| Researcher(s) |
Alana Hartley (Liebe Group) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2017 |
| Contributor | Liebe Group |
| Trial location(s) |
Eneabba, WA
|
To determine the most effective way to apply nutrients (granular, banded, top dressed or liquid) on non-wetting soils after amelioration, in the Geraldton Port Zone.
| Lead research organisation |
Liebe Group |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation |
Grains Research and Development Corporation |
| Trial funding source | GRDC LIE00010-A |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
Thank you to the Broun family for hosting this site at their Eneabba property. The Liebe Group would also like to acknowledge the project team, including Stephen Davies (DPIRD) and James Easton (CSBP) who helped design this trial. Thanks are also extended to the field team at DPIRD Geraldton, for implementation, management and harvesting of this trial. This project has been funded by the GRDC LIE00010-A Best bet management for ameliorated non-wetting soils of the Geraldton Port Zone. |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Cereal (Grain): Wheat |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sow rate or Target density | 70 kg/ha |
|---|---|
| Sow date | 23 May 2017 23rd May 2017 |
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | 1.54m x 20m |
| Plot replication | 4 |
| Fertiliser |
See attached trial report |
| Herbicide |
23/05/2017: 1 L/ha Sprayseed, 1.5 L/ha Treflan, 118 g/ha Sakura 13/07/2017: 800 ml/ha Velocity + 1 % Hasten |
| Pesticide |
15/08/2017: 300 ml/ha Prosaro |
| Soil amelioration |
2015: Rotary Spaded |
| Other trial notes |
For further information, contact Alana Hartley, Liebe Group |
| # | Variety |
Protein (%) | Screenings (%) | Grain yield (t/ha) | Hectolitre (g/hL) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Std N no K | 12 | 8.04 | 2.16 | 76.19 |
| 2 | █ Std N std K | 12.3 | 8.07 | 2.22 | 75.78 |
| 3 | █ Liquid K | 12.2 | 8.52 | 2.04 | 76.07 |
| 4 | █ Std N High K | 12.3 | 8.43 | 2.2 | 75.97 |
| 5 | █ Low N High K | 11.5 | 7.44 | 1.83 | 78.27 |
| 6 | █ Std N High K | 11.8 | 7.88 | 2.23 | 77.52 |
| 7 | █ Std N High K | 12 | 7.01 | 2.28 | 77.3 |
| 8 | █ Std N no K | 11.9 | 7.81 | 2.19 | 76.68 |
| 9 | █ Std N Very High K | 12 | 6.65 | 2.4 | 76.1 |
| Rainfall avg gsr (mm) | 265mm |
|---|
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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