| Researcher(s) |
Thomas Jones Yolanda Plowman |
|---|---|
| Contact email | yolanda.plowman@BCG.org.au |
| Year(s) | 2024 |
| Contributor | Birchip Cropping Group |
| Trial location(s) |
Nullawil, VIC
|
Determine the efficacy of different fungicide timings for controlling disease in barley grown in the Victorian Mallee over the 2024 season.
| Lead research organisation |
Birchip Cropping Group |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation |
Birchip Cropping Group |
| Trial funding source | GRDC BWD2303-002RTX |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
The research undertaken as part of this project has been made possible by the significant contributions of growers through both trial cooperation and the GRDC (BWD2303-002RTX); the authors would like to thank them for their continued support. BCG would like to acknowledge and thank Thomas Jones for his involvement, James Considine, from Nutrien Ag Berriwillock, and Rik Maatman, from Nutrien Ag Birchip, for their advice on product pricing and selection used in this trial, as well as Danny Conlan, from Dodgshun Medlin, and Matt Bissett, from Exceed Ag, for providing supplementary product pricing information. BCG sincerely thanks the Watts family for generously hosting the trial site at Nullawil and for their support throughout the project. |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Cereal (Grain): Barley |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Randomised,Replicated,Blocked |
| Sow rate or Target density | 130 plants/m² |
|---|---|
| Sowing machinery |
Knife points, press wheels, 30cm row spacing |
| Sow date | 22 May 2024 |
| Harvest date | 12 November 2024 |
| Trial design method | RCBD Randomised Complete Block Design |
| Plot size | 10m x 1.8m |
| Plot replication | 3 |
| Plot randomisation | Y |
| Fertiliser |
300kg/ha Urea |
| Herbicide |
Mateno Complete 750ml/ha |
| Insecticide |
Chlorpyrifos 400ml/ha |
| Fungicide |
Refer to the trial report for treatment details |
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