Sowing date, MRZ Mid North (Hart), South Australia

2011
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Research organisatons
Funding sources

Trial details

Researcher(s) Jason Brand (DPIVic)
Jenny Davidson (SARDI)
Year(s) 2011
Contributor Southern Pulse Agronomy
Trial location(s) Hart, SA
Sowing date, MRZ Mid North (Hart), South Australia locations
Aims
  • To maximise yield of new field pea varieties through the identification of optimum sowing dates,
    and to confirm yield advantages from previously identified best practice blackspot management
    strategies
Key messages
  • Despite only close to average growing season rainfall, yields in 2011 (average 2.9t/ha) were
    buoyed by stored soil moisture from summer rainfall, low disease levels and generally
    favourable growing conditions, and performed significantly higher than the wetter seasons of
    2009 (2.4t/ha) and 2010 (2.5t/ha) where growing season rainfall was higher but disease was
    more prevalent. These favourable growing conditions are also likely responsible for the lack of
    sowing date response in 2011.
Lead research organisation Department of Primary Industries VIC
Host research organisation N/A
Trial funding source DPIVic
Trial funding source SARDI
Trial funding source GRDC DAV00113
Trial funding source DPI NSW
Related program Southern Pulse Agronomy
Acknowledgments
  • Research staff: Jason Brand, Luke Gaynor, Mick Lines, Larn McMurray, Jenny Davidson, Andrew Ware, Trent Potter, Jason Ellifson, Jennifer Briggs, Justine Ellis, Russel Argall, Gerard O’Connor, Stuart Sherriff, Peter Maynard, John Nairn, Leigh Davis.
  • 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
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Method

Crop type Grain Legume: Field peas
Treatment type(s)
  • Crop: Variety
  • Fungicide: Type
  • Sowing: Timing
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Randomised,Replicated,Blocked

Hart 2011

Sow date 20 May 2011
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
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Trial source data and summary not available
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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Not specified
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Hart, SA Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Hart, SA Chromosol
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 Hart SA
2011 638.3mm
2010 633.8mm
2009 580.2mm
2008 544.3mm
2007 603.8mm
2006 602.7mm
2005 632.8mm
2004 587.3mm
2003 613.0mm
2002 596.9mm
2001 639.9mm
2000 596.9mm
National soil grid Source: CSIRO/TERN
NOTE: National Soil Grid data is aggregated information for background information on the wider area
Actual soil values can vary significantly in a small area and the trial soil tests are the most relevant data where available

Soil properties

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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.

Hart SA

NOTE: Exact trial site locality unknown - Climate data may not be accurate
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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 last modified: 26-06-2018 20:31pm AEST