| Researcher(s) |
Chris Loo (DAFWA) Geoff Moore (DAFWA) Phil Nichols (DAFWA) John Titterington (DAFWA) Brad Wintle (DAFWA) Ron Yates (DAFWA) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2009 |
| Contributor | West Midlands Group |
| Trial location(s) |
Eneabba, WA
Gillingarra, WA |
To determine whether successful establishment of sub-tropical grasses requires sowing into furrows.
| Lead research organisation |
Future Farm Industries CRC |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | MLA |
| Trial funding source | AWI |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
This work was conducted as part of the Future Farm Industries CRC project “Reliable establishment of non-traditional perennial pasture species” with additional funding from Meat and Livestock Australia, Australian Wool Innovation and Land and Water Australia. Thanks to Bob Hendry and John Wilmott for use of their properties for these trials. |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Other crop: Grasses |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
|
| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Randomised,Replicated,Blocked |
| Sow rate or Target density | Not specified |
|---|---|
| Sow date | Not specified |
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Herbicide | Not specified |
| Sow rate or Target density | 5kg/ha |
|---|---|
| Sow date | 1 September 2009 |
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | 1.25m x 30m |
| Plot replication | 3 |
| Herbicide |
The site was prepared using two herbicide knockdowns, glyphosate @ 2 L/ha 6 weeks before sowing, followed by glyphosate @ 1.5 L/ha 2 weeks before sowing. |
| # | Variety |
Treatment 1
|
Establishment plants (plants/m2) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Evergreen | █ 5-10mm below surface into furrows | 55.2 |
| 2 | █ Evergreen | █ Surface-sown into furrows | 33.9 |
| 3 | █ Evergreen | █ Surface-sown with no furrows | 21.8 |
| # | Variety |
Treatment 1
|
Establishment plants (plants/m2) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Evergreen | █ 5-10mm below surface into furrows | 55.2 |
| 2 | █ Evergreen | █ Surface-sown into furrows | 33.9 |
| 3 | █ Evergreen | █ Surface-sown with no furrows | 21.8 |
| Rainfall trial gsr (mm) | 182mm |
|---|
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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