| Researcher(s) |
Ross Brennan |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 1996 |
| Contributor | Department of Agriculture and Food WA |
| Trial location(s) |
Nanson area, WA
|
To determine the rates of boron required for maximum grain yield of canola grown on acidic low organic matter and low clay soils across seasons.
Summary of experiment
Soil extractable B was 0.5 mg/kg.
Plant B concentrations 21 -25 mg/kg.
B fertiliser had no effect on seedling density; September Dry matter (DM) (3.84 t/ha); Seed yield (1.2 t/ha) or N % in DM (3.2 % N) or N in the seed (3.54%).
B had no effect on %oil (43.8) or on oil yield (510 kg/ha).
Soil extractable B Hot CaCl2 of 0.5 was adequate
Care needs to be taken on use of borax fertilizer as toxicity was induced in canola with 0.34 to 1 kg B ha−1(3-10 kg borax ha−1) at sowing depressing seed yield, mostly by decreasing plant density. Rather than making general recommendation for B fertilizer application based on 0.01M CaCl2 soil extractable B, soil and plant analysis should be used to diagnose B deficiency and B fertilizer use limited to calcium borate or foliar borax rather than soil-applied borax on low B sands.Boron not required
| Lead research organisation |
Department of Agriculture and Food WA |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation |
Department of Agriculture and Food WA |
| Related program |
More Profit from Crop Nutrition |
| Acknowledgments |
Boron not required |
| 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 | 5.0 kg canola /ha, |
|---|---|
| Sowing machinery |
12 run sowing machine |
| Sow date | Not specified |
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | 1.5m x 25m |
| Plot replication | 3 |
| Fertiliser |
B at nil, 3 & 5 kg borax /ha. Experiments involved rates of N fertiliser and timing and other micronutrients 120 kg Plain super/ha; K basal to soil test value/. Copper as Cu sulfate & Zn as Zn oxide as a basal fertiliser Mo fertiliser (200g/ha) |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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