| Researcher(s) |
Damian Jones (ICC) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2016 |
| Contributor | Irrigated Cropping Council |
| Trial location(s) |
Kerang, VIC
|
| Related trials |
To economically grow irrigated durum wheat
Irrigated durum wheat can meet DR1 specification
The nitrogen requirement is approximately 50 kg N/t
Growing durum wheat on a pulse stubble has both disease and nitrogen management benefits
| Lead research organisation |
Department of Primary Industries NSW |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation |
Irrigated Cropping Council |
| Trial funding source | GRDC DAN000198 |
| Related program |
GRDC Southern Irrigated Cereal and Canola Varieties Achieving Target Yields |
| Acknowledgments | N/A |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Cereal (Grain): Wheat |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
|
| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sow rate or Target density | 175 plants/m2, 144 kg/ha. Treatment "75% Sowing Rate" sown at 108 kg/ha |
|---|---|
| Sowing machinery |
John Shearer tyned seeder 17.5 cm row spacing Baker boots |
| Sow date | 6 May 2016 Early May |
| Harvest date | 7 December 2016 Early December |
| Plot size | 15m x 1.42m |
| Plot replication | 3 |
| Fertiliser |
06/05/2016: 125 kg DAP/ha 19/07/2016: 175 kg urea/ha all treatments 08/08/2016: Trace element spray applied to "Trace Element" treatment 09/08/2016: 175 kg urea/ha all treatments except "Late" at 110 kg urea/ha 29/08/2016: 70 kg urea/ha all treatments except "High" at 175 kg urea/ha 29/08/2016: "Vital" trace elements applied to one treatment 20/09/2016: 175kg urea/ha only on "late" treatment |
| Herbicide |
28/04/2016: 1.7 l/ha glyphosate 450, 0.075 l/ha Goal, 250 ml/100l BS1000, 100 l/ha water rate 29/06/2016: 0.8 l/ha Tigrex, 0.15 l/ha Lontrel Advanced |
| Insecticide |
NOT an insecticde BUT I have to put it in somewhere! 25/07/2016: Moddus Evo at 400 ml/ha on all treatments 29/08/2016: Moddus Evo at 200 ml/ha on "Moddus GS31 &39" treatment |
| Fungicide |
05/09/2016: Tilt Xtra 250 ml/ha |
| Soil amelioration |
Gypsum applied pre sowing at 3.0 t/ha |
| Seed treatment | Rancona Dimensions applied to one treatment |
| Inoculant | N/a |
| Tillage | Multidisced prior to sowing |
| # | Variety |
Treatment 1
|
Hectolitre weight (kg/hL) | Protein (%) | Grain yield (t/ha) | Screenings <2mm (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ DBA Aurora | █ Late N | 82.6 | 14.2 | 7.96 | 0.8 |
| 2 | █ DBA Aurora | █ 75% Sowing Rate | 82.3 | 13.3 | 7.85 | 0.08 |
| 3 | █ DBA Aurora | █ "Vital" trace elements incl Zinc | 83.4 | 13 | 7.73 | 0.9 |
| 4 | █ DBA Aurora | █ Trace elements | 83.8 | 13.4 | 7.65 | 0.8 |
| 5 | █ DBA Aurora | █ Control | 82 | 13.4 | 7.47 | 0.9 |
| 6 | █ DBA Aurora | █ High N | 81.7 | 14.3 | 7.26 | 1 |
| 7 | █ DBA Aurora | █ Rancona Dimensions | 82.6 | 13.8 | 7.22 | 0.8 |
| 8 | █ DBA Aurora | █ Moddus GS31 & 39 | 83.1 | 14.6 | 6.66 | 0.9 |
| Rainfall avg ann (mm) | 375mm |
|---|---|
| Rainfall avg gsr (mm) | 232mm |
| Rainfall trial total (mm) | 470.5mm |
| Rainfall trial gsr (mm) | 340.3mm |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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