Optimising benefits from soil amelioration using pulses and oilseeds

2019 - 2021

Research organisation

Funding sources

Trial details

Researcher(s)	Grace Williams
Contact email	grace.williams@dpird.wa.gov.au
Year(s)	2019 - 2021
Contributor	Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA
Trial location(s)	South Burracoppin, WA

Optimising benefits from soil amelioration using pulses and oilseeds locations

Aims

To evaluate different sequences of pulses and canola after soil amelioration when transitioning into cereal cropping to capture maximum benefit from amelioration.

Key messages

No crop type on any soil achieved optimum plant density at this site, with canola treatments having extremely poor establishment.
Overall, wheat had a significantly higher biomass than canola, lupins or chickpeas.
Wheat yields were average to above average for the area depending on the soil type, which is a favourable result given the average decile 4 growing season rainfall.
Canola yielded extremely poorly and proved to be a risky crop choice for the given season and soil types

Lead research organisation	Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA
Host research organisation	N/A
Trial funding source	GRDC DAW00256
Trial funding source	DPIRD WA FFPJP13
Related program	Regional Research Agronomy
Acknowledgments	Thank you to Bob French and George Mwenda for their work on the trial as well as the Merredin Research Support Unit for their assistance. Lastly, thankyou also to Tony Murfit and Warrakiri Farm for hosting the trial. Thanks to GRDC and DPIRD for co-investment in the ‘Building capacity in crop protection and crop production agronomy research and development in Western Australia’ project (DAW00256/DAW1512-001RTX)
Other trial partners	Not specified

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Method

Crop type	Oilseed: Canola
Treatment type(s)	Crop : Type Crop : Rotation Management systems : Soil engineering
Trial type	Experimental
Trial design	Replicated

South Burracoppin 2019

Sow date	Unknown
Harvest date	Unknown
Plot size	Not specified
Plot replication	Not specified

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Trial source data and summary not available
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Observed trial site soil information

Trial site soil testing

Not specified

Soil conditions

Trial site	Soil texture
South Burracoppin, WA	Not specified

Derived trial site soil information

Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS

Trial site	Soil order
South Burracoppin, WA	Kandosol

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.

South Burracoppin WA

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

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.

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