Rust and yield variety comparison

1884

Research organisaton
Department of Agriculture Victoria

Trial details

Researcher(s) M Herdman
John Lowe Thompson
Year(s) 1884
Contributor Department of Agriculture Victoria
Trial location(s) Dookie Experimental farm, VIC
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Rust and yield variety comparison locations
Aims

The objective of the trial was to test varieties for their resistance to rust along with their yield qualities against locally grown varieties.

Key messages

There was no rust observed this season. Some varieties got blighted and tipped in the head. The most prolific varieties were Port McDonnell, Champlain Hybrid and Little Wonder, with all good milling wheat varieties. The Egyptian also yielded well but is not favoured by millers.

Crop maturity varied with Du Toit at 192 days and the creeping wheat at 226 days.

Port McDonnell has been the best yielding variety for the last 4-years, being harder, higher grain retention and stands dry weather best.

Lead research organisation Department of Agriculture Victoria
Host research organisation Department of Agriculture Victoria
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments N/A
Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop type Cereal (Grain): Wheat
Treatment type(s)
  • Pest Management: Fungal
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Unknown

Dookie Experimental farm 1884

Sow date Du Toit’s was sown on 26/5/1884
Harvest date see table in attached trial report
Plot size 1.83m x 73m
Plot replication 1
Plot blocking No
Other trial notes

Source: Victorian Department of Agriculture. (1885) Report of the Secretary for the Department of Agriculture, for the Year 1884. Pp. 31-35.

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Trial results Table 1

# Variety
Grain yield (t/ha)
1 Champlain Hybrid 2.82
2 Defiance 1.98
3 Fill Bag 2.02
4 Red Indian 1.45
5 New Zealand P. Straw 2.52
6 Mold's Red Wheat 1.41
7 Rivett's Pedigree 1.11
8 Talavera 1.95
9 Mold's White Wheat 1.08
10 S. Australian P. Straw 2.35
11 Loddon P. Straw 2.42
12 White Lammas 2.42
13 Port McDonnell 2.96
14 Excelsior 1.75
15 Little Wonder 2.82
16 Little Club 2.02
17 Hallet's Pedigree 2.02
18 Nursery Red 2.02
19 Red Lammas 1.35
20 Golden Drop 2.02
21 Egyptian 2.89
22 Red Straw 2.62
23 Defiance (GV) 2.02
24 Du Toit's 1.88

Grain yield t/ha


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1884 trial report



Trial last modified: 29-08-2019 14:15pm AEST