| Researcher(s) | N/A |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2013 |
| Contributor | Irrigated Cropping Council |
| Trial location(s) |
Kerang, VIC
|
To assess the effect on yield of wider row spacing and plant populations on canola.
| Lead research organisation |
Grains Research and Development Corporation |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation |
Irrigated Cropping Council |
| Trial funding source | GRDC BWD00024,DAN000198 |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments | N/A |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Oilseed: Canola |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
|
| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sow rate or Target density | 25 pl/m2, 50 pl/m2 |
|---|---|
| Sowing machinery |
Shearer 10 run combine on 7 inch spacings |
| Sow date | 24 April 2013 24th April |
| Harvest date | 6 November 2013 6th November |
| Plot size | 15m x 1.42m |
| Plot replication | 3 |
| Fertiliser |
125 kg/ha MAP at sowing 110 kg/ha urea on 11/7/2013 70 kg/ha urea on 11/8/2013 |
| Herbicide |
Roundup 1.7 l/ha + 75 ml/ha Goal 20/4/2013 Select 300 ml/ha + Lontrel 300 ml/ha + Uptake 500 ml/ha 19/6/2013 |
| Insecticide |
Talstar 40 ml/ha on 17/6/2013 |
| # | Variety |
Treatment 1
|
Treatment 2
|
Grain yield (t/ha) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Garnet | █ 7 inch row spacing | █ | 3.238 |
| 2 | █ Garnet | █ 14 inch row spacing | █ | 3.053 |
| 3 | █ Garnet | █ 28 inch row spacing | █ | 2.823 |
| 4 | █ Garnet | █ | █ 25 plants/m2 | 3.23 |
| 5 | █ Garnet | █ | █ 50 plants/m2 | 3.25 |
| Rainfall avg ann (mm) | 373.4mm |
|---|---|
| Rainfall avg gsr (mm) | 232mm |
| Rainfall trial total (mm) | 306.2mm |
| Rainfall trial gsr (mm) | 222mm |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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