| Researcher(s) |
David Ferris (DAFWA) Christiaan Valentine (DAFWA) |
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| Year(s) | 2013 |
| Contributor | West Midlands Group |
| Trial location(s) |
Regans Ford, WA
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| Lead research organisation |
Department of Agriculture and Food WA |
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| Host research organisation |
West Midlands Group |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
Thanks go to Peter Negus for hosing the trial and the DAFWA Geraldton Research Support Unit for sowing and managing the trial. This research was supported by the Caring for Our Country project ‘Transforming the Northern Sandplain’ and GRDC through the Future Farm Industries CRC’s EverCrop project (P2 FP09).
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| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Grain Legume: Lupins |
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| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sow rate or Target density | 100kg/ha or 150kg/ha |
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| Sowing machinery |
DAFWA cone seeder (1.5 m wide), 220 mm row spacing, tines with trailing press wheels, offset to perennials rows (DGPS with +/- 2cm accuracy and auto steer). |
| Sow date | 24 May 2013 |
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | 15m x 7m |
| Plot replication | 3 |
| Fertiliser |
May 24: 160 kg/ha Super Potash 3:1 |
| Herbicide |
Management inputs have been consistent across all treatments (except seeding rate) 24 May Knockdown Sprayseed (1 L/ha), Treflan (1.5 L/ha), Simazine (1.5 L/ha) 2 July Grass selective Select (500 mL/ha) |
| Insecticide |
24 May Insecticide Dominex (100 mL/ha), Talstar (200 mL/ha) |
| Other trial notes |
* PBA Gunyidi is protected by Plant Breeders Rights Act 1994 (PBR) |
| Rainfall trial gsr (mm) | 529mm |
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SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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