| 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 a single knockdown herbicide can be used for successful establishment of sub-tropical grasses to reduce the wind erosion risk from double knockdown applications.
| Lead research organisation | N/A |
|---|---|
| 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 | None: No crop specified |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| 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 | Not specified |
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | 6m x 48m |
| Plot replication | 4 |
| Herbicide |
The first knockdown herbicide (glyphosate @ 2 L/ha) was sprayed 6 weeks before sowing on the double knockdown plots, while the second spray (glyphosate @ 1.5 L/ha) was applied to all plots on August 19 (2 weeks before sowing) |
| # | Variety |
Treatment 1
|
Establishment plants (plants/m2) | Sand infill into furrows (mm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Evergreen | █ One knockdown | 26 | 8.6 |
| 2 | █ Evergreen | █ Two knockdowns | 42.9 | 10.6 |
| # | Variety |
Treatment 1
|
Establishment plants (plants/m2) | Sand infill into furrows (mm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Evergreen | █ One knockdown | 26 | 8.6 |
| 2 | █ Evergreen | █ Two knockdowns | 42.9 | 10.6 |
| Rainfall trial gsr (mm) | 182mm |
|---|
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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