| Researcher(s) |
Mark Hellyer (NSW DPI) Guy McMullen (NSW DPI) Peter Perfrement (NSW DPI) Loretta Serafin (NSW DPI) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2015 |
| Contributor | Department of Primary Industries NSW |
| Trial location(s) |
Bellata, NSW
|
To answer some of these questions and provide data for use in modelling the trial outcomes over long-term climatic data sets.
| Lead research organisation |
Department of Primary Industries NSW |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | GRDC DAN00150 |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
This research was co-funded by NSW DPI and GRDC under project DAN00150: Improving the reliability of sorghum in the western zone, with support from Pacific Seeds. Thanks to Delphi Ramsden, Peter Formann (NSW DPI) and Nicole Carrigan and Angus Hombsch (formerly NSW DPI) for technical assistance and to Bruce Kirkby “Koiwon”, Bellata for hosting the trial site. |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Cereal (Grain): Sorghum |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
|
| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sow rate or Target density | Target densities 15,000 plants/ha, 30,000 plants/ha and 50,000 plants/ha |
|---|---|
| Sow date | 7 January 2015 7 and 8 January, 2015 |
| Harvest date | 11 May 2015 |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Fertiliser |
42 kg Granulock Z at sowing |
| Sow rate or Target density | Not specified |
|---|---|
| Sow date | Not specified |
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Fertiliser | Not specified |
| # |
Treatment 1
|
Grain yield (t/ha) | Test weight (kg/hL) | 1000 grain weight (g) | Dry matter (t/ha) | Tillers (no./m2) | Heads per plant (heads/plant) | Plant establishment (plants/ha) | Tillers (tillers/plant) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ 15,000 plants/ha target | 1.81 | 77.23 | 28.42 | 1.51 | 3.09 | 2.33 | 13220 | 2.08 |
| 2 | █ 30,000 plants/ha target | 1.6 | 78.41 | 27.53 | 2.5 | 3.01 | 1.44 | 26520 | 1.3 |
| 3 | █ 50,000 plants/ha target | 1.35 | 77.82 | 26.57 | 3.86 | 2.34 | 1.07 | 37190 | 0.7 |
| # | Variety |
Head abundance (heads/m2) | Grain yield (t/ha) | Test weight (kg/hL) | 1000 grain weight (g) | Tillers (no./m2) | Heads per plant (heads/plant) | Plant establishment (plants/ha) | Tillers (tillers/plant) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ MR Apollo | 3.13 | 1.71 | 75.83 | 28.9 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 23030 | 1.17 |
| 2 | █ MR 43 | 3.47 | 1.59 | 79.18 | 26.43 | 2.72 | 1.58 | 26420 | 1.29 |
| 3 | █ MR Bazley | 3.71 | 1.45 | 78.45 | 27.2 | 3.42 | 1.75 | 27470 | 1.63 |
| # |
Treatment 1
|
Test weight (kg/hL) | 1000 grain weight (g) | Tillers (no./m2) | Tillers (tillers/plant) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Solid | 77.16 | 26.76 | 3.94 | 1.69 |
| 2 | █ Superwide | 77.14 | 27.43 | 2.68 | 1.31 |
| 3 | █ Single skip | 79.04 | 27.29 | 2.6 | 1.35 |
| 4 | █ Double skip | 77.95 | 28.56 | 2.03 | 1.1 |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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