| Researcher(s) | N/A |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2014 |
| Contributor | Irrigated Cropping Council |
| Trial location(s) |
Numurkah, VIC
|
To test pre-harvest treatments in order to accelerate the ripening and harvest of barley in a double cropping sitution.
Dessication and windrowing accelerated the rate of ripening of a lodged barley crop by 2 weeks, without affecting yield and grain quality.
| Lead research organisation | N/A |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | GRDC VIC000010 |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments | N/A |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop types | Cereal (Grain): Barley Oilseed: Canola |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
|
| Trial type | Demonstration |
| Trial design | Unreplicated |
| Sow rate or Target density | 150 pl/m2 |
|---|---|
| Sowing machinery |
Duncan tyned seeder, toothed roller |
| Sow date | 27 April 2014 late April |
| Harvest date | 14 November 2014 mid November |
| Plot size | 6m x 250m |
| Plot replication | 1 |
| Fertiliser |
100 kg/ha DAP at sowing, 100 kg urea/ha 15/06/2014, 100 kg urea/ha 31/07/2014 |
| Herbicide |
1.5 l/ha glyphosate 450 + 75 ml/ha Goal 24/04/14 |
| Sow rate or Target density | Not specified |
|---|---|
| Sowing machinery | Not specified |
| Sow date | Not specified |
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Fertiliser | Not specified |
| Herbicide | Not specified |
| # |
Treatment 1
|
Hectolitre weight (kg/hL) | Protein (%) | Grain yield (t/ha) | Retention (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Direct Harvest | 66.3 | 14.4 | 6.28 | 63.1 |
| 2 | █ Dessicated | 69.7 | 14.3 | 5.31 | 67 |
| 3 | █ Windrowed | 71 | 15.1 | 6.28 | 61 |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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