The use of a zinc-efficient wheat cultivar as an adaptation to calcareous subsoil

2010

Research organisaton

Trial details

Researcher(s) DM Brace
Robin Graham
RE Holloway
Therese McBeath
Year(s) 2010
Contributor South Australian Research and Development Institute
Trial location(s) University of Adelaide , SA
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The use of a zinc-efficient wheat cultivar as an adaptation to calcareous subsoil locations
Aims

To compare the zinc efficiency, root growth and production characteristics of 2 cultivars of wheat

Key messages
  • Zinc efficient and inefficient wheat cultivars were grown in soil cores in the glasshouse.
  •  The calcareous soil had low micronutrient levels and high pH and boron.
  • Although cultivar Gatcher produced 47% more dry weight of tops and double the root length density of cultivar Excalibur at maturity, cultivar Excalibur was much more efficient in terms of zinc uptake by roots and sevenfold more efficient than cultivar Gatcher in partitioning zinc to grain.
Lead research organisation N/A
Host research organisation South Australian Research and Development Institute
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
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Randomised,Replicated

University of Adelaide 2010

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

Manganese sulphate

Other trial notes

Holloway RE, Graham RD, McBeath TM, Brace DM (2010) The use of a zinc-efficient wheat cultivar as an adaptation to calcareous subsoil: a glasshouse study. Plant and Soil 336, 15-24.

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Trial last modified: 21-10-2019 09:09am AEST