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Subsoil Nutrition on clay spread soil

2006

Research organisation
Primary Industries and Regions SA

Trial details

Researcher(s) J Telfer
Year(s) 2006
Contributor Primary Industries and Regions SA
Trial location(s) Eyre Peninsula, SA
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Subsoil Nutrition on clay spread soil locations
Aims

To investigate potential long term negative effects on crop yield of interactions between clay spreading or delving with subsoil nutrition (micronutrients).

Key messages
  • Sandy soil spread with clay that has a high level of calcium carbonate (lime) has the potential to cause extreme manganese (Mn) deficiency, leading to poor crop growth and yield. 
  • Clay must be tested before spreading to gauge the potential for problems and adjust the clay rate accordingly. 
  • Nutrition issues relating to clay spreading can still be apparent many seasons following the clay spreading.
Lead research organisation N/A
Host research organisation N/A
Related program More Profit from Crop Nutrition
Acknowledgments

Thanks to Linden Masters, Kieran Wauchope and Rachel May of Rural Solutions SA for technical assistance and field monitoring. Brad Davies (Wharminda), Kingsley Habner (Tooligie) and Kieran Glover (Lock) are especially thanked for assistance with harvesting sites, and well as a number of landholders that hosted sites from the 2005 season. The National Landcare Program and the Advisory Board of Agriculture ‘Sustainable Land Use and Management of Sandy Soils Project’ provided funding.
Other trial partners Advisory Board of Agriculture, DAFF, SA Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation
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Method

Crop type Cereal (Grain): Wheat
Treatment type(s)
  • Soil Improvement : Type
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Unknown

Eyre Peninsula 2006

Sow date Unknown
Harvest date Unknown
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser

manganese sulphate, zinc sulphate, copper sulphate
Other trial notes

Telfer J (2007) Subsoil nutrition on clay spread soil In: Eyre Peninsula Farming Systems 2006 Summary pp 163-164 Eds A Cook, S Doudle, A Frischke, J Hancock, N Wilhelm, N Cordon, E McInerney, M Bennet, B Frischke, D Brace, C Paterson PIRSA Publishing Services, Adelaide, Australia.
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Trial report and links

2006 trial report



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