| Researcher(s) |
Leigh Davis (SARDI) Naomi Scholz (SARDI) Nigel Wilhelm (SARDI) |
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| Year(s) | 2015 |
| Contributor | SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre |
| Trial location(s) |
Minnipa Agricultural Centre, SA
Piednippie, SA Port Kenny, SA |
To undertake initial evaluation of an elite cumin line at a range of locations on the upper Eyre Peninsula: Blue Ribbon would also undertake assessment of cumin quality (oil quality) attributes within their international markets.
| Lead research organisation |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
Thank you to MAC farm staff for the broadacre strip and to Brenton Spriggs & Andrew Ware for technical support of the small plot trials. Also thanks to Mike Lucy (Alliance Agricultural Consulting) for coordinating the work with Blue Ribbon Seeds. |
| Other trial partners | Blue Ribbon Seeds |
| Crop type | Other crop: Cumin |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sow rate or Target density | 23 kg/ha of pelleted seed for a crop yielding 1 t/ha |
|---|---|
| Sowing machinery |
In addition to small plots, a broadacre strip of cumin was also set up and managed on Minnipa Agricultural Centre by the farm staff. This strip was approximately 3 hectares in size and was sown with the Horwood Bagshaw precision bar on 24 April. The strip was sown with 15 kg/ha of pelleted seed and 60 kg/ha of DAP after a knockdown spray of 1.2 L/ha of Gramoxone 250 and 1 L/ha of Triflur X. In crop weed control was Clethodim for grasses and 1.2 L/ha of Linuron for broad leaved weeds. |
| Sow date | 28 April 2015 |
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | 2m x 10m |
| Plot replication | 4 |
| Fertiliser |
Medium input was a package of 23 kg/ha of pelleted seed and 50 kg/ha of DAP applied with the seed which was recommended by Blue Ribbon Seeds for a crop yielding 1 t/ha. The low input package was 15 kg/ha of seed and 25 kg/ha of DAP while the high input was 33 kg/ha of seed with 50 kg/ha of DAP plus 50 kg/ha of urea in season. Trials were sown in late April (Piednippie and Minnipa) and mid May (Port Kenny) at 1-2 cm. |
| Herbicide |
Weed control was achieved with a pre-seeding application of a knock down (Sprayseed or glyphosate), 1.5 L/ha of Triflur X, in crop application of Select for grass control and 1.2 L/ha of Linuron (a horticultural herbicide) for broad leaved weeds. |
| Insecticide |
Early pest control was achieved with a pre-seeding application of 1 L/ha of Lorsban and for Piednippie, an in crop application of 185 ml/ha of Elantra Xtreme plus 500 ml/ha of Astound Duo was also used. |
| Sow rate or Target density | Not specified |
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| Sowing machinery | Not specified |
| Sow date | Not specified |
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Fertiliser | Not specified |
| Herbicide | Not specified |
| Insecticide | Not specified |
| Sow rate or Target density | Not specified |
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| Sowing machinery | Not specified |
| Sow date | Not specified |
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Fertiliser | Not specified |
| Herbicide | Not specified |
| Insecticide | Not specified |
| Rainfall avg ann (mm) | 325mm |
|---|---|
| Rainfall avg gsr (mm) | 241mm |
| Rainfall trial total (mm) | 333mm |
| Rainfall trial gsr (mm) | 258mm |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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