| Researcher(s) |
Sarah Day Amy Gutsche Amanda Pearce Penny Roberts |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2019 |
| Contributor | Southern Pulse Agronomy |
| Trial location(s) |
Coomandook, SA
Strawberry Hill, SA |
To evaluate the effects of timing of potassium application on growth and vigor of faba bean.
Potassium applied to faba bean at sowing and/or at flowering had no effect on plant height, biomass or grain yield.
Variety used in the trial is PBA Marne
Variety used in the trial is PBA Marne
| Lead research organisation |
Southern Pulse Agronomy |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | GRDC DAV00150 |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
The research undertaken as part of the GRDC-funded Southern Pulse Agronomy project is made possible by the significant contributions of growers through both trial cooperation and the support of the GRDC and the authors would like to thank them for their continued support. The continued assistance in trial management from SARDI Agronomy groups at Clare, Minnipa, Struan and Port Lincoln is gratefully acknowledged and appreciated. The authors would also like to gratefully acknowledge SARDI Plant Pathology and Soil Biology groups for their scientific input and assistance, as well as advisors and grower groups involved in the project. |
| 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 | 24 plants/m2 |
|---|---|
| Sow date | 22 May 2019 |
| Harvest date | Unknown |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Fertiliser |
Initial: 30 kg/ha MAP (9.2, 20.2, 0, 2.7) + Zn (2.5) and 30 units of K (Sulfphate of Potash) Treatments included along with the time of application: Nil | K is not applied |
| Sow rate or Target density | 24 plants/m2 |
|---|---|
| Sow date | 31 May 2019 |
| Harvest date | Unknown |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Fertiliser |
Initial: 30 kg/ha MAP (9.2, 20.2, 0, 2.7) + Zn (2.5) and 30 units of K (Sulfphate of Potash) Treatments included along with Time of application: Nil | K is not applied |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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