| Researcher(s) |
Lilly Martin (Liebe Group) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2014 |
| Contributor | Liebe Group |
| Trial location(s) |
Watheroo, WA
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To determine how much green feed tedera can produce on gutless pale sandy soil and to determine if growing tedera can increase the amount of soil organic carbon in pale sandy soil.
| Lead research organisation |
Liebe Group |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | Australian Government |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
Thank you to the Martin family for hosting the trial and Seednet for their permission to conduct this research. Justin Laycock and Frances Hoyle, Department of Agriculture and Food, WA for their help with the bulk density testing in 2014. Daniel Real and Meir Altman of DAFWA for sourcing and planting the tedera. This project is funded by the Australian Government, Department of Agriculture. For further information, contact Liebe Group |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Pasture: Mixed species |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Demonstration |
| Trial design | Unreplicated |
| Sow rate or Target density | 10 kg/ha |
|---|---|
| Sow date | 23 May 2014 23 May 2014 |
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Fertiliser |
None |
| Herbicide |
22/05/2014: 1.2 L/ha Roundup, 30 mL/ha Nail |
| Soil amelioration |
09/06/2014: 1 L/ha Wetting agent irrigator |
| Other trial notes |
Poor establishment of the tedera was experienced in the first year of the trial as result of late seeding in August compounded by a very dry summer. As a result more tedera was sown in May 2014. There was a good early germination of seeds from 2013 following the rain in early May and following this a second germination from the seed sown on the 23rd of May 2014. Germinations were vigorous however, the trial site was badly windblown on the 18th of June. The plants that survived this wind event were very healthy and thriving with the subsequent rain events and were competing aggressively against yellow serradella. In early December the foliage was plentiful but due to the extreme temperatures that followed the tedera had dropped its leaves by mid December. Tedera has shown the ability to recover in Buntine from the drier years and it recovered well at this site after the dry 2013/14 summer, so it is expected to& |
| Rainfall avg gsr (mm) | 250mm |
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SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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