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Nyngan CWFS site - wheat varieties comparison

2001
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Research organisation
Central West Farming Systems

Trial details

Researcher(s) Greg Brooke (NSW Agriculture)
Year(s) 2001
Contributor Central West Farming Systems
Trial location(s) Nyngan, NSW
Nyngan CWFS site - wheat varieties comparison locations
Aims

To report on Nyngan CWFS site results.

Key messages
  • Variety differences were not statistically significant other than the lower yielding Sunkota which was the most severely affected by Yellow leaf spot.
  • Despite the early sowing of several of these varieties, frost was of minor significance in this year.
Lead research organisation Central West Farming Systems
Host research organisation N/A
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments
  • Will Carter, "Coreen", is gratefully acknowledged for continued use of his paddock for trials.
  • Also Tom Fitzgerald, Technical Officer, NSW Ag, Warren, for assistance with establishing and maintaining the trial site.
  • We are also grateful to Heather Wass for being Treasurer and Paddy Steele for all her hard work in paddock monitoring.
Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop type Cereal (Grain): Wheat
Treatment type(s)
  • Crop : Variety
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Unknown

Nyngan 2001

Sow rate or Target density 35 kg/ha
Sowing machinery

14 inch row spacing with spear points. Fertiliser deep banded below seed. Narrow press wheels.
Sow date 27 April 2001
Harvest date Unknown
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser

DAP Sulphur was sown below the seed at a rate of 100kg/ha with the exception of one additional section of Sunmist which was sown with 200kg/ha DAP Sulphur.
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Trial results Table 1

# Variety
 Treatment 1
Protein (%) Screenings (%) Grain yield (t/ha)
1 █ Sunbrook █ 100 kg/ha DAPS 11.2 3.4 3.17
2 █ Cunningham █ 100 kg/ha DAPS 13 3.4 3.08
3 █ Sunvale █ 100 kg/ha DAPS 11.4 4.3 3
4 █ Sunmist █ *200 kg/ha DAPS 13.6 5,6 2.92
5 █ Sunmist █ 100 kg/ha DAPS 12.8 4.2 2.89
6 █ Sunstate █ 100 kg/ha DAPS 11.6 4 2.87
7 █ Sunkota █ 100 kg/ha DAPS 14.4 2.8 1.55

Grain yield t/ha

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Protein %

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Screenings %

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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Not specified
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Nyngan, NSW Red clay loam
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Nyngan, NSW Vertosol
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 Nyngan NSW
2001
2000

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.

Nyngan NSW

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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

2001 trial report



Trial last modified: 02-02-2023 12:55pm AEST