| Researcher(s) |
Rhys Carson (DAFWA) Wayne Parker (DAFWA) Chad Reynolds (DAFWA) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2014 - 2015 |
| Contributor | Northern Agri Group |
| Trial location(s) |
West Ogilvie, WA
|
To showcase to growers different methods for deep incorporation of lime to ameliorate sub surface, below 10cm, acidity and improve soil health.
| Lead research organisation |
Department of Agriculture and Food WA |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | Caring for our Country NACC, INNOV - 292 |
| Related program |
Demonstrating principles of ameliorating sub-surface pH to improve soil health. |
| Acknowledgments | N/A |
| Other trial partners | Rhys Carson, Binnu |
| Crop type | Cereal (Grain): Wheat |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sow date | Not specified |
|---|---|
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Other trial notes |
This trial is one of 6 similar trials through-out the northern wheatbelt. This report covers two seasons of data, the initial incorporation of lime occurred in 2014. |
| Sow date | Not specified |
|---|---|
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | 2 |
| Other trial notes |
This trial is one of 6 similar trials through-out the northern wheatbelt. This report covers two seasons of data, the initial incorporation of lime occurred in 2014. |
| # | Variety |
Treatment 1
|
Treatment 2
|
Screenings (%) | Grain yield (t/ha) | 0-10cm soil pH (pH) | 30-40cm soil pH (pH) | 10 - 20cm pH (pH) | 20 - 30cm pH (pH) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Magenta | █ 0t/ha | █ Nil | 6.76 | 1.29 | 5.75 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
| 2 | █ Magenta | █ 2t/ha | █ Nil | 7.04 | 1.32 | 6.1 | 5 | 5.6 | 4.75 |
| 3 | █ Magenta | █ 4.5t/ha | █ Nil | 5.81 | 1.23 | 6.1 | - | 4.9 | 4.35 |
| 4 | █ Magenta | █ 0t/ha | █ Deep delve | 6.86 | 1.28 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
| 5 | █ Magenta | █ 2t/ha | █ Deep delve | 5.56 | 1.46 | 5.05 | 4.2 | 5.45 | 5.1 |
| 6 | █ Magenta | █ 4.5t/ha | █ Deep delve | 4.95 | 1.56 | 6.4 | - | 5.35 | 4.3 |
| 7 | █ Magenta | █ 0t/ha | █ Deep rip | 6.29 | 1.27 | 5.95 | - | 5 | 4.4 |
| 8 | █ Magenta | █ 2t/ha | █ Deep rip | 6.68 | 1.31 | 6.05 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
| 9 | █ Magenta | █ 4.5t/ha | █ Deep rip | 6.73 | 1.49 | 6.55 | - | 5.9 | 4.95 |
| 10 | █ Magenta | █ 0t/ha | █ Mouldboard | 8.3 | 1.3 | 5.85 | 4.6 | 5.25 | 4.65 |
| 11 | █ Magenta | █ 2t/ha | █ Mouldboard | 7.62 | 1.37 | 6.15 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 4.65 |
| 12 | █ Magenta | █ 4.5t/ha | █ Mouldboard | 6.09 | 1.35 | 6.25 | - | 6.4 | 4.7 |
| 13 | █ Magenta | █ 0t/ha | █ One way | 8.06 | 0.75 | 5.45 | 4.2 | 4.75 | 4.15 |
| 14 | █ Magenta | █ 2t/ha | █ One way | 7.86 | 1.27 | 6.35 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
| 15 | █ Magenta | █ 4.5t/ha | █ One way | 8.06 | 1.2 | 6.45 | - | 5.75 | 4.85 |
| 16 | █ Magenta | █ 0t/ha | █ Offset | 7.88 | 1.11 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 5.15 | 4.25 |
| 17 | █ Magenta | █ 2t/ha | █ Offset | 7.25 | 1.43 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 4.95 |
| 18 | █ Magenta | █ 4.5t/ha | █ Offset | 7.15 | 1.41 | 6.6 | - | 5.7 | 5.05 |
| Rainfall trial gsr (mm) | 260mm |
|---|
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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