| Researcher(s) |
Bill Davoren (CSIRO) Therese McBeath (CSIRO) Michael Moodie (MSF) Willie Shoobridge (CSIRO) Andrew Ware (SARDI) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2016 |
| Contributor | CSIRO - Agriculture and Food |
| Trial location(s) |
Karoonda, SA
|
To evaluate options to manage risk in canola crops without yield penalty, such as:
| Lead research organisation |
CSIRO - Agriculture and Food |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | GRDC CSP00187 |
| Trial funding source | CSIRO |
| Related program |
Optimised Canola Profitability Project |
| Acknowledgments |
We thank the Loller family (Lowaldie/Karoonda) for hosting the field site. Thanks to Navneet Aggarwal for technical assistance. Thanks to Jeff Braun and Lou Flohr for discussions around trial design. This work is a component of the 'Optimised Canola Profitability' project (CSP00187) a collaboration between NSW DPI, CSIRO and GRDC in partnership with SARDI, CSU, MSF and BCG. |
| Other trial partners | Mallee Sustainable Farming (MSF), South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) |
| Crop type | Oilseed: Canola |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Randomised,Replicated,Blocked |
| Sow rate or Target density | 3 kg/ha |
|---|---|
| Sow date | 10 May 2016 |
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| # |
Treatment 1
|
Establishment plants (plants/m2) | Grain yield (t/ha) | Flowering biomass (t/ha) | Grain oil (% w/w) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ On swale | 58 | 2.63 | 2.85 | 46.6 |
| 2 | █ On mid-slope | 49 | 2.26 | 2.78 | 48.16 |
| 3 | █ On dune-crest | 16 | 1.38 | 0.47 | 45.78 |
| 4 | █ On dune | 14 | 1.38 | 0.57 | 45.93 |
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