Seed or planting treatments impact on thrips – commercial-scale trials

2014 - 2015

Research organisaton
Funding sources

Trial details

Researcher(s) Sarah Beaumont (NSW DPI)
Sandra McDougall (NSW DPI)
Jianhua Mo (NSW DPI)
Liz Munn (NSW DPI)
Scott Munro (NSW DPI)
Year(s) 2014 - 2015
Contributor Department of Primary Industries NSW
Trial location(s) Coleambally, NSW
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Seed or planting treatments impact on thrips – commercial-scale trials locations
Aims

To determine seed or planting treatments impact on thrips in commercial scale trials.

Key messages
  • 60 thrips per plant four weeks after cotton emergence.
  • Cruiser® seed treatment reduced thrips larvae numbers at one week after cotton emergence.
  • Thimet® in-furrow treatment reduced thrips larvae numbers at one and three weeks after cotton emergence. » Hand-harvest yields indicated the Thimet® treatment increased yields over no Thimet®-treated plots.
  • Machine harvest yields were not significantly different between treatments.
Lead research organisation N/A
Host research organisation N/A
Trial funding source GRDC DAN1501
Trial funding source DPI NSW
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

This project has been jointly funded by NSW DPI and the CRDC project ‘Establishing Southern Cotton – IPM’, DAN1501, 2014–17. We greatly appreciate the cooperation of the Coleambally Demonstration Farm committee, Apex Coleambally and the grower cooperators: Matt Toscan and Ben Witham.

Thanks to Dupont, Dow AgroSciences and UPL Australia Limited for supplying insecticides for the trial and Cotton Seed Distributors for supplying seed


Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop type Other crop: Cotton
Treatment type(s)
  • Insecticide: Type
  • Pest Management
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Randomised,Replicated,Blocked

Coleambally 2014

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Plot randomisation Not specified
Insecticide Not specified
Other trial notes

This research paper is an extract from the publication Southern NSW Research Results 2015, available at
https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/broadacre-crops/guides/publications/southern-nsw-research-results

Coleambally 2015

Sow rate or Target density 10 plants/m2
Sow date 8 October 2014
Harvest date 14 May 2015
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication 4
Plot randomisation yes
Insecticide

Please see trial report for treatment details

Other trial notes

This research paper is an extract from the publication Southern NSW Research Results 2015, available at
https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/broadacre-crops/guides/publications/southern-nsw-research-results

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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
Coleambally, NSW Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Coleambally, NSW Sodosol
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 Coleambally NSW
2015 301.9mm
2014 298.8mm
2013 319.7mm
2012 363.5mm
2011 372.8mm
2010 319.5mm
2009 281.3mm
2008 314.3mm
2007 314.2mm
2006 362.3mm
2005 385.4mm
2004 353.8mm
2003 360.1mm
2002 387.2mm
2001 465.7mm
2000 478.2mm
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.

Coleambally NSW

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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: 20-10-2023 08:08am AEST