Manganese content of cereals, lupins and clover herbage in north eastVictoria

1982

Research organisatons

Trial details

Researcher(s) A Ellington
Year(s) 1982
Contributor South Australian Research and Development Institute
Trial location(s) Rutherglen, VIC
Manganese content of cereals, lupins and clover herbage in north eastVictoria locations
Aims

To study the manganese content of cereals, lupin and clover herbage in NE Victoria.

Key messages
  • Chlorotic and stunted wheat was found to have higher shoot manganese content than healthy plants in the same fields • High values were sometimes associated (correlated) with soil acidity and sometimes with waterlogging.
  • In experiments, direct drilling resulted in lower manganese content of wheat, while what following lupin had higher manganese than wheat following wheat.
  • Application of lime (0, 2.5 and 5 t/a) to an acid soil (pH 5) reduced the manganese content of wheat from 373, to 135 and 191 ppm respectively.
  • On soil from a problem paddock near Rutherglen, application of ammonium sulphate nearly doubles manganese content of Olympic but not Egret wheat, while calcium nitrate reduced manganese in both cultivars.
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 types Grain Legume: Lupins Pasture: Mixed species Cereal (Grain): Wheat Pasture: Clover
Treatment type(s)
  • Harvest
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Unknown

Rutherglen 1982 Lupins

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Other trial notes

Ellington A (1982) Analysis of nutrients in cereals, lupin and clover in NE Victoria. 1982 Rutherglen Research Institute. In 'Trace element review papers: analysis of trace elements in soils and crops'. (Ed. Anon.) (Department of Agriculture Victoria: Melbourne)

Rutherglen 1982 Mixed species

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Other trial notes

Ellington A (1982) Analysis of nutrients in cereals, lupin and clover in NE Victoria. 1982 Rutherglen Research Institute. In 'Trace element review papers: analysis of trace elements in soils and crops'. (Ed. Anon.) (Department of Agriculture Victoria: Melbourne)

Rutherglen 1982 Wheat

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Other trial notes

Ellington A (1982) Analysis of nutrients in cereals, lupin and clover in NE Victoria. 1982 Rutherglen Research Institute. In 'Trace element review papers: analysis of trace elements in soils and crops'. (Ed. Anon.) (Department of Agriculture Victoria: Melbourne)

Rutherglen 1982 Clover

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Other trial notes

Ellington A (1982) Analysis of nutrients in cereals, lupin and clover in NE Victoria. 1982 Rutherglen Research Institute. In 'Trace element review papers: analysis of trace elements in soils and crops'. (Ed. Anon.) (Department of Agriculture Victoria: Melbourne)



Trial last modified: 10-10-2019 10:03am AEST