Broad Bean Canopy Management

2015
CC BY 4.0

Research organisaton

Trial details

Researcher(s) Amanda Pearce (SARDI)
Contact email SARDI, amanda.pearce@sa.gov.au
Year(s) 2015
Contributor MacKillop Farm Management Group
Trial location(s) Bool Lagoon, SA
Broad Bean Canopy Management locations
Aims

To explore broad bean canopy management

Key messages

Trial conducted to continue evaluation into the use of chemicals to manipulate broad been plant architecture without decreasing yields.
• Unseasonably dry and warm conditions and resulting poor yields were not conducive for conclusive results.
• In three years of trials Ethephon reduced plant height without a significant yield penalty.

Lead research organisation N/A
Host research organisation N/A
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

• Trial conducted by the SARDI New Variety Agronomy Team based at Struan;
• This work was funded by GRDC as part of the Southern Region Pulse Agronomy Project.


Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop type Grain Legume: Broad beans
Treatment type(s)
  • Crop: Type
  • Management systems
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Randomised,Replicated

Bool Lagoon 2015

Sow date 18 May 2015
Harvest date 16 December 2015
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
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Trial source data and summary not available
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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Not specified
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Bool Lagoon, SA Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Bool Lagoon, SA Vertosol
Soil Moisture Source: BOM/ANU
Average amount of water stored in the soil profile during the year, estimated by the OzWALD model-data fusion system.
Year Bool Lagoon SA
2015 453.8mm
2014 508.8mm
2013 532.1mm
2012 568.1mm
2011 599.8mm
2010 544.1mm
2009 458.5mm
2008 417.8mm
2007 449.8mm
2006 428.6mm
2005 451.4mm
2004 471.2mm
2003 475.4mm
2002 427.6mm
2001 553.8mm
2000 579.8mm
National soil grid Source: CSIRO/TERN
NOTE: National Soil Grid data is aggregated information for background information on the wider area
Actual soil values can vary significantly in a small area and the trial soil tests are the most relevant data where available

Soil properties

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Climate

Derived climate information

No observed climate data available for this trial.
Derived climate data is determined from trial site location and national weather sources.

Bool Lagoon SA

NOTE: Exact trial site locality unknown - Climate data may not be accurate
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Some data on this site is sourced from the Bureau of Meteorology

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.

Trial report and links

2015 trial report



Trial last modified: 23-11-2021 13:05pm AEST