| Researcher(s) |
Bill Davoren (CSIRO) Rick Llewellyn (CSIRO) Therese McBeath (CSIRO) Willie Shoobridge (CSIRO) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2016 |
| Contributor | Mallee Sustainable Farming Inc. |
| Trial location(s) |
Karoonda, SA
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There are major opportunities to improve crop performance on Mallee sands, opportunities to invest in the transformation of poor sands and opportunities to improve yield through more targeted agronomy of sandy soils. In 2015 wheat plant establishment was significantly better on non-wetting sand (crest and dune) plots that received no fertiliser with the seed compared with those that received 50 kg DAP/ha. Similar effects were measured in trials established by Jack Desbiolles at Moorlands in 2015 (McBeath et al. 2016).
| Lead research organisation |
Mallee Sustainable Farming Inc. |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| Trial funding source | GRDC MSF00003 |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
We thank the Loller family for hosting the field site and input from Jeff Braun is gratefully acknowledged. This research is funded by GRDC and CSIRO Agriculture and Food in partnership with Mallee Sustainable Farming (MSF00003). |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Cereal (Grain): Wheat |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sowing machinery |
28 cm row spacing. The trial was established using knife points and a dual shoot system. |
|---|---|
| Sow date | 2 June 2016 |
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Fertiliser |
All plots received a pre-sowing application of 33 kg/ha of potassium sulfate to eliminate K and S as confounding issues with an in-crop foliar application of Zn, Cu and Mn. Fertiliser placed below the seed was approximately 5cm below seeding depth. |
| # | |
|---|---|
| 1 | █ Nil |
| 2 | █ 50kg DAP/ha |
| 3 | █ 50kg DAP/ha |
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