Foliar manganese for lupins

1982

Research organisatons

Trial details

Researcher(s) Wayne Hawthorne
DC Lewis
Year(s) 1982
Contributor South Australian Research and Development Institute
Trial location(s) Struan, SA
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Aims

To determine if and how manganese deficiency in lupins can be overcome.

Key messages
  • Replicated trials at 22 sites were sown in factorial design of two rates of manganese sulphate (0 and 32 kg/ha), drilled with the superphosphate (200 kg/ha) at seeding, and two rates of manganese foliar spray (Mangasol®) at 0 and 10 1/ha) applied at flowering.
  • Harvest yields were obtained, and the number of split seeds recorded in the grain sample.
  • Manganese significantly (P < 0.05) increased grain yields and reduced the proportion of split seeds in the grain sample at 10 of the 22 sites (see table).
  • Manganese significantly (P < 0.05) reduced the proportion of split seeds at 8 non-yield responsive sites, and produced no response at 4 sites (see table). Cultivar effects were not apparent. Concluded that a Mangasol® foliar spray applied at flowering is a more reliable means of controlling manganese deficiency in lupins than is the drilling of manganese at seeding time.
  • Wide-spread aerial applications of Mangasol® have been commercially applied in the two seasons since these trials. The method is cost-effective, and in most cases coincides with insecticide application.
Lead research organisation N/A
Host research organisation South Australian Department of Agriculture
Related program More Profit from Crop Nutrition
Acknowledgments N/A
Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop type Grain Legume: Lupins
Treatment type(s)
  • Fertiliser: Application Method
  • Fertiliser: Rate
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Replicated

Struan 1982

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser

Two rates of manganese sulphate (0 and 32 kg/ha), drilled with the superphosphate (200 kg/ ha) at seeding, and two rates of manganese foliar spray (Mangasol) at 0 and 10 L/ha) applied at flowering.

Other trial notes

Perry MW and Cartrell JW (1976) J. Agric. West. Aust. 17: 20.

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