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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) |
Wagga Wagga, 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 three dates on a red–brown earth at Wagga Wagga in southern NSW. This information will be used to confirm and update current agronomic recommendations for lentil in this region.
• A favourable growing season in 2016 produced results that supported previous work showing the importance of sowing within the recommended sowing window.
• No significant yield difference was found when lentil was sown on 6 May and 17 May, when averaged across varieties.
• Delay in sowing from 6 May to 2 June resulted in a 34% yield reduction and from 17 May to 2 June a 26% yield reduction across varieties.
• PBA Hurricane XT, PBA Jumbo2 and PBA Ace were the highest yielding commercial varieties, when averaged across sowing times.
• The results from this experiment indicate the importance of sowing within the recommended sowing window to maximise the height from ground level to bottom pod to maximise the ease of harvest.
Randomised split plot block 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 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 | 7 December 2016 |
| 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 |
| Herbicide |
Commercial practices were used aiming for weed-free experiments, eliminating both weed competition and weed seed set Fallow weed control: glyphosate (450 g/L) 2 L/ha, water 100 L/ha Incorporated by sowing: Terbyne® (750 g/kg terbuthylazine) 850 g/ha, Triflur X® (480 g/L trifluralin) 1 L/ha, Boxer Gold® (800 g/L prosulfocarb + 120 g/L S-metolachlor) 2.5 L/ha, water 100 L/ha Post sowing: Select Xtra®(240 g/L clethodim) 500 mL/ha, Factor® (250 g/kg butroxydim) 180 g/ha, Supercharge® 100 mL/100 L (16 June), water 100 L/ha Brodal Options® (500 g/L diflufenican) 150 mL/ha (10 August), water 100 L/ha |
| Insecticide |
Targeting Heliothis (Helicoverpa sp.), Fastac Duo® (100 g/L alphacypermethrin) 200 mL/ha, water 100 L/ha (24 October) |
| Fungicide |
Targeting: Ascochyta blight (Ascochyta lentis) and grey mould (Botrytis fabae B. cinerea) Penncozeb® 750DF (750 g/kg mancozeb) 2 kg/ha, water 100 L/ha (4 August) Howzat® (500 g/L carbendazim) 500 mL/ha, water 100 L/ha (26 August) Howzat® (500 g/L carbendazim) 500 mL/ha, water 100 L/ha (20 September) |
| Pesticide |
Targeting Heliothis (Helicoverpa sp.), Fastac Duo® (100 g/L alphacypermethrin) 200 mL/ha, water 100 L/ha (24 October) |
| 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/
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