| Researcher(s) |
Kelly Angel (BCG) Simon Monk (Clovercrest Consulting) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2015 |
| Contributor | Birchip Cropping Group |
| Trial location(s) |
Lillimur, VIC
|
| Further information | View external link |
To investigate the effectiveness of the use of different herbicides and spraying regimes prior to sowing in controlling annual ryegrass and to increase grower awareness of rotating the various knockdown options pre-sowing.
| Lead research organisation |
Birchip Cropping Group |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | GRDC CLO00001 |
| Related program |
Agribusiness Trial Extension Network |
| Acknowledgments |
This trial was funded by the GRDC as part of the ‘Agribusiness Trial Extension Networks: Identify options for the control of glyphosate resistant ryegrass’ project (CLO00001). |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | None: No crop specified |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
|
| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Randomised,Replicated,Blocked |
| Sow rate or Target density | 1500 plants/m2 |
|---|---|
| Sow date | Not specified |
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | 20m x 6m |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| # |
Treatment 1
|
Weed control (%) | Initial weed count ((no. of plants)) | 28 days after application (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Control | 0 | 1412 | 1412 |
| 2 | █ SL 3825 (2L) | 21.5 | 1355 | 1143 |
| 3 | █ Alliance (1.5L) | 45.4 | 1640 | 861 |
| 4 | █ Alliance (2L) | 48.1 | 1363 | 721 |
| 5 | █ Gramozone (2L) | 50.4 | 1384 | 624 |
| 6 | █ Para-Trooper (2L) | 73.8 | 1634 | 437 |
| 7 | █ SL 3825 (2L) + Gramoxone (1L) | 76.8 | 1195 | 260 |
| 8 | █ Goal (200ml) + Gramoxone (2L) | 78.5 | 1676 | 439 |
| 9 | █ SL 3825 (2L) + Gramoxone (2L) | 83.4 | 1580 | 242 |
| 10 | █ Glyphosate (1L) | 87.9 | 1259 | 181 |
| 11 | █ Boxer Gold (2.5L) + Gramoxone (2L) | 89.8 | 1480 | 149 |
| 12 | █ Glyphosate (1L) fb Gramoxone (2L, 7 days) | 98.6 | 1280 | 17 |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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