Agronomic value of seeds with high nutrient content

1994

Research organisatons

Trial details

Researcher(s) J Ascher
Robin Graham
Year(s) 1994
Contributor South Australian Research and Development Institute
Trial location(s) University of Adelaide , SA
Agronomic value of seeds with high nutrient content locations
Aims

To present a summary of some field trials investigaitng seed micronutrient contents in barley.

Key messages
  • At Wangary SA when barley seed with a high manganese content was sown there was an increase in yield beyond that achieved with managnese fertiliser.
  • Seed produced from manganese deficient or marginal soils can have low manganese, post anthesis foliar sprays can increase grain manganese conentration and improve the growth of a crop sown from that seed.
  • At Marion Bay SA the timing of manganese spraying during grain fill was not critical.
  • Yields of barley grown from barley seed gathered from a number of different sources and sown at a Callington SA correlated very strongly with the concentrations of copper and zinc in the sown seed.
Lead research organisation N/A
Host research organisation University of Adelaide
Related program More Profit from Crop Nutrition
Acknowledgments N/A
Other trial partners Not specified

Method

Crop type Cereal (Grain): Barley
Treatment type(s)
  • Fertiliser: Form
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Unknown

University of Adelaide 1994

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

Ascher J, Graham R (1994) Agronomic value of seeds with high nutrient content. Newsletter of the Crop Science Society of South Australia 130, 3pp.

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