Companion annual legumes for perennial grass pastures - simulated annual legume seed bank

2009
CC BY 4.0

Research organisaton
Funding source

Trial details

Researcher(s) Geoff Moore (DAFWA)
Bradley Nutt (DAFWA)
John Titterington (DAFWA)
Brad Wintle (DAFWA)
Year(s) 2009
Contributor West Midlands Group
Trial location(s) Badgingarra, WA
Companion annual legumes for perennial grass pastures - simulated annual legume seed bank locations
Aims

To identify companion annual legumes for perennial grass based pastures and to develop reliable, low cost methods of establishment

Key messages
  • The trial results from 2009 demonstrate there may be a number of options for companion annual legumes for perennial grass based pastures.
  • The results need to be verified over a number of years with different seasonal conditions.
Lead research organisation N/A
Host research organisation N/A
Trial funding source FarmLink
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

This work was conducted as part of the Future Farm Industries CRC project FP07, ‘Persistent, productive tropical grasses for farming systems’. Thanks to Bob Hendry (Gillingarra), John Wilmott (Eneabba) and Tim Peacock (lessee Badgingarra Research Station) for use of their properties and/or assistance with the trials.


Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop types Grain Legume: Lupins : N/A
Treatment type(s)
  • Crop: Variety
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Replicated

Badgingarra 2009 Lupins

Sow rate or Target density 100kg/ha of pod (except blue lupins 25kg/ha seed)
Sow date March 2009
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size 10m x 10m
Plot replication 4

Badgingarra 2009

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
Biomass (kg/ha) Other annual legume (plants/m2) Other annual legume (kg DM/ha) Sown annual legume (plants/m2) Sown annual legume (kg DM/ha)
1 Margurita French serradella 4616 11 478 299 2509
2 Cadiz French serradella 4803 10 373 266 2651
3 Santorini yellow serradella 3754 9 486 38 735
4 Hard-seeded French serradella 3.1 4709 11 330 229 2841
5 Yellow serradella 72.1 4054 13 598 206 1947
6 Blue lupins (naturalised) 4691 49 544 7 1522

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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Not specified
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Badgingarra, WA Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Badgingarra, WA Chromosol
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.
Year Badgingarra WA
2009 176.1mm
2008 192.9mm
2007 135.2mm
2006 142.1mm
2005 169.7mm
2004 128.0mm
2003 144.9mm
2002 140.2mm
2001 128.6mm
2000 161.9mm
National soil grid Source: CSIRO/TERN
NOTE: National Soil Grid data is aggregated information for background information on the wider area
Actual soil values can vary significantly in a small area and the trial soil tests are the most relevant data where available

Soil properties

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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.

Badgingarra WA

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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 last modified: 06-08-2019 07:54am AEST