To determine the correct maturity timing required in field pea for successful crop topping practice.
Key messages
The wet season end in 2010 meant that all varieties showed reduced yield and grain weight
from the early crop-top timing, regardless of maturity.
At the recommended crop-top timing yield of the later maturing lines Parafield, Yarrum and
Glenroy was significantly affected, while some later maturing lines were not. This may have been a result of a moderate powdery mildew infection at this site, which sped up maturity of
sensitive lines. Yarrum, which has mid maturity and is powdery mildew resistant, would not
otherwise have been expected to show this yield penalty at this timing as shown by 2009
results.
Further work is required to validate these results.
Lead research organisation
Department of Primary Industries VIC
Host research organisation
N/A
Trial funding source
GRDC DAV00113
Trial funding source
DPIVic
Trial funding source
SARDI
Trial funding source
NSWI&I
Related program
Southern Pulse Agronomy
Acknowledgments
Research staff: Jason Brand, Luke Gaynor, Mick Lines, Larn McMurray, Jenny Davidson, Andrew Ware, Trent Potter, Peter Matthews, Jason Ellifson, Justine Ellis, Gerard O’Connor, John Furner, Leigh Davis.
Co-operating staff: Russel Argall, Jenny Briggs, Jan Edwards, Matt Newell.
Industry Collaborators: Michael Materne and Tony Leonforte, Pulse Breeding Australia, DPI – Horsham Victoria; Kristy Hobson, Pulse Breeding Australia, DPI – Tamworth NSW; Jeff Paull, Pulse Breeding Australia, University of Adelaide South Australia; Wayne Hawthorne and Trevor Bray, Pulse Australia.
We are grateful for the support we receive from the numerous commercial agronomists and seed commercialising companies.
Other trial partners
Pulse Breeding Australia, The University of Adelaide, Pulse Australia
Trial source data and summary not available Check the trial
report PDF for trial results.
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.
Balaklava SA
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.
