Trial details
Researcher(s)
Corinne Celestina (La Trobe University)
Year(s)
2014
Contributor
Southern Farming Systems
Trial location(s)
Hamilton, VIC
Aims
To investigate the effect of nutrition and disease management on canola yield and quality at Westmere in 2014.
Key messages
Split application of nitrogen at green bud and full flower produced the highest yields.
The risk of a dry season can be reduced by using split fertiliser timings.
Applying nitrogen consistently increases levels of protein in canola but reduces oil content.
Using flutrifaol-treated starter fertiliser and in-crop fungicides increased yields of canola by an average of 0.42 t/ha.
Fungicide use had no consistent impact on grain quality.
Lead research organisation
N/A
Host research organisation
N/A
Related program
N/A
Acknowledgments
N/A
Other trial partners
Not specified
Method
Crop type
Oilseed: Canola
Treatment type(s)
Crop : Variety
Fertiliser : Rate
Fertiliser : Timing
Fungicide : Application Method
Trial type
Experimental
Trial design
Replicated
Hamilton 2014
Sow date
Not specified
Harvest date
Not specified
Plot size
Not specified
Plot replication
Not specified
Westmere 2014
Sow date
6 May 2014
Harvest date
Not specified
Plot size
Not specified
Plot replication
Not specified
Observed trial site soil information
Soil conditions
Trial site
Soil texture
Hamilton, VIC
Not specified
Westmere, VIC
Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Average amount of water stored in the soil profile during the year, estimated by the
OzWALD model-data fusion system.
Year
Hamilton VIC
Westmere VIC
2014
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2001
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Climate
Westmere VIC 2014
Observed climate information
Rainfall avg ann (mm)
566mm
Derived climate information
Hamilton VIC
NOTE: Exact trial site locality unknown - Climate data may not be accurate
Westmere VIC
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
2014 trial report
