| Researcher(s) |
Sarah Day Helena Oakey Penny Roberts Richard Saunders |
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| Contact email | sarah.day@sa.gov.au |
| Year(s) | 2019 |
| Contributor | SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre |
| Trial location(s) |
Minnipa Agricultural Centre, SA
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The aim of this research is to identify the best break crop options for different climate, soil type and biotic stress situations within major cropping regions of the southern low rainfall zone.
| Lead research organisation |
South Australian Research and Development Institute |
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| Host research organisation |
South Australian Research and Development Institute |
| Trial funding source | GRDC DAS00162A |
| Related program |
Tactical Break Crop Agronomy |
| Acknowledgments |
The research undertaken as part of this project is made possible by the significant contributions of growers through both trial cooperation and the support of the GRDC (DAS00162A), and the authors would like to thank them for their continued support. The continued assistance in trial management from SARDI Agronomy groups at Clare and Minnipa, as well as Frontier Farming Systems, is gratefully acknowledged and appreciated. |
| Other trial partners | Rural Directions, University of Adelaide |
| Crop type | Forage: Mixed |
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| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sow date | Pulses: 15 May; Canola: 24 May |
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| Harvest date | Field pea: 1 November; Canola: 7 November; Lentil: 13 November; Faba bean, vetch, chickpea: 25 Novem |
| Trial design method | SPD Split Plot Design |
| Plot size | 2m x 10m |
| Plot replication | 3 |
| Plot blocking | Split |
| Fertiliser |
100kg/ha MAP 100kg/ha DAP |
| Other trial notes |
This trial is a part of a 3 year crop rotation project (2017, 2018 and 2019) |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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