The effect of sowing date and irrigation management on faba bean – Leeton 2020

2020

Research organisaton
Funding sources

Trial details

Researcher(s) N/A
Year(s) 2020
Contributor Department of Primary Industries NSW
Trial location(s) Leeton, NSW
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The effect of sowing date and irrigation management on faba bean – Leeton 2020 locations
Aims

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.  

Key messages

• 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
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).
We would like to gratefully acknowledge the support of Michael Hately and Phil Armstrong for assistance with experiment management, field assessments and data collection.


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Method

Crop type Grain Legume: Faba beans
Treatment type(s)
  • Crop: Variety
  • Irrigation: Type
  • Sowing: Timing
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Randomised,Replicated

Leeton 2020

Sow date Varied. Please see report.
Harvest date Multiple- Please see report
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
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
https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/broadacre-crops/guides/publications/southern-nsw-research-results

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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Not specified
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Leeton, NSW Vertisol
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Leeton, NSW Sodosol
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.

Leeton NSW

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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: 09-06-2023 14:45pm AEST