Researcher(s) |
Ciara Cullen (BCG) |
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Year(s) | 2011 |
Contributor | Birchip Cropping Group |
Trial location(s) |
Rupanyup, VIC
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To assess the impact of rhizobial inoculation on the performance of four different legumes: chickpeas, lentils, faba beans and peas in the Victorian Wimmera.
good nodulation in the uninoculated treatments, and the absence of growth or yield responses to inoculation in this trial, indicated that pulses have been grown sufficiently often in this particular paddock (lentil in 2007 and pulses every two/three years previously) to maintain appropriately high rhizobial populations in the soil. as the numbers of rhizobia decline in the soil over time, consider inoculation based on, paddock history and length of time since growing the last legume crops. Pulses often benefit from inoculation if there has not been a legume grown in the paddock for six years. where rhizobial populations are low in the soil, inoculation of legumes at sowing is extremely important to ensure adequate nitrogen fixation
Lead research organisation | N/A |
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Host research organisation | N/A |
Trial funding source | BCG members CSP000146 |
Trial funding source | GRDC |
Trial funding source | CSIRO |
Related program | N/A |
Acknowledgments |
This project was funded by BCG members and in association with CSIRO as part of GRDC project CSP000146. |
Other trial partners | Not specified |
Crop types | Grain Legume: Chickpeas Grain Legume: Field peas Grain Legume: Lentils Grain Legume: Lupins |
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Treatment type(s) |
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Trial type | |
Trial design |
Sow date | Not specified |
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Harvest date | Not specified |
Plot size | Not specified |
Plot replication | Not specified |
Fertiliser | Not specified |
Herbicide | Not specified |
Fungicide | Not specified |
Inoculant | Not specified |
Other trial notes |
There was no significant data presented in this report |
Sow date | Not specified |
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Harvest date | Not specified |
Plot size | Not specified |
Plot replication | Not specified |
Fertiliser | Not specified |
Herbicide | Not specified |
Fungicide | Not specified |
Inoculant | Not specified |
Other trial notes |
There was no significant data presented in this report |
Sow date | Not specified |
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Harvest date | Not specified |
Plot size | Not specified |
Plot replication | Not specified |
Fertiliser | Not specified |
Herbicide | Not specified |
Fungicide | Not specified |
Inoculant | Not specified |
Other trial notes |
There was no significant data presented in this report |
Sow date | 20 May 2011 |
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Harvest date | Not specified |
Plot size | Not specified |
Plot replication | 2 |
Fertiliser |
20 May - 50kg/ha MAP (10% N, 21.9% P) |
Herbicide |
14 Jul - Select® (500ml/ha) + Liase® (2%) + Hasten® (1%) 26 Aug - Brodal Options (150ml/ha) – lentils + inoculant and peas + inoculant plots only |
Fungicide |
20 Sept - Prosaro® (300ml/ha) + Spreadwet® (0.25%) |
Inoculant | As per treatments. |
Other trial notes |
There was no significant data presented in this report |
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Treatment 1
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Shoot N fixed (kg N/ha) | Shoot N fix (kg N/t/DM) | Shoot dry matter (t/ha) |
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1 | █ Control (no inoculation) | 37 | 4.8 | 7.7 |
2 | █ Inoculated | 166 | 18.1 | 9.2 |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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