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| Researcher(s) |
Scott Clark (NSW DPI) Jon Evans (NSW DPI) Neroli Graham (NSW DPI) Karl Moore (NSW DPI) Russell Pumpa (NSW DPI) Mark Richards (NSW DPI) |
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| Year(s) | 2016 |
| Contributor | Department of Primary Industries NSW |
| Trial location(s) |
Rankins Springs, NSW
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| Further information | View external link |
To compare growth, development and yield of current commercial lentil varieties and advanced breeding lines sown on two dates on a red, sandy loam soil at Rankins Springs in south-western NSW
• Results from this experiment and previous research have proven that lentils can be successfully grown in southern NSW with sound agronomic planning and management.
• Across all varieties tested there was no significant difference between the 4 May and 20 May sowings, which validates the current sowing window recommendation from late April to mid May for the western region of southern NSW. Previous experiments have shown yield decline with a late May sowing.
• PBA Hurricane XTA, PBA Jumbo2 and PBA Bolt were the highest yielding commercial varieties, while PBA Ace was significantly lower yielding in this experiment, which is not consistent with previous research.
• There was a significant reduction in seed weight when sowing was delayed for all varieties except PBA Ace, which showed no significant effect.
Randomised split plot design with sowing date in the main blocks and varieties in the sub-plots; three replications
| Lead research organisation | N/A |
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| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
Thank you to Kim and Nick Eckermann for their ongoing support of pulse research and providing the experiment site. Thank you to Karl Moore, Russell Pumpa, Scott Clark and Jon Evans for technical assistance and Dr Neroli Graham for biometric support. |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Grain Legume: Lentils |
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| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Randomised,Replicated,Blocked |
| Sow rate or Target density | 120 plants per square meter |
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| Sowing machinery |
Direct drilled using a six-row cone seeder on 300 mm row spacing using DBS tines and GPS auto-steer |
| Sow date | varied - please see report |
| Harvest date | Multiple- Please see report |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | 3 |
| Plot randomisation | yes |
| Fertiliser |
75 kg/ha grain legume starter (N 0: P 13.8: K 0: S 6.1) placed 50 mm below the seed 150 g/ha sodium molybdate, 16 June 201 |
| Herbicide |
Commercial practices were used aiming for weed-free experiments, eliminating both weed competition and weed seed set Incorporated by sowing: Terbyne® (750 g/kg terbuthylazine) 850 g/ha, Triflur X® (480 g/L trifluralin) 1 L/ha, glyphosate (450 g/L) 2 L/ha, water 100 L/ha Post sowing: Select Xtra® (240 g/L clethodim) 500 mL/ha, Factor® (250 g/ kg butoxydim) 180 g/ha, Supercharge® 100 mL/100 L, water 100 L/ha (5 August) |
| Fungicide |
Targeting: Ascochyta blight (Ascochyta lentis), grey mould (Botrytis fabae B. cinerea) Penncozeb® 750DF (750 g/kg mancozeb) 2 kg/ha, water 100 L/ha (5 August) Howzat® (500 g/L carbendazim) 500 mL/ha, water 100 L/ha (6 September) Bravo® (720 g/L chlorothalonil) 1.5 L/ha, water 100 L/ha (26 September) |
| Pesticide |
Targeting Heliothis (Helicoverpa sp.), Lucerne flea (Sminthurus virdis) Fastac Duo® (100 g/L alpha-cypermethrin) 200 mL/ha, water 100 L/ha (6 September) Fastac Duo® (100 g/L alpha-cypermethrin) 200 mL/ha, water 100 L/ha (3 November) |
| Inoculant | Group F peat inoculant was mixed directly into an onboard water tank then pumped through micro tubes into each sowing furrow |
| Other trial notes |
This research paper is an extract from the publication Southern NSW Research Results 2017, available at |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
Jeffrey, S.J., Carter, J.O., Moodie, K.B. and Beswick, A.R. (2001). Using spatial interpolation to construct a comprehensive archive of Australian climate data , Environmental Modelling and Software, Vol 16/4, pp 309-330. DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(01)00008-1.
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