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Researcher(s) |
Eric Armstrong (NSW DPI) Jon Evans (NSW DPI) Luke Gaynor (NSW DPI) Karl Moore (NSW DPI) Russell Pumpa (NSW DPI) Mark Richards (NSW DPI) |
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Year(s) | 2015 |
Contributor | Department of Primary Industries NSW |
Trial location(s) |
Yenda, NSW
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Further information | View external link |
To establish agronomic guidelines for sowing time and sowing rate for current commercial lentils varieties and advanced breeding lines at Yenda.
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 | N/A |
Acknowledgments |
This experiment was part of the project 'exapnding the use of pulses in the southern region, DAV00113, 2013-16, a collaborative pulse project bewteen state agencies in Victoria, NSW and South Australia, jointly funded by NSW DPI and GRDC. Thank you to Nick and Kim Eckerman, Hillview Yenda for hosting the pulse research trial. |
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 |
Sowing machinery |
Direct-drilled using a six-row cone |
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Sow date | 29 April and 28 May 2015 |
Harvest date | 18 November 2015 |
Plot size | Not specified |
Plot replication | 3 |
Plot randomisation | yes |
Fertiliser |
80 kg/ha grain legume super |
Herbicide |
Commercial practices used with aim |
Inoculant | Group F peat inoculant was mixed directly into an on-board 100 L water tank then pumped through microtubes into each sowing furrow |
Other trial notes |
This research paper is an extract from the publication Southern NSW Research Results 2015, available at |
@T1: 29 April | @T2: 28 May | ||
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# | Variety |
Grain yield (t/ha) | Grain yield (t/ha) |
1 | █ PBA_Bolt | 1.62 | 0.79 |
1 | █ PBA_Bolt | 1.61 | 0.61 |
2 | █ PBA_Hurrican_XT | 1.58 | 0.77 |
2 | █ PBA_Hurrican_XT | 1.53 | 0.93 |
3 | █ CIPAL_1422 | 1.47 | 0.95 |
3 | █ CIPAL_1422 | 1.26 | 0.49 |
4 | █ PBA_Jumbo2 | ||
4 | █ PBA_Jumbo2 | ||
5 | █ PBA_Ace | ||
5 | █ PBA_Ace | ||
6 | █ Nipper | ||
6 | █ Nipper |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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