Faba Bean, Canopy Management, HRZ South East (Bool Lagoon), South Australia Faba Bean, Canopy Management, HRZ Eyre Peninsula (Yeelanna), South Australia Faba Bean, Canopy Management, HRZ Mid North (Tarlee), South Australia

2019
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Research organisaton
Funding source

Trial details

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
Faba Bean, Canopy Management, HRZ South East (Bool Lagoon), South Australia Faba Bean, Canopy Management, HRZ Eyre Peninsula (Yeelanna), South Australia Faba Bean, Canopy Management, HRZ Mid North (Tarlee), South Australia locations
Aims

Faba Bean, Canopy Management, HRZ South East (Bool Lagoon), South Australia Faba Bean, Canopy Management, HRZ Eyre Peninsula (Yeelanna), South Australia Faba Bean, Canopy Management, HRZ Mid North (Tarlee), South Australia

Key messages

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.

Bool Lagoon SA 2019

Treatment | Plant density (plants/m2) | Plant growth regulator

  • Standard plant number + standard row spacing | 24 | None applied
  • Reduced plant number + standard row spacing | 18 | None applied
  • Standard plant number + paired row | 24 | None applied
  • Reduced plant number + paired row | 18 | None applied
  • Standard plant number + early PGR | 24 | Ethephon 240 g/l applied at 1500 ml/ha mixed with the adjuvant BS10002 at 500 ml/l
  • Standard plant number + 0.5 kg/ha canola | 24 | None applied

Paired row = every second row removed after plant emergence

Tarlee SA 2019

Treatment | Plant density (plants/m2) | Plant growth regulator

  • Standard plant number + standard row spacing | 24 | None applied
  • Reduced plant number + standard row spacing | 18 | None applied
  • Standard plant number + paired row | 24 | None applied
  • Reduced plant number + paired row | 18 | None applied
  • Standard plant number + early PGR | 24 | Ethephon 240 g/l applied at 1500 ml/ha mixed with the adjuvant BS10002 at 500 ml/l
  • Standard plant number + 0.5 kg/ha canola | 24 | None applied

Paired row = every second row removed after plant emergence

 

Yeelanna SA 2019

Treatment | Plant density (plants/m2) | Plant growth regulator

  • Standard plant number + standard row spacing | 24 | None applied
  • Reduced plant number + standard row spacing | 18 | None applied
  • Standard plant number + paired row | 24 | None applied
  • Reduced plant number + paired row | 18 | None applied
  • Standard plant number + early PGR | 24 | Ethephon 240 g/l applied at 1500 ml/ha mixed with the adjuvant BS10002 at 500 ml/l
  • Standard plant number + 0.5 kg/ha canola | 24 | None applied

Paired row = every second row removed after plant emergence

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
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Method

Crop type Grain Legume: Faba beans
Treatment type(s)
  • Growth regulator: Application Method
  • Sowing: Row Spacing
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Replicated

Bool Lagoon 2019

Sow rate or Target density variable - see attached report
Sow date 17 May 2019
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser

80 kg/ha MAP (9.2, 20.2, 0, 2.7) + Zn (2.5)

Tarlee 2019

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)

Yeelanna 2019

Sow rate or Target density variable - see attached report
Sow date 28 May 2019
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser

100 kg/ha MAP (9.2, 20.2, 0, 2.7) + Zn (2.5)

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Trial source data and summary not available
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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Site Depth Type pH EC P K N A OC CAT
Tarlee, SA 0 - 10cm 8.30 0.20 66.00 616.00 7.00 22.00 1.90
Bool Lagoon, SA 0 - 10cm 5.30 0.18 99.00 898.00 29.00 3.00 2.81
Yeelanna, SA 0 - 10cm 7.50 0.14 49.00 520.00 6.00 2.00 1.06
Bool Lagoon, SA 10 - 30cm 5.50 0.07 35.00 760.00 12.00 3.00 2.17
Yeelanna, SA 10 - 30cm 7.80 0.13 16.00 274.00 4.00 1.00 0.68
Tarlee, SA 10 - 60cm 9.00 0.15 6.00 197.00 1.00 5.00 0.76
Bool Lagoon, SA 30 - 60cm 5.80 0.04 20.00 612.00 8.00 5.00 1.58
Yeelanna, SA 30 - 60cm 8.10 0.18 9.00 267.00 6.00 0.00 0.42
Bool Lagoon, SA 60 - 90cm 6.80 0.12 11.00 493.00 5.00 2.00 1.29
Bool Lagoon, SA 90 - 120cm 7.20 0.16 14.00 373.00 4.00 3.00 1.21
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Bool Lagoon, SA Clay loam
Tarlee, SA Loam over clay
Yeelanna, SA Clay loam
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Bool Lagoon, SA Vertosol
Tarlee, SA Chromosol
Yeelanna, SA Tenosol
Soil Moisture Source: BOM/ANU
Average amount of water stored in the soil profile during the year, estimated by the OzWALD model-data fusion system.
Year Bool Lagoon SA Tarlee SA Yeelanna SA
2019 546.2mm445.9mm551.3mm
2018 629.7mm484.5mm588.9mm
2017 649.5mm531.4mm595.0mm
2016 565.5mm515.9mm575.7mm
2015 553.8mm482.6mm530.1mm
2014 594.4mm531.4mm572.2mm
2013 632.6mm515.0mm566.1mm
2012 670.9mm545.4mm561.9mm
2011 737.6mm568.9mm588.1mm
2010 701.1mm567.4mm601.1mm
2009 658.8mm534.4mm565.0mm
2008 597.9mm497.2mm573.1mm
2007 641.5mm545.4mm567.4mm
2006 593.8mm567.7mm601.9mm
2005 585.8mm581.9mm590.0mm
2004 630.8mm530.9mm567.1mm
2003 636.8mm536.3mm585.1mm
2002 589.8mm515.5mm549.7mm
2001 703.2mm544.4mm558.5mm
2000 666.7mm519.9mm566.2mm
National soil grid Source: CSIRO/TERN
NOTE: National Soil Grid data is aggregated information for background information on the wider area
Actual soil values can vary significantly in a small area and the trial soil tests are the most relevant data where available

Soil properties

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Climate

Derived climate information

No observed climate data available for this trial.
Derived climate data is determined from trial site location and national weather sources.

Bool Lagoon SA

Tarlee SA

Yeelanna SA

Bool Lagoon SA

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Tarlee SA

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Yeelanna SA

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Some data on this site is sourced from the Bureau of Meteorology

SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
Jeffrey, S.J., Carter, J.O., Moodie, K.B. and Beswick, A.R. (2001). Using spatial interpolation to construct a comprehensive archive of Australian climate data , Environmental Modelling and Software, Vol 16/4, pp 309-330. DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(01)00008-1.



Trial last modified: 14-03-2023 11:14am AEST