| Researcher(s) |
Sarah Day Amy Gutsche Amanda Pearce Penny Roberts |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2019 |
| Contributor | Southern Pulse Agronomy |
| Trial location(s) |
Bool Lagoon, SA
Tarlee, SA Yeelanna, SA |
To reduce lodging and necking whilst increasing podding and grain yield in faba bean by changing row spacing, plant density, plant growth regulators (PGR) and intercropping.
Incorporating canola as a companion plant did not increase grain yield at all sites in 2019. Plant growth regulator used to manipulate canopy structure increased grain yield. Further work is required to understand the effects on plant density, row arrangements, and companion species on canopy structure and grain yield production.
Variety: PBA Samira
| 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 | variable - see attached report |
|---|---|
| Sow date | 17 May 2019 |
| Harvest date | Unknown |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Fertiliser |
80 kg/ha MAP (9.2, 20.2, 0, 2.7) + Zn (2.5) |
| Sow rate or Target density | variable - see attached report |
|---|---|
| Sow date | 21 May 2019 |
| Harvest date | Unknown |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Fertiliser |
80 kg/ha MAP (9.2, 20.2, 0, 2.7) + Zn (2.5) |
| Sow rate or Target density | variable - see attached report |
|---|---|
| Sow date | 28 May 2019 |
| Harvest date | Unknown |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Fertiliser |
100 kg/ha MAP (9.2, 20.2, 0, 2.7) + Zn (2.5) |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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