Barley Waterlogging Damage: What can we learn?

2021

Research organisaton
Funding source

Trial details

Researcher(s) Nick Poole
Darcy Warren
Year(s) 2021
Contributor Field Applied Research (FAR) Australia
Trial location(s) Gnarwarre, VIC
Barley Waterlogging Damage: What can we learn? locations
Aims

What can we learn from Barley Waterlogging damage?

Key messages

Barley Waterlogging Damage: What can we learn?
 Water logging during late stem elongation (the critical period) reduced grain number significantly in early sown Planet barley and severe stress resulted in complete crop failure.
 6 row slower developing winter barley had more viable stems and more grains per spike making recovery better from waterlogging.
 6 row winter barley achieved 9.9t/ha in the absence of significant water logging and 3.1t/ha under severe water logging stress.
 RGT Planet yielded 7.8t/ha in the absence of significant water logging and 0.3t/ha under severe water logging stress.
 Apart from sowing earlier and using slower developing genetics, there was little evidence of genetic differences in field waterlogging tolerance.
 Water logging was more detrimental to barley than wheat on site.
 Little evidence to suggest more N recovered yield from water logging and/or later sowing, the lowest N treatment (10 units of N) yielded 5.65, 50 Units of N yielded 7.11 and the highest N treatment (290 units of N) yielded 6.32t/ha.

Lead research organisation Field Applied Research (FAR) Australia
Host research organisation N/A
Trial funding source GRDC FAR2004-002SAX
Related program FAR Hyper Yielding Crops 2020-2022
Acknowledgments N/A
Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop type Cereal (Grain): Barley
Treatment type(s)
  • Crop: Variety
  • Adverse Effects Management: Waterlogging
  • Fertiliser: Rate
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Randomised,Replicated,Blocked

Gnarwarre 2021

Sow date Multiple - please see report
Harvest date Unknown
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
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Trial source data and summary not available
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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Not specified
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Gnarwarre, VIC Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Gnarwarre, VIC 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.

Gnarwarre VIC

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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 report and links

2021 trial report



Trial last modified: 14-03-2023 08:46am AEST