| Researcher(s) |
Caz Abbey (West Midlands Group) Will Browne (West Midlands Group) Sean Plozza (West Midlands Group) Chris Wilkins (West Midlands Group) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2015 |
| Contributor | West Midlands Group |
| Trial location(s) |
Warradarge, WA
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To test modified one-way ploughs as a method of lime incorporation.
All cultivation treatments reduced crop establishment significantly below “Nil” cultivation.
Poor rainfall in September and October 2015 meant that the trial yielded very poorly (~0.5 T/ha), with no significant differences between treatments.
Soil test results are not yet available.
| Lead research organisation |
West Midlands Group |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | DAFWA |
| Trial funding source | McIntosh & Son |
| Trial funding source | Precision Soiltech |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
Ben & Sean Plozza, Will Browne, Stephan Davies, DAFWA & Chris Gazey, McIntosh & Sons and Soiltech. |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Cereal (Grain): Wheat |
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| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sowing machinery |
Standard orange Chamberlain plough; yellow Chamberlain plough with every second jump arm lifted, with 30” discs fitted (“bought discs”); modified orange Chamberlain plough (2 jump arms into 1) with “Ploz discs” fitted (30” discs with deeper dishing than commercially available). |
|---|---|
| Sow date | 1 June 2015 |
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | 90m x 10m |
| Plot replication | 2 |
| Rainfall trial gsr (mm) | 400mm |
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SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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