| Researcher(s) |
Kelly Angel (BCG) Rob Launder (Agritech Rural) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2014 |
| Contributor | Birchip Cropping Group |
| Trial location(s) |
Horsham, VIC
|
| Further information | View external link |
To determine whether Moddus Evo, applied with and without fungicide at different timings, influenced the level of lodging and head loss in Scope CL barley, and to compare its performance against other PGRs when applied at GS31.
| Lead research organisation |
Birchip Cropping Group |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | GRDC DAN00173 |
| Related program |
Management of Barley and Barley Cultivars for the Southern Region |
| Acknowledgments |
This trial was jointly funded by Agritech Rural and the GRDC through the ‘Southern region barley agronomy’ project (DAN00173). |
| Other trial partners | Agritech Rural |
| Crop type | Cereal (Grain): Barley |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
|
| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Blocked |
| Sow rate or Target density | 130 plants/m² |
|---|---|
| Sowing machinery |
Knife points, press wheels, 30cm row spacing |
| Sow date | 13 May 2014 13 May 2014 |
| Harvest date | 13 November 2014 13 November 2014 |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Fertiliser |
MAP @ 55kg/ha at sowing followed by urea @ 90kg/ha top-dressed at GS13 and 100kg/ha top-dressed at GS30. |
| Herbicide |
Weeds were controlled to best management practice commerical standards. |
| Insecticide |
Pests were controlled to best management practice commercial standards. |
| Fungicide |
Dependent on treatment:
|
| # |
Treatment 1
|
Plant height (cm) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Amistar Xtra & Moddus Evo @ 31 & 39 | 59 |
| 2 | █ Amistar Xtra & Moddus Evo @ 31 Only | 64.4 |
| 3 | █ Amistar Xtra & Moddus Evo @ 31, 39 & 45 | 59.4 |
| 4 | █ Amistar Xtra & Moddus Evo @ 39 Only | 62 |
| 5 | █ Amistar Xtra & Moddus Evo @ 45 Only | 58.8 |
| 6 | █ Amistar Xtra (400ml/ha) & Moddus Evo (400ml/ha) + Cycocel (1.25L/ha) @ 31 Only | 63.8 |
| 7 | █ Amistar Xtra @ 31 & 39 | 64.4 |
| 8 | █ Amistar Xtra @ 31 Only | 68.8 |
| 9 | █ Amistar Xtra @ 39 Only | 66 |
| 10 | █ Amistar Xtra @ 45 Only | 61 |
| 11 | █ Control | 64.6 |
| 12 | █ Cycocel (1.25L/ha) @ 31 only | 65.6 |
| 13 | █ Ethrel (1L/ha)@ 31 Only | 61.6 |
| 14 | █ Moddus Evo @ 31 & 39 | 63.4 |
| 15 | █ Moddus Evo @ 31 Only | 66.8 |
| 16 | █ Moddus Evo @ 39 Only | 65.2 |
| 17 | █ Moddus Evo @ 45 Only | 61.8 |
| Rainfall trial total (mm) | 226mm |
|---|---|
| Rainfall trial gsr (mm) | 172mm |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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