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| Researcher(s) |
Rohan Brill Ben O'Brien |
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| Contact email | rohan@brillag.com.au |
| Contact phone | 0488250489 |
| Year(s) | 2025 |
| Contributor | Brill Ag |
| Trial location(s) |
Site, NSW
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The aim to this trial is to determine how different phosphorus application rates and placement methods affect the establishments, biomass and grain yield of Faba Beans and Chickpeas.
• Faba beans were unresponsive to phosphorus with neither rate nor placement having an effect on crop establishment, biomass or grain yield.
• Chickpeas were also unresponsive to phosphorus rate and placement with inconsistent effects on crop establishment, biomass and grain yield.
| Lead research organisation |
Brill Ag |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation |
Brill Ag |
| Trial funding source | GRDC BRA2105-001RTX |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
We gratefully acknowledge the investment support of the GRDC for BRA2105-001RTX, ‘Development and extension to close the economic yield gap and maximise farming systems benefits from grain legume production in New South Wales’. |
| Other trial partners | Rit & Jes McKay, ‘North Winnabri’, Warren. |
| Crop types | Grain Legume: Faba beans Grain Legume: Chickpeas |
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| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Unknown |
| Sow rate or Target density | 36-39 plants/m2 |
|---|---|
| Sowing machinery |
Knife point press wheel |
| Sow date | SD1: 14 April 2025; SD2: 8 May 2025; SD3 30 May 2025 |
| Harvest date | 24 October 2025 |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Sow rate or Target density | 36-45 plants/m2 |
|---|---|
| Sowing machinery |
Knife point press wheel |
| Sow date | SD1: 14 April 2025; SD2: 8 May 2025; SD3: 30 May 2025 |
| Harvest date | 6 November 2025 |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
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