| Researcher(s) |
Sajitha Biju Sigfredo Fuentes Dorin Gupta |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2018 |
| Contributor | Riverine Plains |
| Trial location(s) |
Dookie, VIC
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The field trial aimed to investigate the role of silicon in mitigating drought stress in lentils by assessing the variations in infrared thermal canopy temperature (IRTc) and yield traits.
• Drought stress increased the infrared thermal canopy temperature (IRTc) for all lentil cultivars, while the addition of silicon significantly decreased the IRTc under drought stress.
• The lower IRTc in the silicon-treated plots may have been due to a silicon-mediated increase in plant water uptake under drought stress.
| Lead research organisation | N/A |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | GRDC |
| Trial funding source | UoM |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments | N/A |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Grain Legume: Lentils |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Randomised,Replicated,Blocked |
| Sow rate or Target density | 120 plants/m2 |
|---|---|
| Sowing machinery |
Hand sown at a sowing depth of 2.5cm |
| Sow date | May 2018 |
| Harvest date | December 2018 |
| Trial design method | SPD Split Plot Design |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | 3 |
| Plot randomisation | Y |
| Inoculant | Group F rhizobia (Rhizobium leguminosarum) |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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