Researcher(s) |
Damian Jones |
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Year(s) | 2016 |
Contributor | Irrigated Cropping Council |
Trial location(s) |
Kerang, VIC
|
Related trials |
To test if the use of fungicides makes economic sense on irrigated barley
Variety response to the fungicides tested differed, with Commander having increased yields, but no yield increase with LaTrobe.
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Lead research organisation |
Birchip Cropping Group |
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Host research organisation |
Irrigated Cropping Council |
Trial funding source | GRDC BWD00024 |
Related program |
Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble |
Acknowledgments | N/A |
Other trial partners | Not specified |
Crop type | Cereal (Grain): Barley |
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Treatment type(s) |
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Trial type | Experimental |
Trial design | Replicated |
Sow rate or Target density | 175 plants/m2 |
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Sowing machinery |
John Shearer tyne seeder 17.5 cm row spacing Baker boots |
Sow date | 5 May 2016 Early May |
Harvest date | 1 December 2016 Early December |
Plot size | 15m x 1.42m |
Plot replication | 3 |
Fertiliser |
05/05/2016: 125 kg DAP/ha 19/07/2016: 110 kg urea/ha |
Herbicide |
28/04/2016: 1.7 l/ha glyphosate 450, 0.075 l/ha Goal, 250 ml/ha BS1000 04/05/2016: 1.6 l/ha Sprayseed, 2.5 l/ha Boxer Gold 29/06/2016: 0.8 l/ha Tigrex, 0.15 l/ha Lontrel Advanced |
Insecticide |
26/08/2016: 0.1 l/ha Lemat |
Fungicide |
20/07/2016: Prosaro @ 0.3 l/ha and high rate on LaTrobe 20/07/2016: Tebuconazole 430 @ 0.145 l/ha and high rate on LaTrobe 04/08/2016: Prosaro @ 0.3 l/ha and high rate on Commander 04/08/2016: Tebuconazole 430 @ 0.145 l/ha and high rate on Commander 24/08/2016: Tebuconazole 430 @ 0.145 l/ha on Latrobe 05/09/2016: Tebuconazole 430 @ 0.145 l/ha on Commander |
Tillage | Multidisced before sowing |
Other trial notes |
Some of the fungicides tested were used at higher than label rates to test for any plant growth regulator effect. |
# | Variety |
Treatment 1
|
Screenings (<2.2mm sieve) (%) | Grain yield (t/ha) | Protein (%) | Retention (%) |
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1 | █ Commander | █ Prosaro @ GS32 | 2.9 | 6.41 | 11.3 | 90.2 |
2 | █ Commander | █ Tebuconazole @ GS32 HR | 3.4 | 6.41 | 11.4 | 87.8 |
3 | █ Commander | █ Tebuconazole @ GS32&39 | 3 | 6.38 | 11.2 | 89.7 |
4 | █ Commander | █ Prosaro @ GS32 HR | 2.5 | 6.25 | 11.4 | 91.2 |
5 | █ Commander | █ Tebuconazole @ GS32 | 3.8 | 5.73 | 11.1 | 87.4 |
6 | █ Commander | █ Control, no fungicide | 3.2 | 5.7 | 11.3 | 88.1 |
7 | █ LaTrobe | █ Prosaro @ GS32 | 5.9 | 7.44 | 11.7 | 79.2 |
8 | █ LaTrobe | █ Tebuconazole @ GS32 HR | 4.9 | 7.26 | 11.7 | 80.5 |
9 | █ LaTrobe | █ Tebuconazole @ GS32&39 | 4.4 | 7.52 | 11.4 | 82.6 |
10 | █ LaTrobe | █ Prosaro @ GS32 HR | 3.8 | 7.43 | 11.3 | 82.7 |
11 | █ LaTrobe | █ Tebuconazole @ GS32 | 4.4 | 7.43 | 11.5 | 82.8 |
12 | █ LaTrobe | █ Control, no fungicide | 5.9 | 7.08 | 11.7 | 77.9 |
Rainfall avg ann (mm) | 375mm |
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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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