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Researcher(s) |
Eric Armstrong (NSW DPI) Luke Gaynor (NSW DPI) Gerard O'Connor (NSW DPI) |
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Year(s) | 2014 |
Contributor | Department of Primary Industries NSW |
Trial location(s) |
Wagga Wagga, ACT
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Further information | View external link |
To compare the growth, development and yield of current commercial faba bean varieties and promising advanced breeding lines at three sowing dates on a hard-setting, acidic, red brown soil at Wagga Wagga.
Lead research organisation | N/A |
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Host research organisation | N/A |
Trial funding source | GRDC DAV00113 |
Trial funding source | DPI NSW |
Related program |
Expanding the use of pulses in the Southern region |
Acknowledgments |
This experiment was part of the project ‘Expanding the use of pulses in the southern region’, DAV00113 2013–16, a collaborative pulse project between state agencies in Victoria, NSW and South Australia, jointly funded by NSW DPI and GRDC. |
Other trial partners | Not specified |
Crop type | Grain Legume: Faba beans |
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Treatment type(s) |
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Trial type | Experimental |
Trial design | Randomised,Replicated,Blocked |
Sow rate or Target density | Targeted 35 plants/m2 adjusted for seed size and germination |
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Sowing machinery |
Direct-drilled using a six-row cone seeder with 300 mm row spacing, press wheels and GPS auto-steer |
Sow date | (TOS 1) 2 April, (TOS 2) 24 April, (TOS 3) 12 May |
Harvest date | none specified |
Plot size | Not specified |
Plot replication | Not specified |
Fertiliser |
80 kg/ha SuPerfect® grain legume fertiliser (NPKS 0:13.8:0:6.1) placed 2 cm below seed. |
Herbicide |
Commercial practices aimed at weed-free conditions to eliminate weed competition and prevent weed seed set. |
Insecticide |
Targeting Helicoverpa sp.: |
Fungicide |
Penncozeb® 750 (mancozeb) – 2 kg/ha on 23 June for chocolate spot |
Inoculant | Group F peat inoculant was mixed directly into an on-board 200 L 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 2015, available at |
@T1: 2 April | @T2: 24 April | @T3: 12 May | ||
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# | Variety |
Dry matter (t/ha) | Dry matter (t/ha) | Dry matter (t/ha) |
1 | █ PBA Rana | 9.67 | 9.56 | 7.66 |
1 | █ PBA Rana | 9.72 | 10.15 | 7.63 |
1 | █ PBA Rana | 8.88 | 8.73 | 7 |
2 | █ PBA Zahra | 9.62 | 8.56 | 7.51 |
2 | █ PBA Zahra | 9.42 | 8.39 | 7.36 |
2 | █ PBA Zahra | 9.5 | 9.24 | 6.88 |
3 | █ AF06125 | 8.23 | 8.49 | 7.31 |
3 | █ AF06125 | 9.71 | 9.61 | 7.63 |
3 | █ AF06125 | |||
4 | █ Af07125 | |||
4 | █ Af07125 | |||
4 | █ Af07125 | |||
5 | █ PBA Nasma | |||
5 | █ PBA Nasma | |||
5 | █ PBA Nasma | |||
6 | █ Farah | |||
6 | █ Farah | |||
6 | █ Farah | |||
7 | █ PBA Nura | |||
7 | █ PBA Nura | |||
7 | █ PBA Nura | |||
8 | █ PBA Samira | |||
8 | █ PBA Samira | |||
8 | █ PBA Samira |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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