Broad beans - potential for KI?

2012

Research organisaton

Trial details

Researcher(s) Keith Bolto
Year(s) 2012
Contributor Agriculture Kangaroo Island Incorporated
Trial location(s) Kangaroo Island, SA
Broad beans - potential for KI? locations
Aims

To report on results of a visit by Wayne Hawthorne (esteemed pulse expert from Pulse Australia) to Kangaroo Island.

Key messages
  • Liming to help reduce some of the inherent nutritional problems of low soil pH.
  • Application of Molybdenum pre seeding to assist with nodulation.
  • Improving nodulation by either increasing the number of rhizobia applied, ensuring rhizobia survival in those acid soils or ensuring both collar and lateral nodules develop.
  • Early tissue testing and subsequent nutrient correction with foliar applications to overcome some of the deficiencies associated with lower soil pH.
  • Raised beds for water logging control in wetter areas, or sowing the beans into a ‘hill’ rather than a ‘furrow’.
  • Retention of cereal stubble to improve soil moisture status prior to and at sowing may assist with improving germination and nodulation.
Lead research organisation Agriculture Kangaroo Island Incorporated
Host research organisation N/A
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

Many thanks to the trial sponsors:

  • Pulse Australia, and
  • Kangaroo Island Pure Grain.

Other trial partners Not specified
Download the trial report to view additional trial information

Method

Crop type Grain Legume: Broad beans
Treatment type(s)
  • Crop: Type
Trial type Article/commentary
Trial design Not applicable

Kangaroo Island 2012

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Download the trial report to view additional method/treatment information
Trial source data and summary not available
Check the trial report PDF for trial results.
Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Not specified
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Kangaroo Island, SA Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Soil Moisture Source: BOM/ANU
Average amount of water stored in the soil profile during the year, estimated by the OzWALD model-data fusion system.
Year Kangaroo Island SA
2012 519.8mm
2011 514.9mm
2010 515.4mm
2009 513.6mm
2008 471.8mm
2007 460.6mm
2006 505.5mm
2005 500.0mm
2004 513.6mm
2003 541.7mm
2002 507.7mm
2001 516.7mm
2000 508.2mm
National soil grid Source: CSIRO/TERN
NOTE: National Soil Grid data is aggregated information for background information on the wider area
Actual soil values can vary significantly in a small area and the trial soil tests are the most relevant data where available

Soil properties

Loading

Climate

Derived climate information

No observed climate data available for this trial.
Derived climate data is determined from trial site location and national weather sources.

Kangaroo Island SA

Loading
Loading
Loading

Some data on this site is sourced from the Bureau of Meteorology

SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
Jeffrey, S.J., Carter, J.O., Moodie, K.B. and Beswick, A.R. (2001). Using spatial interpolation to construct a comprehensive archive of Australian climate data , Environmental Modelling and Software, Vol 16/4, pp 309-330. DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(01)00008-1.

Trial report and links

2012 trial report



Trial last modified: 15-12-2021 09:44am AEST