| Researcher(s) |
Judith Storer |
|---|---|
| Contact email | eo@liebegroup.org.au |
| Contact phone | 0400941412 |
| Year(s) | 2020 |
| Contributor | Liebe Group |
| Trial location(s) |
West Dalwallinu, WA
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| Further information | View external link |
To address the issue of adequate disease control that impacted the profitability of field pea crops grown in medium rainfall zones.
• Minimal levels of fungus affected the crop.
• There was no difference in yield response between the two fungicide regimes implemented.
• In the dryer than average season the use of fungicide was not economical.
| Lead research organisation |
Liebe Group |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation |
Liebe Group |
| Trial funding source | GRDC LIE1802-003SAX |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
This is a GRDC investment LIE1802-003SAX, led and managed by the Liebe Group. Thanks to Harry and Matthew Hyde for hosting and implementing the trial. Thanks to Elders Scholz Rural for their collaboration, providing advice for treatments and for supplying the chemical used in the trial.
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| Other trial partners | Farmanco, West Midlands Group, Corrigin Farm Improvement Group, Facey Group, DPIRD, |
| Crop type | Grain Legume: Field peas |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Demonstration |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sow rate or Target density | 120 kg/ha Twilight Field Peas |
|---|---|
| Sow date | 29 May 2020 |
| Harvest date | Unknown |
| Plot size | 36m x 500m |
| Plot replication | 3 |
| Fertiliser |
26/05/2020: 60 k g/ha Map Zn (11.2%N, 22.4%P, 1.9%S, 0.5%Zn) |
| Herbicide |
26/05/2020: 960 g /ha trifluralin, 990 g /ha Diuron 05/07/2020: 240 g /ha Clethodim, 100 g /ha Diflufenican, |
| Insecticide |
3 g /ha Gamma-Cyhalothrin |
| Fungicide |
Plesae refer to trial report for treatment details |
| # |
Treatment 1
|
Yield (t/ha) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Nil | 0.771 |
| 2 | █ Azoxystrobin & Propiconazole | 0.771 |
| 3 | █ Tebuconazole, Azoxystrobin, Bixafen & Prothioconazole | 0.77 |
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