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Researcher(s) |
Bruce Haigh (NSW DPI) Graeme Schwenke (NSW DPI) |
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Year(s) | 2013 - 2015 |
Contributor | Department of Primary Industries NSW |
Trial location(s) |
Tamworth Agricultural Institute, NSW
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Further information | View external link |
To report the biomass, grain production, and gross margin results from sorghum grown in 2014−15 on plots where nitrogen (N) fertiliser was applied in 2013−14 and no additional N was applied to the current crop.
Lead research organisation |
Department of Primary Industries NSW |
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Host research organisation | N/A |
Trial funding source | GRDC DAN00129 |
Trial funding source | DPI NSW |
Related program |
NANORP Filling the Research Gap |
Acknowledgments |
This project was funded by NSW DPI and the Australian Government Department of Agriculture as part of project DAN00129: NANORP Filling the Research Gap. Many thanks to Helen Squires, Mandy Holland, and Peter Sanson for assistance with field sampling and measurements, and the Tamworth cereal agronomy team for assistance with crop agronomy. Thanks also to Incitec Pivot Fertilisers Ltd for the supply of Entec®. |
Other trial partners | Not specified |
Crop type | Cereal (Grain): Sorghum |
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Treatment type(s) |
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Trial type | |
Trial design |
Sow date | 28 October 2014 |
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Harvest date | 6 March 2015 |
Plot size | Not specified |
Plot replication | Not specified |
Other trial notes |
This research paper is an extract from the publication Northern grains Research Results 2016, available at |
Sow date | Not specified |
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Harvest date | Not specified |
Plot size | Not specified |
Plot replication | Not specified |
Other trial notes |
This research paper is an extract from the publication Northern grains Research Results 2016, available at |
Sow date | Not specified |
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Harvest date | Not specified |
Plot size | Not specified |
Plot replication | Not specified |
Other trial notes |
This research paper is an extract from the publication Northern grains Research Results 2016, available at |
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Treatment 1
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Protein (%) | Dry matter (kg/ha) | Plant nitrogen (%) | Gross margin ($/ha) | Grain yield (t/ha) |
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1 | █ nil_0 | 5.48 | 9558.52 | 1.33 | 1454 | 7.14 |
2 | █ Urea_80 | 5.88 | 14636.7 | 1.21 | 1316 | 6.98 |
3 | █ Entec_80 | 6.17 | 12963 | 1.3 | 1435 | 7.29 |
4 | █ Urea_100 | 6.77 | 11376.3 | 1.55 | 1840 | 8.69 |
5 | █ Entec_100 | 6.46 | 9102.52 | 1.39 | 1579 | 7.85 |
6 | █ Urea_120 | 6.52 | 10352.6 | 1.45 | 1701 | 8.41 |
7 | █ Entec_120 | 7.22 | 10920 | 1.65 | 1356 | 8.73 |
8 | █ Urea_0+100 | 7.8 | 11072.6 | 1.79 | 1954 | 8.56 |
9 | █ Entec_0+100 | 7.18 | 10971.8 | 1.65 | 1928 | 9.22 |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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