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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) |
Yenda, NSW
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Further information | View external link |
To determine the optimal plant density for lentil in southern NSW cropping systems, and if the optimum plant density remains consistent accross varieties.
Randomised complete block design with three replications
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 'Exapnding 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. Thaknks to Kim and Nick Eckerman for providing the site and trial management. |
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 | Multiple - please see report |
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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 | 23 May 2014 |
Harvest date | none specified |
Plot size | Not specified |
Plot replication | 3 |
Plot randomisation | yes |
Fertiliser |
80 kg/ha Grain legume super (N:P:K:S 0:13.8:0:6.1) placed 30–40 mm below the seed |
Herbicide |
Commercial management practices used to establish and maintain weed-free conditions throughout the season, preventing weed |
Insecticide |
Targeting Helicoverpa sp.: |
Other trial notes |
This research paper is an extract from the publication Southern NSW Research Results 2015, available at |
# | Variety |
Grain yield (t/ha) |
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1 | █ PBA Jumbo2 | 1.65 |
2 | █ PBA Greenfield | 1.55 |
3 | █ PBA Ace | 1.47 |
4 | █ PBA Hurricane XT | 1.38 |
5 | █ PBA Bounty | 1.37 |
6 | █ PBA Jumbo | 1.3 |
7 | █ Nugget | 1.29 |
8 | █ Boomer | 1.26 |
9 | █ PBA Blitz | 1.25 |
10 | █ PBA Blitz | 1.25 |
11 | █ BPA Herald XT | 1.17 |
12 | █ Nipper | 1.15 |
13 | █ PBA Flash | 1.12 |
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.