| Researcher(s) |
I Grimmer (SFS) Penny Riffkin (SFS) Jamie Smith (Ag Vic) Aaron Vague (SFS) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2016 |
| Contributor | Southern Farming Systems |
| Trial location(s) |
Hamilton, VIC
Inverleigh, VIC |
To identify additional lines with maturity between the spring and winter types by evaluating new canola lines not commercially available to growers which were supplied by six seed companies.
| Lead research organisation |
Southern Farming Systems |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation |
Agriculture Victoria |
| Trial funding source | GRDC |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
Thanks to the GRDC and Agriculture Victoria Research for funding the project and to SFS staff for trial management. |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Oilseed: Canola |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sow rate or Target density | Not specified |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Sow rate or Target density | 50 plants/m2 |
|---|---|
| Sowing machinery |
Cone Seeder - on 178 mm row spacings with knifepoint and press wheels |
| Sow date | 30 April 2016 |
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | 10m x 1.43m |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Fertiliser |
Sown with 100kg/ha of MAP
100kg/ha of Gran Am once plants were at 4-5 leaf stage
150kg/ha Urea applied in July and a further 150kg/ha once reached first flower
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| Herbicide |
Rustler at 1 L/ha incorporated at sowing |
| Rainfall avg ann (mm) | 509.2mm |
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SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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