Trial details
| Researcher(s) |
Robin Jessop
C Tuohey
|
| Year(s) |
1973 |
| Contributor |
Agriculture Victoria |
| Trial location(s) |
Wimmera, VIC
|
Aims
To review of importance of zinc in the Victorian Mallee and Wimmera.
Key messages
- Yields may be limited by zinc even where deficiency symptoms are not apparent.
- Responses to zinc are common on clays in the Wimmera and sands in the Mallee.
- Phosphorus is required to make zinc fertiliser effective.
- Grain protein is not increased by zinc application.
- Applications of zinc are recommended every second or third crop as zinc has some residual value in the soil.
- Zinc is typically applied in a mixture with phosphorus fertiliser.
- 2 - 2.5 kg /ha zinc should be sufficient for 4-6 years.
| Lead research organisation |
N/A |
| Host research organisation |
Agriculture Victoria
|
| Related program |
More Profit from Crop Nutrition
|
| Acknowledgments |
N/A |
| Other trial partners |
Not specified |
Method
| Crop type |
Pasture: Mixed species
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| Treatment type(s) |
- Crop : Nutrition
- Soil Properties
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| Trial type |
Article/commentary |
| Trial design |
Not applicable |
Wimmera 1973
| Sow date |
Not applicable
|
| Harvest date |
Not applicable |
| Plot size |
Not specified |
| Plot replication |
Not specified |
| Other trial notes |
Jessop, R. and Tuohey, C. (1973) Zinc is essential for Wimmera and Mallee crops and pasture. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria,71:273-274. |
Trial report and links
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