| Researcher(s) |
Roy Latta (SARDI) Cathy Paterson (SARDI) Ian Richter (SARDI) Wade Shepperd (SARDI) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2010 |
| Contributor | SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre |
| Trial location(s) |
Minnipa, SA
|
| Related trials |
To assess the P response from current and residual fertiliser applications.
A site with high phosphorus (P) reserves needed no applied P fertiliser in 2010 to produce a 2.5 t/ha wheat yield.
| 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 gratefully acknowledge the help of Sue Budarick, Alex Watts and Jack Pecina for their technical assistance during the year. |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Cereal (Grain): Wheat |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Randomised,Replicated |
| Sow date | Not specified |
|---|---|
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | 1.4 m x 12 m |
| Plot replication | 3 |
| Paddock history | 2009: Wheat 2008: Wheat 2007: Wheat |
| Fertiliser |
0, 5, 10, 20 kg P/ha |
| Rainfall avg ann (mm) | 325mm |
|---|---|
| Rainfall avg gsr (mm) | 242mm |
| Rainfall trial total (mm) | 410mm |
| Rainfall trial gsr (mm) | 346mm |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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