| Researcher(s) |
Hari Dadu Tara Garrard Grant Hollaway Julian Taylor |
|---|---|
| Contact phone | 0343443111 |
| Year(s) | 2023 |
| Contributor | Agriculture Victoria |
| Trial location(s) |
Wallup (MRZ), VIC
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| Related trials |
To determine the impact of inoculum loads of STB on wheat grain yield and quality.
Stubble management was found to be an important strategy to manage STB risk but in-crop disease severity was related to in season rainfall which aids in dispersal of pycnidiospores from lesions.
| Lead research organisation |
Agriculture Victoria |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation |
Agriculture Victoria |
| Trial funding source | GRDC DJP2104_004RTX |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
This research was co-invested by the Victorian Government (Agriculture Victoria) and GRDC through the ‘Epidemiology of Septoria Tritici Blotch in the low and medium rainfall zones of the Southern region to inform IDM strategies’ (DJPR2104_004RTX). Thanks to Agriculture Victoria’s field crops pathology team Horsham for technical and continued support in trial management. Thanks also to our research collaborators Drs Mark Mclean (Project Platypus), Andrew Milgate (NSW DPI), Julian Taylor (University of Adelaide) and Tara Garrard (SARDI) for their scientific inputs. |
| Other trial partners | Birchip Cropping Group (BCG) |
| Crop type | Cereal (Grain): Wheat |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Randomised,Replicated,Blocked |
| Sow rate or Target density | 150 plants/m2 |
|---|---|
| Sowing machinery |
Knife points, press wheels, 30cm row spacing |
| Sow date | 2 May 2023 |
| Harvest date | 17 December 2023 |
| Trial design method | RCBD Randomised Complete Block Design |
| Plot size | 2m x 12m |
| Plot replication | 6 |
| Psuedoreplication | N |
| Plot blocking | Ranges |
| Plot randomisation | Y |
| Fertiliser |
MAP and Urea applied to achieve 4 t/ha grain yield. |
| Fungicide |
Seed treatment : Jockey Stayer® (Fluquinconazole 167g/L at the rate of 300 mL/100 Kg seed) Foliar application at Z31 : Soprano® (Epoxiconazole 500 g/L at the rate of 125 mL/ha) Foliar application at Z39 : Elatus Ace® (Benzovindiflupyr 40g/L + Propiconazole 250 g/L at the rate of 500 mL/ha) Hart (MRZ) 2023 |
| Rainfall avg ann (mm) | 373mm |
|---|---|
| Rainfall avg gsr (mm) | 286mm |
| Rainfall trial total (mm) | 308mm |
| Rainfall trial gsr (mm) | 231mm |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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