| Researcher(s) |
Leah Daymond Andrew Wherrett |
|---|---|
| Contact email | admin@liebegroup.org.au |
| Year(s) | 2025 |
| Contributor | Liebe Group |
| Trial location(s) |
Nugadong, WA
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To understand and limit potential risks of sowing canola early. Specifically, does sowing deeper with higher press-wheel pressure reduce canola establishment and can the addition of soil wetter improve canola establishment under dry sowing conditions in April.
| Lead research organisation |
Living Farm |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | GRDC CSP2212-005RTX |
| Trial funding source | CSIRO |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
Thank you to the Cail family for hosting the site. This trial is part of the GRDC and CSIRO funded project ‘Reducing risks to canola establishment through an integrated understanding of genetics, management, and environment’ GRDC Project Code: CSP2212-005RTX. |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Oilseed: Canola |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Unknown |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sow rate or Target density | 3.3 kg/ha Regiment RR Canola |
|---|---|
| Sow date | 9 April 2025 |
| Harvest date | 3 November 2025 |
| Plot size | 10m x 2m |
| Plot replication | 4 |
| Fertiliser |
09/04/2025 Macro Pro Extra (with Impact) 100 kg/ha + Urea 60 kg/ha 17/06/2025 UAN 20 L/ha 03/07/2025 UAN 150 L/ha |
| Herbicide |
17/06/2025 Glyphosate 470 g/L Herbicide 0.5%/ha, Soyal phospholipids 490 g/L Herbicide 1.2 L/ha 12/09/2025 Glyphosate 470 g/L Herbicide 270 mL/ha |
| Insecticide |
01/08/2025 Gamma-cyhalothrin 150 g/L Insecticide 30 mL 01/10/2025 Gamma-cyhalothrin 150 g/L Insecticide 30 mL/ha |
| Fungicide |
01/08/2025 Bixafen 75 g/L + Prothioconazole 150 g/L Fungicide 500 mL/ha |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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