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Managing crop growth and water use

2011
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Research organisation
Funding source
Hart Field Site Group
<abbr title='Grains Research and Development Corporation'>GRDC</abbr>

Trial details

Researcher(s) Chris Lawson (SARDI)
Glenn McDonald (UoA)
Victor Sadras (SARDI)
Year(s) 2011
Contributor Hart Field Site Group
Trial location(s) Hart, SA
Managing crop growth and water use locations
Aims

To manage the crop canopy and conserve the stored soil moisture so that it might be saved for grain-fill, rather than being used to create early crop growth.

Key messages
  • Wheat dry matter production and total crop nitrogen was significantly lower in wider row spacing treatments.
  • For the all the crops grain yield was significantly lower in the wider row spacing treatments.
  • Treatments imposed to manipulate crop growth were unable to save more soil moisture for grain fill.
Lead research organisation Hart Field Site Group
Host research organisation N/A
Trial funding source GRDC
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments N/A
Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop types Cereal (Grain): Barley Cereal (Grain): Wheat
Treatment type(s)
  • Management systems : Other
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Randomised,Replicated,Blocked

Hart 2011 Barley

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified

Hart 2011 Wheat

Sow date Not specified
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.
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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

2011 trial report



Trial last modified: 06-08-2019 07:54am AEST