Broughton 2013 Wheat

Sow rate or Target density 80kg/ha
Sow date Not applicable
Harvest date 15 November 2013 15th November 2013
Plot size 100m x 12m
Plot replication 2

Port Broughton 2013 Brome grass

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
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Trial results Table 1

# Variety
 Treatment 1
Treatment 2
Grain yield (t/ha) Brome grass density (plants/m2)
1 █ mace wheat █ Conventional █ 4.44 917
2 █ mace wheat █ Chaff cart █ December 2011 (harvest) 4.02 594
3 █ mace wheat █ Narrow Wind-row burn █ April 2012 4.2 516
4 █ mace wheat █ Chemical fallow █ September 2011 4.69 76
5 █ mace wheat █ Hot burn █ April 2012 4.54 631

Grain yield t/ha

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Brome grass density plants/m2

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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Not specified
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Port Broughton, SA Brown sandy loam over clay
Derived trial site soil information
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.

Port Broughton SA

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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

2013 trial report



Trial last modified: 15-01-2023 01:13am AEST