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Lentils - sowing time and plant density, HRZ Wagga Wagga

2015
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Research organisations
Funding sources
Southern Pulse Agronomy Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources VIC
<abbr title='Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources (Victoria)'>DEDJTRVic</abbr> <abbr title='South Australian Research and Development Institute'>SARDI</abbr> <abbr title='Grains Research and Development Corporation'>GRDC</abbr>

Trial details

Researcher(s) Eric Armstrong (SARDI)
Jason Brand (DEDJTR)
Jenny Davidson (DEDJTR)
Sarah Day (DEDJTR)
Jon Evans (NSW DPI)
Luke Gaynor (SARDI)
Larn McMurray (SARDI)
Karl Moore (SARDI)
Amanda Pearce (DEDJTR)
Russell Pumpa (SARDI)
Mark Richards (SARDI)
Keisha Savage (DEDJTR)
Christine Walela (DEDJTR)
Andrew Ware (DEDJTR)
Year(s) 2015
Contributor Southern Pulse Agronomy
Trial location(s) Wagga Wagga, NSW
Lentils - sowing time and plant density, HRZ Wagga Wagga locations
Aims
  1. To establish agronomic guidelines for lentil time of sowing and seeding rate for current commercial lentil varieties alongside promising advanced breeding lines on an acidic, red-brown earth at Wagga Wagga, NSW. This information will be used to confirm and update current agronomic recommendations for lentil in this region.
  2. To determine if optimum plant density and sowing time remains constant across varieties in this environment.
Key messages
  • PBA Ace and PBA Jumbo2 performed very well across a range of agronomic characters, compared to the other varieties tested in this experiment.
  • Sowing time was a critical management factor in the 2015 season.
  • Sow lentil early to late May in the eastern cropping region of southern NSW.
  • Target establishment densities of 120 plants m2 in this environment.
Lead research organisation Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources VIC
Host research organisation N/A
Trial funding source DEDJTRVic
Trial funding source SARDI
Trial funding source GRDC DAV00113
Related program Southern Pulse Agronomy
Acknowledgments

We sincerely want to thank and acknowledge all co-operators with whom we have worked with throughout the season, who have graciously allowed us to conducted trials on their land.

Technical support: 

  • Jason Ellifson Technical Officer, DEDJTR Horsham
  • Keisha Savage Technical Assistant, DEDJTR Horsham
  • Russel Argall Technical Officer, DEDJTR Horsham
  • Mick Brady Technical Officer, DEDJTR Mildura
  • Chris Davies Technical Assitant, DEDJTR Mildura
  • Henk Venter Technical Officer, Clare, SA
  • Cathy Fisher Technical Officer, Clare, SA
  • Lee Davis Technical Officer, Clare, SA
  • John Nairn Technical Officer, Clare, SA
  • Leigh Davis Technical Officer, Minnipa Ag Centre, SA
Other trial partners Pulse Breeding Australia, The University of Adelaide, Pulse Australia, Southern Farming Systems
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Method

Crop type Grain Legume: Lentils
Treatment type(s)
  • Crop : Variety
  • Sowing : Rate
  • Sowing : Timing
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Randomised,Replicated,Blocked

Wagga Wagga 2015

Sow rate or Target density 120 plants/m2
Sowing machinery

Direct-drilled using a six row cone seeder with 300mm row spacings and GPS auto-steer. 30cm row spacing
Sow date 1 May 2015
Harvest date 1 November 2015 Time of sowing 1 on 9 November 2015
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser

80 kg/ha grain legume super (N:P:K:S 0:13.8:0:6.1) placed 30–40 mm below the seed
Herbicide

Commercial practices used with aim of weed-free trials, eliminating both weed competition and weed seed set.
Fallow weed control: 2 L/ha glyphosate (450 g/L) and 1 L/ha 2,4-D LV ester (680 g/L)
Incorporated by sowing: 2 L/ha glyphosate (450 g/L), 2 L/ha Stomp (440 g/L pendimethalin),
2 L/ha Avadex (400 g/L tri-allate) and 1 kg/ha Terbyne® (750 g/kg terbuthylazine)
Post sowing: 330 ml/ha Select (240 g/L clethodim), 100 ml/ha Verdict (520 g/L haloxyfop) and 500 ml/100 L Uptake spraying oil
Insecticide

Targeting Helicoverpa sp.: 400 ml/ha Fastac Duo (100 g/L alpha-cypermethrin) at late pod fill
Inoculant Group F peat inoculant was mixed directly into an on board 100L water tank then pumped though micro-tubes into each sowing furrow
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Download results

Trial results Table 1

@T1: Time of sowing 1 (01-05-2015) @T2: Time of sowing 2 (10-06-2015)
# Variety
 Average plant height (cm) Average plant height (cm)
1 █ PBA Jumbo 2 40 20
1 █ PBA Jumbo 2 36 26
2 █ PBA Ace 33 18
2 █ PBA Ace 32 20
3 █ CIPAL1422 25 20
3 █ CIPAL1422 24 14
4 █ PBA Bolt
4 █ PBA Bolt
5 █ PBA Hurricane XT
5 █ PBA Hurricane XT
6 █ Nipper
6 █ Nipper

Average plant height cm

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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Not specified
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Wagga Wagga, NSW Red sandy loam
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Wagga Wagga, NSW Kandosol
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

Derived climate information

No observed climate data available for this trial.
Derived climate data is determined from trial site location and national weather sources.

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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

2015 trial report



Trial last modified: 24-07-2019 12:07pm AEST