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Lime Efficiency Trial

2014 - 2019
CC BY 4.0

Research organisation
Funding sources
Stirlings to Coast Farmers
Stirlings to Coast Farmers inc. South Coast NRM

Trial details

Researcher(s) Nathan Dovey
Year(s) 2014 - 2019
Contributor Stirlings to Coast Farmers
Trial location(s) Tenterden, WA
Lime Efficiency Trial locations
Aims
Not specified
Key messages
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Lead research organisation Stirlings to Coast Farmers
Host research organisation N/A
Trial funding source Stirlings to Coast Farmers inc.
Trial funding source South Coast NRM
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments N/A
Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop types Oilseed: Canola Cereal (Grain): Wheat
Treatment type(s)
  • Soil Improvement : Application Method
  • Soil Improvement : Rate
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Replicated

Tenterden 2014 Canola

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Tenterden 2014 Wheat

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Tenterden 2015 Wheat

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Tenterden 2015 Canola

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Tenterden 2016 Wheat

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Tenterden 2016 Canola

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Tenterden 2017 Wheat

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Tenterden 2017 Canola

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Tenterden 2018 Wheat

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Tenterden 2018 Canola

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Tenterden 2019 Wheat

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Tenterden 2019 Canola

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Trial results Yields

# Treatment 1
Growing season Crop type Grain yield (t/ha)
1 █ 5 t/ha Lime + MBP (2014) 2014 Wheat 4.7
2 █ 2.5 t/ha Lime 2014 Wheat 4.55
3 █ Nil 5t/ha Lime (2019) 2014 Wheat 4.69
4 █ 5 t/ha Lime 2014 Wheat 4.69
5 █ 10 t/Ha Lime 2014 Wheat 4.54
6 █ MBP- Nil Lime 2014 Wheat -
7 █ Nil 2014 Wheat 4.64
8 █ 5 t/ha Lime + MBP (2014) 2015 Canola -
9 █ 2.5 t/ha Lime 2015 Canola -
10 █ Nil 5t/ha Lime (2019) 2015 Canola -
11 █ 5 t/ha Lime 2015 Canola -
12 █ 10 t/Ha Lime 2015 Canola -
13 █ MBP- Nil Lime 2015 Canola -
14 █ Nil 2015 Canola -
15 █ 5 t/ha Lime + MBP (2014) 2016 Wheat 3.99
16 █ 2.5 t/ha Lime 2016 Wheat 3.95
17 █ Nil 5t/ha Lime (2019) 2016 Wheat 3.13
18 █ 5 t/ha Lime 2016 Wheat 3.52
19 █ 10 t/Ha Lime 2016 Wheat 3.81
20 █ MBP- Nil Lime 2016 Wheat 2.98
21 █ Nil 2016 Wheat 3.28
22 █ 5 t/ha Lime + MBP (2014) 2017 Canola 2.76
23 █ 2.5 t/ha Lime 2017 Canola 2.21
24 █ Nil 5t/ha Lime (2019) 2017 Canola 2.53
25 █ 5 t/ha Lime 2017 Canola 2.61
26 █ 10 t/Ha Lime 2017 Canola 2.55
27 █ MBP- Nil Lime 2017 Canola 1.96
28 █ Nil 2017 Canola 2.46
29 █ 5 t/ha Lime + MBP (2014) 2018 Wheat 4.13
30 █ 2.5 t/ha Lime 2018 Wheat 3.89
31 █ Nil 5t/ha Lime (2019) 2018 Wheat 3.71
32 █ 5 t/ha Lime 2018 Wheat 3.78
33 █ 10 t/Ha Lime 2018 Wheat 3.36
34 █ MBP- Nil Lime 2018 Wheat 3.27
35 █ Nil 2018 Wheat 4.3
36 █ 5 t/ha Lime + MBP (2014) 2019 Canola 3.06
37 █ 2.5 t/ha Lime 2019 Canola 2.83
38 █ Nil 5t/ha Lime (2019) 2019 Canola 2.3
39 █ 5 t/ha Lime 2019 Canola 2.83
40 █ 10 t/Ha Lime 2019 Canola 2.93
41 █ MBP- Nil Lime 2019 Canola 2.2
42 █ Nil 2019 Canola 2.32

Grain yield t/ha

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Trial results pH

# Treatment 1
pH 30-40cm (pH) 0-10cm soil pH (pH) 10 - 20cm pH (pH) 20 - 30cm pH (pH) pH 40-50cm (pH)
1 █ Nil 4.9 4.8 4.5 4.7 5.4
2 █ 2.5t/ha Lime  4.6 5 5 4.9 4.7
3 █ 5t/haLime (surface) 4.78 5.1 4.51 4.73 5.56
4 █ 5.0t/ha Lime 5.1 6 4.8 5 5.3
5 █ 5t/ha Lime + MBP 4.7 5.6 4.6 4.7 4.9
6 █ 10t/ha Lime 4.8 6.5 4.6 4.7 5.3

0-10cm soil pH pH

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10 - 20cm pH pH

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20 - 30cm pH pH

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pH 30-40cm pH

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pH 40-50cm pH

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Trial results Grain Quality

# Treatment 1
Oil (%) Protein (%) Moisture (%) Grade (grade) L. Admixture (g) L. Admixture (%) S. Admixture (g) S. Admixture (%)
1 █ Nil 44.9 19.7 7.3 Can 1 3.18 0.64 1.96 0.39
2 █ 5.0 t/ha 45.9 18.2 7.3 Can 1 1.1 0.22 1.2 0.24
3 █ (NIL Buffer 2013) MBP + 5t/Ha Lime-2015 45.6 19 7.1 Can 1 2.7 0.54 2 0.4
4 █ 10.0 t/ha 45.8 18.3 7.3 Can 1 4.4 0.88 2.1 0.42
5 █ Nil 45.8 18.2 6.9 Can 1 2.6 0.52 2.1 0.42
6 █ 2.5 t/ha 47 18.1 6.9 Can 1 3.58 0.72 1.76 0.35
7 █ Control covert to 5t/Ha Lime prior to rip 2019 46.6 18.2 7.1 Can 1 2 0.4 1.1 0.22
8 █ 5.0 t/ha 46.7 17.8 7.1 Can 1 4.1 0.82 2 0.4
9 █ Control 45.6 18.7 7 Can 1 1.9 0.38 1.3 0.26
10 █ 10.0 t/ha 2015 46.2 17.9 6.7 Can 1 5.3 1.06 2.3 0.46
11 █ Lime 5 tonne + MBP 46.5 18.3 6.7 Can 1 6.9 1.38 1.8 0.36
12 █ MBP nil Lime 45.1 19.5 6.5 Can 2 7.8 1.56 2.3 0.46
13 █ Control convert to 5t/Ha Lime prior to rip 2019 45 19.5 6.8 Can 1 3.5 0.7 2.8 0.56

Grade grade

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L. Admixture g

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L. Admixture %

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Moisture %

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Oil %

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Protein %

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S. Admixture g

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S. Admixture %

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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
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Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Tenterden, WA Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Tenterden, WA 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.
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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.

Tenterden WA

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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

SCF Trials Review - Lime Efficiency (2016)

SCF Trials Review - Lime Efficiency (2020)

SCF Trials Review - Lime Efficiency (2021)



Trial last modified: 17-05-2023 18:40pm AEST