Chickpea, Intercropping, MRZ Mid North (Hart), South Australia

2019
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Trial details

Researcher(s) Sarah Day
Penny Roberts
Year(s) 2019
Contributor Southern Pulse Agronomy
Trial location(s) Hart, SA
Chickpea, Intercropping, MRZ Mid North (Hart), South Australia locations
Aims

To evaluate mixed species cropping on harvestability and input costs, which include weed and disease management, and, harvest desiccation. This work investigates the mixed species crop combinations most grown in Canada.

Key messages

Chickpea ascochyta blight infection was low due to dry seasonal conditions, which were not conducive for high levels of disease infection at Hart, 2019. Harvestability, in terms of plant height, was not reduced where chickpea was intercropped with canola. However, intercropping chickpea with linseed in a mixed row arrangement decreased the plant height of chickpea. Grain yield of chickpea as a sole crop was greater than all intercropping treatments. Further work is required to determine if the costs of disease management, weed management and crop desiccation can be reduced by adopting mix species system.

Hart SA 2019 Chickpeas

For treatments please refer to Table 1 of the attached report.

Hart SA 2019 Linseed

For treatments please refer to Table 1 of the attached report.

Hart SA 2019 Canola

For treatments please refer to Table 1 of the attached report.

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.


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Method

Crop types Grain Legume: Chickpeas Oilseed: Linseed Oilseed: Canola
Treatment type(s)
  • Fungicide
  • Management systems : Intercropping
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Replicated

Hart 2019 Chickpeas

Sow date Unknown
Harvest date Unknown
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Other trial notes

Intercropping Chickpeas (Genesis090) with Linseed (Croxton)

Hart 2019 Linseed

Sow date Unknown
Harvest date Unknown
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Other trial notes

Intercropping Chickpeas (Genesis090) with Linseed (Croxton)

Hart 2019 Canola

Sow date Unknown
Harvest date Unknown
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Other trial notes

Intercropping Chickpeas (Genesis090) with Linseed (Croxton)

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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
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Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Hart, SA Clay
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Hart, SA Chromosol
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.
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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.

Hart SA

NOTE: Exact trial site locality unknown - Climate data may not be accurate
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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 report and links

2019 trial report



Trial last modified: 13-01-2026 15:49pm AEST