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Canola variety trial

2012
CC BY 4.0

Research organisation
Mingenew-Irwin Group

Trial details

Researcher(s) Jane Bradley (MIG)
Debbie Gillam (MIG)
Jasmin Koric (MIG)
Year(s) 2012
Contributor Mingenew-Irwin Group
Trial location(s) , WA
Canola variety trial locations
Aims

To compare:

  • new and current triazine tolerant (TT) canola varieties,
  • new and current roundup ready (RR)  canola varieties.
Key messages
  • Crusher yielded significantly higher than all other TT varieties except Mallee.
  • Hyola 404 yielded significantly higher than all other RR varieties except HC1050 RRH.
  • Hyola 404 and 43Y23 were the highest yielding varieties in MIG demonstrations in 2012.
Lead research organisation Mingenew-Irwin Group
Host research organisation N/A
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

Many thanks to Peter & Belinda Horwood for the trial site and their assistance.

Thanks also to the DAFWA RSU team for their assistance with the trial.
Other trial partners DAFWA
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Method

Crop type Oilseed: Canola
Treatment type(s)
  • Crop : Variety
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Replicated

2012

Sow rate or Target density TT varieties 5kg/ha, RR varieties 4kg/ha
Sowing machinery

DAFWA RSU Cone Seeder
Sow date 4 May 2012
Harvest date Unknown
Plot size 2.2m x 20m
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser

pre: 100 kg/ha Agstar Extra, 50 kg/ha NS41 

post: 100 kg/ha NS41 (4-5 Leaf), 100 kg/ha NS41 (bolting)
Herbicide

Triazine Tolerant Canola:

pre:

  • 1.4 L/ha Glyphosate, 1.1 kg/ha Atrazine, 2.0 L/ha Trifluralin,
  • 1%  spray oil + 300 ml/ha Chlorpyrifos, 100 ml/ha Alpha Cypermethrin

post:

  • 1.1 kg/ha Atrazine, 100 ml/ha Chlorpyrifos,
  • 100 ml/ha Apha-Cypermethrin, 0.5% Uptake  post:  500 ml/ha Clethodim, 0.5% Uptake.

post:

  • 500 ml/ha Chlorpyrifos, 250 ml/ha Alpha-Cypermethrin

Roundup Ready Canola

pre:

  • 2.0 L/ha Sprayseed, 2.0 L/ha Trifluralin, 300 ml/ha Chlorpyrifos,
  • 100 ml/ha Alpha Cypermethrin


post:

  • 900 g/ha Roundup Ready Roundup, 100 ml/ha Chlorpyrifos,
  • 100 ml/ha, 0.8% SOA (cotleydon-1 leaf)


post:

  • 900 g/ha Roundup Ready Roundup, 100 ml/ha Chlorpyrifos,
  • 100 ml/ha Alpha-Cypermethrin, 0.8% SOA (6 leaf)


post:

  • 500 ml/ha Chlorpyrifos, 250 ml/ha Alpha-Cypermethrin
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Trial results Table 1

# Variety
 Treatment 1
Oil (%) Plant density (plants/m2) Grain yield (t/ha) Returns ($/ha) Oil Bonus (%)
1 █ Crusher █ TT canola 36.9 40 1.42 780.26 -7.65
2 █ Mallee TT █ TT canola 39.3 47 1.35 770.72 -4.05
3 █ Hyola 555 TT █ TT canola 38.7 47 1.31 740.87 -4.95
4 █ Snapper TT █ TT canola 42.2 33 1.2 716.14 0.3
5 █ CBWA-106 TT █ TT canola 42.1 41 1.2 715.71 0.15
6 █ Cobbler TT █ TT canola 40.5 25 1.11 645.59 -2.25
7 █ Jackpot TT █ TT canola 40.7 44 1.05 612.57 -1.95
8 █ Bonanza TT █ TT canola 40.4 39 0.97 563.29 -2.4
9 █ Stingray TT █ TT canola 41 45 0.94 550.91 -1.5
10 █ Hyola 404 RR █ RR canola 44.2 36 1.98 1167.89 3.3
11 █ HC1050 RRH █ RR canola 42.3 32 1.84 1055.37 0.45
12 █ 43Y23 █ RR canola 38.8 27 1.76 956.72 -4.8
13 █ Eclipse RRH █ RR canola 39.8 22 1.74 960.75 -3.3
14 █ GT Cobra RR OP █ RR canola 39.6 29 1.52 836.67 -3.6
15 █ CB Frontier RRH █ RR canola 38.8 33 1.47 799.08 -4.8
16 █ CHYB1926RR █ RR canola 41.7 37 1.41 801.48 -0.45
17 █ GT Cougar RR █ RR canola 39.9 26 1.4 774.22 -3.15
18 █ GT Viper RR OP █ RR canola 42.4 29 1.08 620.38 0.6

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Plant density plants/m2

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Returns $/ha

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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
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Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
, WA Sandplain
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.
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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.

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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: 19-01-2026 03:59am AEST