Wheat variety response to P on grey calcareous soil

2010

Research organisaton
Funding source

Trial details

Researcher(s) Peter Kuhlmann (Mudabie Pty Ltd)
Cathy Paterson (SARDI)
Ian Richter (SARDI)
Wade Shepperd (SARDI)
Year(s) 2010
Contributor SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
Trial location(s) Mudamuckla, SA
Wheat variety response to P on grey calcareous soil locations
Aims

To compare P efficiency of commonly grown varieties (plus a few new ones) on the upper EP to provide farmers with better knowledge of their current varieties, or select new varieties that may better utilise applied P in a grey calcareous soil.

Key messages
  • There was no yield response to increased P rates in any variety tested suggesting that adequate available soil P masked any purported difference in P use efficiency between varieties.
  • However, there was a trend in that the grain yield of the variety Axe increased in response to higher levels of P in both the replicated and broad acre studies.
Lead research organisation SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
Host research organisation N/A
Trial funding source GRDC UA00107
Related program Eyre Peninsula Farming Systems
Acknowledgments

Thanks to Sue Budarick, Alex Watts and Jack Pecina for their help sampling during the year.


Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop type Cereal (Grain): Wheat
Treatment type(s)
  • Crop: Variety
  • Fertiliser: Rate
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Replicated

Mudamuckla 2010

Sow rate or Target density 150/m2
Sow rate or Target density 150/m2
Sowing machinery

9 m seeding widths

Sow date 2 June 2010
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication 4
Psuedoreplication 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
Mudamuckla, SA Grey calcareous sandy loam
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Mudamuckla, SA Tenosol
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 Mudamuckla SA
2010 93.0mm
2009 103.1mm
2008 81.5mm
2007 70.1mm
2006 87.0mm
2005 92.8mm
2004 92.5mm
2003 82.5mm
2002 69.8mm
2001 82.3mm
2000 98.3mm
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

Mudamuckla SA 2010


Observed climate information

Rainfall avg ann (mm) 290mm
Rainfall avg gsr (mm) 216mm
Rainfall trial total (mm) 347mm
Rainfall trial gsr (mm) 275mm

Derived climate information

Mudamuckla 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 report and links

2010 trial report



Trial last modified: 08-10-2019 15:02pm AEST