| Researcher(s) |
Branco Duric |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2020 |
| Contributor | Northern Grower Alliance |
| Trial location(s) |
Edgeroi, NSW
|
To evaluate the impact of header front adaptation on mungbean grain loss at harvest.
Total harvest grain losses were ~150 kg/ha. At a price of $1,000/ha, this represented a financial impact of ~$150/ha. The grain lossesconsisted of ~100 kg/ha as pods on the ground, ~55 kg/ha as individual grains on the ground with negligible losses as pods attached to stalks.The use of air assist in this situation had no impact on individual grains on the ground or pods attached to stalks. The use of air assist reducedtotal grain loss by ~40 kg/ha and pod loss on ground by ~31 kg/ha.In this situation, a potential crop yield of ~1.15 t/ha was reduced by ~0.15 t/ha in grain losses at the front of the header during harvest.
| Lead research organisation |
Northern Grower Alliance |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | GRDC NGA2009-001RTX |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments | N/A |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Grain Legume: Mung beans |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Randomised,Replicated,Blocked |
| Sow date | 20 January 2021 |
|---|---|
| Harvest date | 26 April 2021 |
| Plot size | 12m x 40m |
| Plot replication | 3 |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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