David Harbison (Hi-Fert Fertilisers) Ken Motley (NSW Agriculture) Andrew Rice (CWFS)
Year(s)
2000
Contributor
Central West Farming Systems
Trial location(s)
Gunning Gap, NSW
Mulyandry, NSW
Wirrinya, NSW
Aims
To look at the effectiveness of top-dressed urea on canola and the importance of timing prior to rainfall.
Key messages
Tor top dressing to be effective on canola the following points are required:
It needs to be applied to a crop with marginal soil N levels that has the potential to respond.It must be applied before the crop suffers an unreasonable yield potential loss due to N deficiency.
This will usually mean top dressing before stem elongation.
The crop also needs good growth conditions after top dressing so that it has potential to provide an economic response.
Lead research organisation
Central West Farming Systems
Host research organisation
N/A
Related program
N/A
Acknowledgments
Cooperators: O’Connell family, Bob Wythes and Kim and Wendy Muffett.
Technical assistance: Greg Gibson, James Deeves and Tim McNee Trial design and analysis: Remy Van de ven Comments on trial data: Neil Fettell and David Flower.
The Central West Farming Systems Group, Oilseeds Research Fund (NSW Grains Board), Grain Growers Association and Hi-Fert Fertilisers funded these trials.
No observed climate data available for this trial. Derived climate data is
determined from trial site location and national weather sources.
Gunning Gap NSW
Mulyandry NSW
Wirrinya NSW
Gunning Gap NSW
Mulyandry NSW
Wirrinya NSW
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.