| Researcher(s) |
Harmohinder Dhammu Mark Seymour |
|---|---|
| Contact email | harmohinder.dhammu@dpird.wa.gov.au |
| Contact phone | 0403156942 |
| Year(s) | 2021 |
| Contributor | Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA |
| Trial location(s) |
Dalwallinu, WA, WA
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To compare two chickpea varieties for their competitiveness against broadleaf weeds and evaluate efficacy of new and old herbicides and herbicide mixtures for broadleaf weed control in chickpea.
| Lead research organisation |
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation |
Liebe Group |
| Trial funding source | GRDC DAW1903-004RTX |
| Trial funding source | DPIRD WA |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
Thanks to DPIRD/GRDC co-investment funding (DAW1903-004RTX) for this research work. Thanks to Liebe Group and Brad McIlroy for the trial site, DPIRD Research Facility Wongan Hills, and Salzar Rahman and David Nicholson Technical Officers, Northam, for their excellent technical assistance. Thanks to Karyn Reeves, Research Scientist/Biometrician for data analysis. |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Grain Legume: Chickpeas |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Randomised,Replicated |
| Sow rate or Target density | CBA Captain 140 kg/ha and Neelam 90 kg/ha and target density was 45 plants/m2. |
|---|---|
| Sowing machinery |
A cone-seeder fitted with knifepoints and press wheels was used for seeding chickpea at 5 cm depth |
| Sow date | 12 May 2021 |
| Harvest date | 29 November 2021 |
| Trial design method | SPD Split Plot Design |
| Plot size | 10m x 1.8m |
| Plot replication | 3 |
| Plot blocking | Yes |
| Plot randomisation | Y |
| Fertiliser |
Superphosphate 100kg/ha, (9.1P, 10.5S, 20.0Ca), applied at seeding |
| Herbicide |
Propyzamide 500 at 1 L/ha on 11/5/21 Clethodim (240g/L) 0.33L + buthroxydim (250g/kg) 180g/ha on 5/08/21 |
| Insecticide |
Alphacypermethrin (100g/L) at 0.16L/ha on 4/10/21 |
| Fungicide |
Chlorothalonil (720g/L) at 1.5L/ha on 8/6/21 |
| Seed treatment | The seed was treated with 200mL/100kg seed thiram (360g/L) + thiabendazole (200g/L). |
| Inoculant | TagTeam® inoculant (Group N) at 5 kg/ha was applied at sowing. |
| Rainfall avg ann (mm) | 299mm |
|---|---|
| Rainfall trial gsr (mm) | 529mm |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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