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Comparison of barley varieties

2012
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Research organisation
Funding source
Hart Field Site Group
<abbr title='Hart Field Site Group member funded'>HFSG members</abbr>

Trial details

Researcher(s) Peter Hooper (Hart Field Site Group)
Year(s) 2012
Contributor Hart Field Site Group
Trial location(s) Hart, SA
Comparison of barley varieties locations
Aims
To compare the performance of new barley varieties and lines against the current industry standards
Key messages
Fathom (WI4483) was the highest yielding feed variety at 3.3t/ha. Commander and Buloke were the highest yielding malt varieties, averaging 2.94t/ha. Oxford produced the highest screenings of 37.4%. Commander was the only malt variety to meet the minimum retention rate
Lead research organisation Hart Field Site Group
Host research organisation Hart Field Site Group
Trial funding source HFSG members
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments N/A
Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop type Cereal (Grain): Barley
Treatment type(s)
  • Crop : Variety
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Randomised,Replicated,Blocked

Hart 2012

Sow date 1 June 2012 1 June 2012
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size 1.4m x 10m
Plot replication 3
Paddock history 2011 - Oaten hay
Fertiliser Seeding: 70kg/ha DAP 2% Zn, 24/7/12: 80L/ha UAN
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Trial results Table 1

# Variety
 Protein (%) Grain yield (t/ha) Test weight (kg/hL) Screenings (<2.2mm sieve) (%)
1 █ Barque 12.08 2.626 64.48 23.19
2 █ Bass 12.53 2.461 69.93 21.81
3 █ Buloke 10.57 2.931 71.02 22.1
4 █ Capstan 11.04 2.839 67.02 31.61
5 █ Commander 10.52 2.953 69.79 14.64
6 █ Fathom 10.3 3.295 69.07 18
7 █ Flagship 10.6 2.73 72.64 27.75
8 █ Fleet 10.93 3.218 67.38 19.24
9 █ Flinders 11.69 2.645 71.25 26.66
10 █ Gairdner 11.63 2.702 71.5 27.37
11 █ Grange 12.43 2.045 71.61 35.57
12 █ Hindmarsh 10.42 3.192 72.07 22.58
13 █ La Trobe 11.11 2.775 69.56 29.19
14 █ Keel 10.14 3.083 67.61 16.73
15 █ Maritime 11.46 2.802 69.62 5.4
16 █ Navigator 11.23 2.969 70.26 21.99
17 █ Oxford 12.51 2.15 72.46 37.36
18 █ Schooner 11.73 2.584 72.02 27.15
19 █ Scope 11.34 2.552 71.41 23.69
20 █ Skipper 11.32 2.714 69.21 25.82
21 █ Sloop SA 11.9 2.568 70.36 23.8
22 █ Westminster 13.25 1.748 72.17 30.83
23 █ Compass 11.31 2.947 69.13 15.56
24 █ Wimmera 12.3 2.298 71.92 24.71

Grain yield t/ha

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Screenings (<2.2mm sieve) %

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Test weight kg/hL

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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Not specified
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Hart, SA Calcarosol
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Hart, SA 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.
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Climate

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Observed climate information

Rainfall trial gsr (mm) 168mm

Derived climate information

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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

2012 trial report