| Researcher(s) |
Damian Jones (Irrigated Cropping Council) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2016 |
| Contributor | Irrigated Cropping Council |
| Trial location(s) |
Kerang, VIC
|
| Related trials |
To assess the efectiveness and persistence of soil ameliorants for irrigated canola establishment.
| Lead research organisation |
Birchip Cropping Group |
|---|---|
| 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 | Oilseed: Canola |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
|
| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sow rate or Target density | 40 plants/m2 |
|---|---|
| Sowing machinery |
Spread, mixed with DAP |
| Sow date | 18 April 2016 Mid April |
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | 15m x 1.42m |
| Plot replication | 3 |
| Paddock history | Canola (fallowed after emergence) |
| Fertiliser |
18/04/2016: 125 kg DAP/ha |
| Soil amelioration |
Applied in 2014 Gypsum 3.0 t/ha Gypsum 1.5 t/ha Lime 3.0 t/ha Lime 1.5 t/ha Gypsum + Lime 3.0 t/ha Gypsum + Lime 1.5 t/ha PAM 5 kg/ha |
| Tillage | Multidisced prior to spreading |
| # | Variety |
Treatment 1
|
Establishment plants (plants/m2) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ GT50 | █ Gypsum 3.0 t/ha | 35.8 |
| 2 | █ GT50 | █ Gypsum 1.5 t/ha | 39.2 |
| 3 | █ GT50 | █ Gypsum + Lime 3.0 t/ha | 32.9 |
| 4 | █ GT50 | █ Gypsum + Lime 1.5 t/ha | 29.6 |
| 5 | █ GT50 | █ Lime 3.0 t/ha | 34.6 |
| 6 | █ GT50 | █ Lime 1.5 t/ha | 35 |
| 7 | █ GT50 | █ No ameliorant applied | 36.7 |
| 8 | █ GT50 | █ PAM 5 kg/ha | 23.3 |
| 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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