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| Researcher(s) |
Tracie Bird (Gardiner (NSW DPI)) Greg Brooke (NSW DPI) Peter Matthews (NSW DPI) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2015 |
| Contributor | Department of Primary Industries NSW |
| Trial location(s) |
Merriwa, NSW
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| Further information | View external link |
| Related trials |
To determine the effect of N application on the yield and grain quality of eight popular bread wheat varieties at Merriwa in central NSW in 2015.
| Lead research organisation |
Department of Primary Industries NSW |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | GRDC DAN00129 |
| Trial funding source | DPI NSW |
| Related program |
Variety Specific Agronomy Packages for southern, central and northern NSW |
| Acknowledgments |
This research was funded by NSW DPI and GRDC under project DAN00129: Variety specific agronomy packages for new variaties in NSW. Thanks to Gavin Melville for biometric analysis and Ryan Potts, Lizzie Smith, Paddy Steele, Sally Wright and Rachel Hayden for technical assistance. |
| Other trial partners | Co-operator: Ray Inder, "Farley" |
| Crop type | Cereal (Grain): Wheat |
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| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sow date | 9 June 2015 |
|---|---|
| Harvest date | 9 December 2015 |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Fertiliser |
95 kg/ha Granulock Supreme Z Extra at sowing |
| Fungicide |
2.5 L/t flutriafol (500 g/L; Sapphire) fungicide on fertiliser; prothioconazole (210 g/L) + tebuconazole (210 g/L) applied at 300 mL/ha on 14 September and 7 October |
| Other trial notes |
This research paper is an extract from the publication Northern grains Research Results 2016, available at |
| Rainfall trial gsr (mm) | 288mm |
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SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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