| Researcher(s) |
Peter Hooper (Hart) Michael Lines (Hart) Glenn McDonald (UoA) Sarah Noack (Hart) Victor Sadras (SARDI) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2013 |
| Contributor | Hart Field Site Group |
| Trial location(s) |
Hart, SA
|
To investigate the effect of full stubble retention compared with other stubble management methods and seeding technologies.
| Lead research organisation |
Hart Field Site Group |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation |
Hart Field Site Group |
| Trial funding source | SAGIT |
| Trial funding source | Caring for our Country |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
Funded by South Australian Grains Industry Trust (SAGIT) and Caring for Our Country in collaboration with farmers Matt Dare and Ashley & Tom Robinson. |
| Other trial partners | SARDI and The University of Adelaide |
| Crop type | Grain Legume: Lentils |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
|
| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Randomised,Replicated,Blocked |
| Sow rate or Target density | PBA Blitz lentils @ 50 kg/ha |
|---|---|
| Sow date | 28 May 2013 |
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Fertiliser |
DAP (18:20) Zn 2% @ 70kg/ha |
| # |
Treatment 1
|
Establishment plants (plants/m2) | Grain yield (t/ha) | Plant height (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Conventional/knife point | 120 | 2.8 | 50 |
| 2 | █ Baled | 11 | 2.2 | 29.5 |
| 3 | █ Short | 196 | 2.6 | 35.4 |
| 4 | █ Conventional/disc | 100 | 2.8 | 42.8 |
| 5 | █ Stripper | 86 | 2.7 | 47.8 |
| Rainfall trial gsr (mm) | 303mm |
|---|
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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