Always follow label recommendations. The Department Primary Industries and Regional Development, does not endorse the use of herbicides above the registered rate or off-label use of herbicides or off-label tank mixes. Crop tolerance and yield responses to herbicides are strongly influenced by seasonal conditions.
| Researcher(s) |
Harmohinder Dhammu Mark Seymour |
|---|---|
| Contact email | harmohinder.dhammu@dpird.wa.gov.au |
| Contact phone | 0403 156 942 |
| Year(s) | 2019 |
| Contributor | Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA |
| Trial location(s) |
Dongara,
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To identify herbicide sensitivities of new or potential new chickpea varieties with the view to reduce their yield losses due to herbicide damage.
Desi chickpea varieties CBA Captain, Neelam and PBA Striker, and Kabuli chickpea variety Genesis 079 showed good tolerance to a range of chickpea herbicides or herbicide mixtures at the label rates and timings with good crop safety margin.
A new herbicide Ultro® 900 WG at 1.1 kg/ha applied before seeding reduced seed yield of PBA Striker (9%) significantly.
Trial design: Criss-cross with every 5th plot as untreated control plot to check spatial variability.
| Lead research organisation |
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | DPIRD WA |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
Thanks to DPIRD for funding this research work, Dr Kristy Hobson, for providing seed of new chickpea variety CBA Captain (CICA 1521), Trevor Bell and Larry Prosser, Technical Officers, Research Facility Geraldton, Martin Harries, Research Scientist and Stephany Boyce, Technical Officer, DPIRD Geraldton and Pam Burgess, Technical Officer, DPIRD Esperance for their technical assistance. |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Grain Legume: Chickpeas |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Randomised |
| Sow rate or Target density | 105 to132 kg/ha for Desi chickpeas and 174 kg/ha for Kabuli chickpea to target 45 plants/m2 |
|---|---|
| Sowing machinery |
Coneseeder with knife points and press-wheels and 5 cm deep. |
| Sow date | 15 June 2019 |
| Harvest date | 14 November 2019 14 November 2019 |
| Trial design method | O Other |
| Plot size | 8m x 1.15m |
| Plot replication | 3 |
| Fertiliser |
AgNP 80 kg/ha and Alosca group N granular 10 kg/ha applied with seed at seeding. |
| Seed treatment | P-Pickle T® 200 mL per 100 kg seed |
| Rainfall trial gsr (mm) | 243mm |
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SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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