| Researcher(s) | N/A |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2015 |
| Contributor | Irrigated Cropping Council |
| Trial location(s) |
Kerang, VIC
|
To assess the effect of plant growth regulators on irrigated faba beans.
No product had significant effects on crop height.
| Lead research organisation | N/A |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments | N/A |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Grain Legume: Faba beans |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
|
| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Randomised,Replicated |
| Sow rate or Target density | 25 pl/m2 |
|---|---|
| Sow date | 4 May 2015 early April |
| Harvest date | 2 December 2015 early December |
| Plot size | 15m x 1.42m |
| Plot replication | 3 |
| Paddock history | 2014 barley, 2013 wheat, 2012 canola |
| Fertiliser |
125 kg triple super/ha |
| Herbicide |
500 ml/ha Select 26/06/15 |
| Insecticide |
Gaucho seed treated 200 ml/ha |
| Fungicide |
1.5 l/ha Bravo 9/07/15, 2.0 kg/ha Mancozeb 11/08/15, 2.0 l/ha Bravo 17/9/15 |
| # | Variety |
Treatment 1
|
Grain yield (t/ha) | Retention (%) | Lodging (0-9) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Fiesta | █ Control | 6.24 | 137 | 4.3 |
| 2 | █ Fiesta | █ PGR1 | 6.24 | 133 | 4.3 |
| 3 | █ Fiesta | █ PGR2 | 6.34 | 127 | 3.7 |
| Rainfall trial gsr (mm) | 232mm |
|---|
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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