Windrow burning as a tool for snail control - Barley

2016

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Funding source

Trial details

Researcher(s) Svetlana Micic
Year(s) 2016
Contributor Department of Agriculture and Food WA
Trial location(s) Wellstead, WA
Related trials
Windrow burning as a tool for snail control - Barley locations
Aims

To determine the impact of stubble burning on snail populations in a canola paddock

Key messages

Windrow burning can reduce small pointed snail populations by over 90%. If there are weeds or fallen stubble that are not burnt then snails can still be present in the paddock.

Lead research organisation Department of Agriculture and Food WA
Host research organisation N/A
Trial funding source GRDC DAW00251
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

The research undertaken as part of this project is made possible by the significant contributions of growers through both trial cooperation and the support of the GRDC’s Regional Cropping Solutions Network, as well as the farmer group Stirling to Coast Farmers, the authors would like to thank them for their continued support.


Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop type Cereal (Grain): Barley
Treatment type(s)
  • Pest Management
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Unknown

Wellstead 2016

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Soil amelioration

The paddocks were harvested in December 2015 and a  hay rake was used to rake all of the barley chaff into windrows in January 2016.

Swaths were on the ground and fallen stubble and weeds were present in the inter-rows.

Pre-burn assessments were done 11th March 2016, paddocks were burnt 19 March 2016 and post-burn counts were done 21st March 2016.

Every 10 metres for 100 metres, the number of snails in the barley windrow in a 0.1 metre square quadrat were counted. The snails were all collected and spray painted with bitumen paint. The snails were then placed back to where they were found and the windrow replaced. For every count in the windrow, the adjacent inter-row (2 metres from the windrow) was also counted. All the snails in a 0.1 metre square quadrat were counted, sprayed with bitumen paint and then placed back to where they were found.

After windrow burning, the same locatio

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Trial results Table 1

@T1: Pre-burn @T2: Post-burn
# Treatment 1
Snail (number/square metre) Snail (number/square metre)
1 Swath 326 155
1 Inter-row 0 46
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Snail number/square metre


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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Not specified
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Wellstead, WA Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Wellstead, WA Sodosol
Soil Moisture Source: BOM/ANU
Average amount of water stored in the soil profile during the year, estimated by the OzWALD model-data fusion system.
Year Wellstead WA
2016 513.6mm
2015 485.3mm
2014 443.6mm
2013 474.5mm
2012 489.7mm
2011 477.2mm
2010 448.9mm
2009 488.8mm
2008 471.3mm
2007 428.7mm
2006 471.1mm
2005 501.0mm
2004 478.3mm
2003 503.9mm
2002 481.7mm
2001 450.8mm
2000 480.6mm
National soil grid Source: CSIRO/TERN
NOTE: National Soil Grid data is aggregated information for background information on the wider area
Actual soil values can vary significantly in a small area and the trial soil tests are the most relevant data where available

Soil properties

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Climate

Derived climate information

No observed climate data available for this trial.
Derived climate data is determined from trial site location and national weather sources.

Wellstead WA

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Some data on this site is sourced from the Bureau of Meteorology

SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
Jeffrey, S.J., Carter, J.O., Moodie, K.B. and Beswick, A.R. (2001). Using spatial interpolation to construct a comprehensive archive of Australian climate data , Environmental Modelling and Software, Vol 16/4, pp 309-330. DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(01)00008-1.

Trial report and links

2016 trial report



Trial last modified: 15-05-2019 12:00pm AEST