Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
Trial location(s)
Mungindi, QLD
Aims
Can systems performance be improved by modifying farming systems in the northern grains region? | What are the trends that are expected and how will these changes impact on the performance and status of our farming systems?
Key messages
1. Summer break crops reduced levels of cereal soil-borne disease and allowed more even and higher yielding wheat crops in 2018, however they were the least profitable.
2. Root lesion nematodes continued to decline, even under susceptible crops due to the dry growing conditions of 2017 and 2018.
3. Higher nitrogen supply did not increase plant uptake or yield due to low in-crop rainfall, but this extra nitrogen is still available in the soil profile for following crops.
Lead research organisation
Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
Host research organisation
N/A
Trial funding source
GRDC DAQ00192
Related program
N/A
Acknowledgments
The team would like to thank the trial cooperator, local growers and consultants for their ongoing support and contribution to the
project. Thanks also to the Grains Research and Development Corporation and the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for funding the project (DAQ00192).
Trial source data and summary not available Check the trial
report PDF for trial results.
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.
Mungindi QLD
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.
