| Researcher(s) |
Roy Latta (SARDI) Cathy Paterson (SARDI) Ian Richter (SARDI) Wade Shepperd (SARDI) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2011 |
| Contributor | SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre |
| Trial location(s) |
Minnipa, SA
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To evaluate variable rate technology using low, standard and high seed and fertiliser inputs on 3 soils zoned as of poor, medium and good production potential from a pre-2008 yield monitor, EM38 and elevation maps.
| Lead research organisation |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | GRDC UA00107 |
| Related program |
Eyre Peninsula Farming Systems |
| Acknowledgments |
We acknowledge the funding from GRDC project UA00107 for this work. Special thanks to Mark Klante, Brett McEvoy and Trent Brace for their assistance sowing and managing the trial. |
| Other trial partners | UoA and CSIRO |
| Crop type | Cereal (Grain): Wheat |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sowing machinery |
9 m seeding widths |
|---|---|
| Sow date | 4 May 2011 |
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Fertiliser |
Variable, see article |
| Rainfall avg ann (mm) | 325mm |
|---|---|
| Rainfall avg gsr (mm) | 242mm |
| Rainfall trial total (mm) | 404mm |
| Rainfall trial gsr (mm) | 252mm |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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