| Researcher(s) |
Rhaquelle Meiklejohn Gary Miller Mark Saunders Andrew Ware |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2021 |
| Contributor | SARDI - Clare |
| Trial location(s) |
Mount Hope, SA
|
To demonstrate the potential of pulse crops on soil that was previously only capable of producing lupins.
Soil amelioration/ liming has the potential to allow profitable production of high value pulse crops such as lentil on sandy soils on Lower Eyre Peninsula, however yields were considerably lower compared to the lupin crop in the same paddock.
| Lead research organisation |
University of Adelaide |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | GRDC UOA2105-013RTX |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
The research undertaken as part of the GRDC-invested SA Grain Legume Validation project (UOA2105- 013RTX) 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 support from industry and breeding organisations for the provision of chemical products and pulse varieties for use in field trials is also gratefully acknowledged and appreciated. |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop types | Grain Legume: Faba beans Grain Legume: Lentils Grain Legume: Lupins |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Demonstration |
| Trial design | Unreplicated |
| Sow rate or Target density | 24 plants/m2 |
|---|---|
| Sowing machinery |
Air seeder |
| Sow date | 3 June 2021 |
| Harvest date | 11 November 2021 |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Plot blocking | no blocking, demo only |
| Plot randomisation | Not specified |
| Fertiliser |
80 kg/ha MAP |
| Herbicide |
Throughout the growing season weeds were controlled as required in line with standard and local pulse management |
| Insecticide |
Throughout the growing season insects & pests were controlled as required in line with standard and local pulse management |
| Fungicide |
Throughout the growing season disease was controlled as required in line with standard and local pulse management |
| Pesticide |
Throughout the growing season insects & pests were controlled as required in line with standard and local pulse management |
| Other trial notes |
The paddock was pH mapped in 2018, then variable rate lime was applied and incorporated with delving |
| Sow rate or Target density | 120 plants/m2 |
|---|---|
| Sowing machinery | Not specified |
| Sow date | 3 June 2021 |
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Plot blocking | no blocking, demo only |
| Plot randomisation | no randomisation, demo only |
| Fertiliser |
as per best management practice |
| Herbicide |
Throughout the growing season weeds were controlled as required in line with standard and local pulse management |
| Insecticide |
Throughout the growing season insects & pests were controlled as required in line with standard and local pulse management |
| Fungicide |
Throughout the growing season disease was controlled as required in line with standard and local pulse management |
| Pesticide |
Throughout the growing season insects & pests were controlled as required in line with standard and local pulse management |
| Other trial notes |
The paddock was pH mapped in 2018, then variable rate lime was applied and incorporated with delving |
| Sow rate or Target density | 60 plants/m2 |
|---|---|
| Sowing machinery | Not specified |
| Sow date | 3 June 2021 |
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Plot blocking | no blocking, demo only |
| Plot randomisation | no randomisation, demo only |
| Fertiliser |
as per best management practice |
| Herbicide |
Throughout the growing season weeds were controlled as required in line with standard and local pulse management |
| Insecticide |
Throughout the growing season insects & pests were controlled as required in line with standard and local pulse management |
| Fungicide |
Throughout the growing season disease was controlled as required in line with standard and local pulse management |
| Pesticide |
Throughout the growing season insects & pests were controlled as required in line with standard and local pulse management |
| Other trial notes |
The paddock was pH mapped in 2018, then variable rate lime was applied and incorporated with delving |
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