Field peas - maximising grain yield through sowing times

2008
CC BY 4.0

Research organisaton
Funding sources

Trial details

Researcher(s) Jenny Davidson (SARDI)
Michael Lines (SARDI)
Peter Maynard (SARDI)
Larn McMurray (SARDI)
John Nairn (SARDI)
Year(s) 2008
Contributor Hart Field Site Group
Trial location(s) Hart, SA
Field peas - maximising grain yield through sowing times locations
Aims
  • To identify best sowing time and fungicide strategies for maximum grain yields in field peas.
  • To improve the reliability of the SARDI blackspot disease prediction model and validate the blackspot predictive model ‘Blackspot Manager’ in SA by incorporating data from replicated trials.
Key messages
  • Early sowing of field pea is essential for economic yields in dry years in low rainfall environments, providing frost, weed and blackspot risks are considered.
  • Kaspa & OZP0602 had lower disease severity and slower build up of blackspot than the old Alma cultivar.
  • Strategic applications of foliar fungicides led to a small but significant reduction in blackspot.
  • Sowing field peas on the season break will increase blackspot risk however exposure to risk can be reduced through the use of the blackspot predictive tools (Blackspot Manager and DIRI) and careful paddock selection.
Lead research organisation Hart Field Site Group
Host research organisation N/A
Trial funding source SAGIT
Trial funding source GRDC
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

SA Grains Industry Trust (SAGIT) for kindly funding this research and GRDC for providing funding of additional measurements.


Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

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

Hart 2008

Sow date Multiple - please see report
Harvest date Unknown
Plot size 1.5m x 10m
Plot replication 3
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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
2008 633.9mm
2007 649.9mm
2006 651.2mm
2005 675.4mm
2004 633.0mm
2003 652.2mm
2002 649.4mm
2001 674.5mm
2000 625.6mm
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

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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: 16-01-2023 13:34pm AEST