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| Researcher(s) |
Ian Menz Nick Moody Daryl Reardon |
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| Year(s) | 2015 |
| Contributor | Department of Primary Industries NSW |
| Trial location(s) |
Condobolin, NSW
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| Further information | View external link |
To evaluate the effect of time of sowing (TOS) and nitrogen rate on grain yeild and grain quality for six current wheat varieties in low rainfall zone of central western NSW.
| Lead research organisation | N/A |
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| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | GRDC DAN00167 |
| Trial funding source | DPI NSW |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
This experiment is part of 'Variety Specific Afgronomy Packages for southern, central and northern NSW', DAN000167, 2013-17, jointly funded by GRDC and NSW DPI. Thanks to the operational and technical officers at Condblin ARAS and Dr Neroli Graham for statistical analyses. |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Cereal (Grain): Wheat |
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| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sow date | 5th May and 26th May 2015 |
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| Harvest date | 9th November and 10th November 2015 |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Fertiliser |
70 kg/ha MAP + Jubilee |
| Other trial notes |
This research paper is an extract from the publication Southern NSW Research Results 2015, available at |
| @T1: TOS 1: 5 May (05-05-2015) | @T2: TOS 2: 26 May (26-05-2015) | ||
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| # | Variety |
Grain yield (t/ha) | Grain yield (t/ha) |
| 1 | █ Condo | 1.46 | 1.15 |
| 1 | █ Condo | 1.36 | 1.06 |
| 2 | █ Dart | 1.19 | 0.55 |
| 2 | █ Dart | 1.09 | 0.37 |
| 3 | █ EGA_Gregory | 1.55 | 0.93 |
| 3 | █ EGA_Gregory | 1.43 | 0.89 |
| 4 | █ Lancer | ||
| 4 | █ Lancer | ||
| 5 | █ Spitfire | ||
| 5 | █ Spitfire | ||
| 6 | █ Suntop | ||
| 6 | █ Suntop | ||
| @T1: TOS 1: 5 May (05-05-2015) | @T2: TOS 2: 26 May (25-05-2015) | ||
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| # |
Treatment 1
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Grain yield (t/ha) | Grain yield (t/ha) |
| 1 | █ 0 kg N/ha | 1.43 | 1.01 |
| 1 | █ 20 kg N/ha | 1.4 | 0.89 |
| 2 | █ 40 kg N/ha | 1.37 | 0.84 |
| 2 | █ 80 kg N/ha | 1.34 | 0.77 |
| 3 | █ 40 + 40 split | 1.31 | 0.7 |
| 3 | █ 160 kg N/ha | 1.23 | 0.71 |
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| @T1: TOS 1: 5 May | @T2: TOS 2: 26 May (25-05-2015) | ||||||
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| # | Variety |
Protein (%) | Screenings (%) | Test weight (kg/hL) | Protein (%) | Screenings (%) | Test weight (kg/hL) |
| 1 | █ Condo | 14.1 | 22.2 | 66.7 | 16 | 34.6 | 66.7 |
| 1 | █ Condo | 15 | 41.3 | 66.` | 17.1 | 45.3 | 64.8 |
| 2 | █ Dart | 14.3 | 23.2 | 67.8 | 16.5 | 18.6 | 76.8 |
| 2 | █ Dart | 15.7 | 26.1 | 68.5 | 17.9 | 6.9 | 78.9 |
| 3 | █ EGA_Gregory | 15.3 | 22.9 | 70 | 17.8 | 33.2 | 70/9 |
| 3 | █ EGA_Gregory | 13.7 | 32.3 | 69.6 | 15.8 | 36.9 | 74.6 |
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| 5 | █ Spitfire | ||||||
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| 6 | █ Suntop | ||||||
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Treatment 1
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Protein (%) | Screenings (%) | Test weight (kg/hL) | Protein (%) | Screenings (%) | Test weight (kg/hL) |
| 1 | █ 0 kg N/ha | 12.3 | 18.5 | 71.1 | 15 | 22.6 | 73.7 |
| 1 | █ 20 kg N/ha | 13.2 | 22.2 | 70.2 | 16 | 24.5 | 73.1 |
| 2 | █ 40 kg N/ha | 14.3 | 26.2 | 68.7 | 16.5 | 30.4 | 72.1 |
| 2 | █ 80 kg N/ha | 15.4 | 30.3 | 67.7 | 17.2 | 31.2 | 71.5 |
| 3 | █ 40 + 40 split | 16.2 | 34.1 | 66 | 18.2 | 34 | 71.2 |
| 3 | █ 160 kg N/ha | 16.9 | 36.8 | 65.4 | 18.2 | 32.6 | 71.1 |
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