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) |
Merredin, WA
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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 showed good tolerance to a range of chickpea herbicides or herbicide mixtures at registered rates and timings with good crop safety margin.
IBS application of simazine + Balance® appears safer than PSPE application especially on PBA Striker.
A new herbicide Ultro® 900 WG at 1.1 kg/ha IBS was tolerated well by all the varieties.
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, Dave Allen, Technical Officer, and Vince Lambert, Manager, Research Facility Merredin and Pam Burgess, Technical Officer, DPIRD Esperance for their technical assistance. |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Grain Legume: Chickpeas |
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| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sow rate or Target density | 45 plants/m2. |
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| Sowing machinery |
Coneseeder with knife points and press-wheels and 5 cm deep. |
| Sow date | 17 June 2019 |
| Harvest date | 13 November 2019 |
| Trial design method | O Other |
| Plot size | 8m x 1.1m |
| Plot replication | 3 |
| Plot randomisation | Y |
| Fertiliser |
K-Start 100 kg/ha |
| Seed treatment | P-Pickle T® 200 mL per 100 kg seed |
| Inoculant | Alosca group N granular 10 kg/ha applied with seed at seeding. |
| Rainfall trial gsr (mm) | 196mm |
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SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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