| Researcher(s) |
James Manson |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2019 |
| Contributor | Southern Pulse Agronomy |
| Trial location(s) |
Lake Bolac, VIC
Tarrington, VIC |
To evaluate the optimum rate and time of sowing for PBA Samira faba beans for increased yield and profitability.
The grain yield of faba beans significantly increased at higher plant densities especially when the when the diseases were controlled. Despite a late autumn break, with adequate chemical disease control, PBA Samira grain yields more than tripled (from 1.5 t/ha to 5.4 t/ha) when plant densities increased from 5 plants/m2 to 45 plants/m2 at Tarrington in 2019.
| Lead research organisation |
Southern Pulse Agronomy |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | GRDC DAV00150 |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments | N/A |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Grain Legume: Faba beans |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sow rate or Target density | variable - see attached report |
|---|---|
| Sow date | 23 April, 08 May, 22 May, 2019 |
| Harvest date | Unknown |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Fertiliser |
60 kg/ha MAP (9.2, 20.2, 0, 2.7) |
| Fungicide | Not specified |
| Sow rate or Target density | variable - see attached report |
|---|---|
| Sow date | 26 April, 16 May, 2019 |
| Harvest date | Unknown |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Fertiliser |
60 kg/ha MAP (9.2, 20.2, 0, 2.7) |
| Fungicide |
See Table 2 in the attached report |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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construct a comprehensive archive of Australian climate data , Environmental Modelling and Software, Vol
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