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Comparison of barley varieties

2011
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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)
Roy Rogers (Hart Field Site Group)
Year(s) 2011
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
Feed varieties Hindmarsh, Fleet, Keel and Fathom; and malting varieties Commander and Buloke were the highest yielding barley varieties at Hart in 2011, averaging 3.50 t/ha. No varieties produced screenings in excess of 5%. All malting varieties achieved retention above the required 86%
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 2011

Sow date 30 May 2011 30 May 2011
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size 1.4m x 10m
Plot replication 3
Paddock history 2010 - Oaten hay
Fertiliser Seeding: 90kg/ha DAP 2% Zn, 29/7/11: 70L/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 █ Buloke 11.133 3.235 66.07 0.645
2 █ Capstan 11.367 3.27 64.61 1.367
3 █ Carl 1238 9.967 3.036 67.19 0.616
4 █ Commander 10.233 3.393 66.25 1.308
5 █ Flagship 11.4 3.115 68.99 0.57
6 █ Fleet 11.6 3.551 62.09 0.418
7 █ Gairdner 11.167 2.794 68.95 0.667
8 █ Grange 11.7 2.663 67.33 1.468
9 █ Hindmarsh 10.333 3.655 66.33 0.919
10 █ Keel 10.533 3.504 63.11 1.638
11 █ Macquerie 11.3 2.962 69.59 0.718
12 █ Maritime 10.767 2.773 65.11 0.379
13 █ Oxford 10.933 2.75 69.11 2.564
14 █ Schooner 10.433 2.976 66.43 0.552
15 █ Scope 11.6 3.172 66.94 0.627
16 █ Shepherd 12.233 2.703 67.22 0.565
17 █ SloopSA 10.933 3.026 68.1 0.675
18 █ VBO 432 11.2 2.928 68.51 0.603
19 █ WABAR2315 11.9 3.117 67.25 0.396
20 █ WABAR2537 11.167 2.8 68.91 1.325
21 █ Westminster 12 2.473 70.3 0.939
22 █ Navigator 10 2.796 68.37 0.684
23 █ Fathom 10.333 3.429 63.81 0.543
24 █ Yarra 10.967 3.272 63.48 0.61

Grain yield t/ha

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Protein %

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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

Hart SA 2011

Observed climate information

Rainfall trial gsr (mm) 219mm

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

2011 trial report