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| Researcher(s) |
Daniel Johnston Lance Maphosa Tony Napier Aaron Preston Mark Richards |
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| Year(s) | 2020 |
| Contributor | Department of Primary Industries NSW |
| Trial location(s) |
Leeton, NSW
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| Further information | View external link |
An irrigated faba bean experiment was established at Leeton Field Station in 2020 to determine the effect of sowing time and irrigation on four varieties of faba bean in southern NSW.
• Irrigating faba bean on a border check layout significantly increased grain yield for all sowing dates (24 April, 15 May and 5 June).
• Sowing date affected grain yield under both irrigated and non-irrigated treatments. Delayed sowing after 24 April resulted in reduced grain yields for both dryland and irrigated treatments.
• An irrigation efficiency of 1.51 t/ML was achieved with faba bean when sown on 24 April. Any delay in sowing after 24 April resulted in reduced irrigation efficiency.
• Sowing on 24 April resulted in a header yield of 6.86 t/ha averaged across all varieties when irrigated.
• In the irrigated treatment, PBA NasmaA achieved the highest grain yield of 5.73 t/ha when averaged across sowing dates.
| Lead research organisation | N/A |
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| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | GRDC BLG118 |
| Trial funding source | DPI NSW |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
This research is part of the ‘Matching adapted pulse genotypes with soil and climate to maximise yield and profit, with manageable risk in Australian cropping systems’ project, BLG118, 2020–22, a joint investment by GRDC and NSW DPI under the Grains Agronomy and Pathology Partnership (GAPP). |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Grain Legume: Faba beans |
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| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Randomised,Replicated |
| Sow date | Please see report for treatment details |
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| Harvest date | • Hand harvest, 23 October to 17 November 2020 • All plots were machine harvested on 7 Dec |
| Trial design method | SPD Split Plot Design |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | 3 |
| Plot randomisation | Y |
| Fertiliser |
Starter fertiliser: 120 kg/ha Utiliser pulse mix (nitrogen [N]: 7.48, phosphorus [P]: 17.64, potassium [K]: 6.24, calcium [Ca]: 6 4, zinc [Z]: 0.32) |
| Herbicide |
2.0 L/ha Rifle® 440 (440 g/L pendimethalin) • 1.2 kg/ha Terbyne® Xtreme (875 g/L terbuthylazine) • 1.6 L/ha Avadex® Xtra (500 g/L tri-allate) • 0.1 L/ha Verdict® 520 (520 g/L haloxyfop), first sowing date only • 0.4 L/ha Status® (240 g/L clethodim), all sowing dates • 0.19 mL/ha Leopard® (200 g/L quizalofop-p-ethyl), second and third sowing date only |
| Fungicide |
• 600 mL/ha Aviator® Xpro® (150 g/L prothioconazole and 75 g/L bixafen) • 1.0 L/ha Veritas® (200 g/L tebuconazole and 120 g/L azoxystrobin) • 2.2 kg/ha Dithane® (750 g/kg mancozeb), 3 July and 23 July • 1.8 L/ha Cheers® 720 (720 g/L chlorothalonil), 17 August, 4 September, 20 October and 29 October |
| Other trial notes |
This research paper is an extract from the publication Southern NSW Research Results 2021, available at |
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