| Researcher(s) |
Lilly Martin (Liebe Group) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2014 |
| Contributor | Liebe Group |
| Trial location(s) |
Miling, WA
|
To determine if the inclusion of Bentonite clay improves crop yields on non-wetting sandy soils and their ability to store more carbon.
| Lead research organisation |
Liebe Group |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | Department of Agriculture |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
Thank you to the Seymour Family for hosting the trial, Justin Laycock and Frances Hoyle, Department of Agriculture and Food, WA for their help with bulk density testing in 2014. Thanks to Shari Dougall and Bruce Thorpe from DAFWA Wongan Hills for conducting the mouldboard ploughing. This demonstration is funded by the Australian Government Department of Agriculture’s Action on the Ground project. |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Oilseed: Canola |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
|
| Trial type | Demonstration |
| Trial design | Unreplicated |
| Sow rate or Target density | 3 kg/ha |
|---|---|
| Sow date | 30 April 2014 30 April 2014 |
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | 50m x 20m |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Fertiliser |
30/04/2014: 75 kg/ha Mallee Extra, 25 kg/ha Muriate of Potash, 50 L/ha Flexi N 28/06/2014: 80 kg/ha NS51 25/07/2014: 40 L/ha Flexi N |
| Herbicide |
30/04/2014: 3 L/ha Atrazine, 1 L/ha Propyzamide, 25/05/2014: 2 L/ha Atrazine, 200 mL/ha Talstar 11/06/2014: 500 mL/ha Select, 240 mL/ha Targa |
| Insecticide |
11/06/2014: 100 mL/ha Alpha Cypermethrin |
| Other trial notes |
For further information, contact |
| # | Variety |
Oil (%) | Protein (%) | Grain yield (t/ha) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Mouldboard- No Bentonite | 42.4 | 22.4 | 0.94 |
| 2 | █ None- No Bentonite | 41.6 | 22.1 | 0.79 |
| 3 | █ None- No Bentonite | 42.8 | 22 | 1.24 |
| 4 | █ Mouldboard- No Bentonite | 44.5 | 21.9 | 1.47 |
| 5 | █ Deep rip- No Bentonite | 45.7 | 19.9 | 1.94 |
| 6 | █ None- No Bentonite | 45.8 | 19.8 | 1.61 |
| 7 | █ Disc- No Bentonite | 43.5 | 22 | 1.19 |
| 8 | █ Mouldboard- Bentonite | 42.5 | 21.9 | 0.52 |
| 9 | █ None- Bentonite | 41.9 | 22.7 | 0.63 |
| 10 | █ None- Bentonite | 42.6 | 22.2 | 0.85 |
| 11 | █ Mouldboard- Bentonite | 44.2 | 21.8 | 0.87 |
| 12 | █ Deep rip- Bentonite | 43.7 | 22 | 1.22 |
| 13 | █ None- Bentonite | 46.2 | 18.9 | 1.45 |
| 14 | █ Disc- Bentonite | 46.6 | 20.2 | 1.86 |
| 15 | █ None- Bentonite | 43.8 | 22.1 | 1.9.3 |
| Rainfall avg gsr (mm) | 225mm |
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SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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