Zinc sulphate on wheat

1939

Research organisatons

Trial details

Researcher(s) H Forster
Year(s) 1939
Contributor South Australian Research and Development Institute
Trial location(s) University of Adelaide , SA
Zinc sulphate on wheat locations
Aims

To establish importance of zinc fertiliser to crop production.

Key messages
  • Comprehensive fertiliser trial at >20 sites across the Wimmera and elsewhere in Victoria in 1938 .
  • Results showed that Wimmera soils were responsive to zinc but not other areas of the State.
  • Under low rainfall conditions 5-10 lbs/acre were as effective as higher application rates of zinc sulphate.
  • Increased yields are to be expected when superphosphate and zinc are applied together on most black soils in the Wimmera.
  • Effects on oats, clover and peas were greater than for wheat.
  • Red and loamy soils responded variably the zinc application
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 Cereal (Grain): Wheat
Treatment type(s)
  • Fertiliser: Application Method
  • Fertiliser: Rate
Trial type Article/commentary
Trial design Not applicable

University of Adelaide 1939

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

Zinc sulphate

Other trial notes

Forster H (1939) Zinc sulphate on wheat: beneficial effects confirmed. The Journal of Agriculture, Victoria 37, 273-274.

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