| Researcher(s) |
Kelly Angel (BCG) James Hunt (CSIRO) Nick Poole (FAR Australia) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2015 |
| Contributor | Birchip Cropping Group |
| Trial location(s) |
Berriwillock, VIC
|
| Further information | View external link |
To compare the yield performance of several slow-developing winter wheat cultivars (requiring vernalisation) with spring wheat cultivars (photoperiod sensitive) at different plant densities, in the presence or absence of weeds.
| Lead research organisation |
Birchip Cropping Group |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | GRDC CSP00178 |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
This research was funded by the GRDC as part of ‘Increasing yields and reducing risk through early sowing in the southern grain region’ (CSP00178). |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Cereal (Grain): Wheat |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Randomised,Replicated,Blocked |
| Sow rate or Target density | 50 and 150 plants/m² |
|---|---|
| Sowing machinery |
Knife points, press wheels, 30cm row spacing |
| Sow date | 9 April 2015 9 April 2015 (TOS 1) and 8 May 2015 (TOS 2) |
| Harvest date | 12 November 2015 12 November 2015 |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Fertiliser |
Granulock Supreme Z @ 50kg/ha at sowing 90kg/ha urea (40kg N/ha) top-dressed (GS30) |
| Herbicide |
Pre-sowing - Sakura® @ 118g/ha (weed free plots only) In-crop - Velocity® @ 500ml/ha + Lontrel Advanced @ 50ml/ha |
| Insecticide |
Pests were controlled to best management practice. |
| Fungicide |
Diseases were controlled to best management practice. |
| @T1: | @T2: | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Variety |
Protein (%) | Screenings (%) | Grain yield (t/ha) | Protein (%) | Screenings (%) | Grain yield (t/ha) |
| 1 | █ Scout | 13.7 | 5.8 | 1.78 | 14.7 | 9.5 | 1.09 |
| 1 | █ Scout | 13.8 | 7.4 | 1.68 | 15.6 | 6.5 | 0.98 |
| 2 | █ Kiora | 14.7 | 3.5 | 1.57 | 14.9 | 6.1 | 0.99 |
| 2 | █ Kiora | 14 | 14.3 | 1.51 | 15.5 | 13.3 | 0.87 |
| 3 | █ RAC2641 | 14.5 | 5.9 | 1.44 | 15.8 | 6.5 | 0.99 |
| 3 | █ RAC2641 | 15.3 | 5.6 | 1.4 | 15.2 | 6.7 | 0.7 |
| 4 | █ Bolac | ||||||
| 4 | █ Bolac | ||||||
| 5 | █ Lancer | ||||||
| 5 | █ Lancer | ||||||
| 6 | █ Wedgetail | ||||||
| 6 | █ Wedgetail | ||||||
| Rainfall trial total (mm) | 241mm |
|---|---|
| Rainfall trial gsr (mm) | 141mm |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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