Faba beans trials

To determine if the risk to frost damage is similar across a range of break crops in a high risk zone. 

To determine if the risk to frost damage is similar across a range of break crops in a moderate risk zone. 

• To evaluate the benefit of yield and pod development from the introduction of bees and the management of the pollination process.

• To demonstrate the effect of crop canopy densities on pollination.

To investigate the merit of fodder crops in the crop rotation, with particular interest in weed control, nitrogen and gross margin.

• To assess the yield response using honey bees for pollination in dryland faba beans.

To give an indication of performance at different parts of the island.

To report on the Stanton's “current strategy to set up a rotation of liming approximately one fifth of the total land base or about 300ha per year to assist in budgeting".

This was the second year of a three-year trial, funded by the South Australian Grains Industry Trust (SAGIT), to evaluate the nitrogen fixation capabilities of various legume species commonly grown on Kangaroo Island.

In this second year, the trial was set up to answer the following questions:

• Which of the four legume species had fixed the most nitrogen (N) in the 2016 season?
• How much N did these legume crops fix?
• How much of the N fixed by the legume was utilised by the following crop? Concurrently, how much N was lost through leaching or denitrification?

The aim of this trial was to to compare commercial faba bean rhizobia inoculant with new acid tolerant strains from SARDI and the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD), WA.

To discuss abiotic stresses of cool season pulses in Australia.

To discuss disease issues with pulse-on-pulse cropping.

To investigate new faba bean varieties.

To develop and release faba bean varieties that are resistant to both ascochyta blight and chocolate spot, flower early and produce high yields in the drier areas of southern Australia such as the Mallee.

To conduct a faba bean variety evaluation.

To compare the performance of current and potential new faba bean varieties under low rainfall Mallee conditions

To compare the performance of current and potential new faba bean varieties in Victoria.

To determine the optimum time of windrowing for faba beans and compare this practice to direct heading.

To discuss the BCG Farming Systems 2000 season.

To link financial management to the environmental and production aspects of a variety of farming systems in south eastern Australia.

To intriduce Fiesta VF (formerly Acc 483) - a new variety of faba bean for release in 1998.

To investigate the effectiveness of applying a range of fungicides, both with and without stickers, at two different application times on two varieties of beans - Fiesta VF and Aquadulce.

To discuss grain legume harvesting and way to reduce losses from grain harvesting.

To evaluate commercial and new pulse (grain legume) cultivars on sandy, calcareous soils, in terms of both the crop performance and its benefit in a rotation.

To provide a gross margin calculation method for 1994.

To raise the awareness of the carry-over or residual effect in alkaline soils of some herbicides on the following crop and show the visual phyto-toxic effects of these herbicides.

• To observe the control of legumes and oilseeds of treatments normally used in cerealy crops applied pre-sowing and early post emergent.
• To observe the crop effect of a range of products over a range of crops applied post sowing pre-emergent and applied early post emergent.

• To compare a number of herbicides and herbicide mixes to control broadleaf weeds in a variety of legume and canola crops.
• To compare a number of herbicides and herbicide mixes to control broadleaf weeds in a variety of legume and canola crops before sowing another crop.

To determine whether crop growth and yield responses are likely from inoculating legumes on alkaline clay-loams in the Southern Mallee.

To determine whether highly zinc responsive crops such as faba beans and lentils would respond to additional zinc when grown on a paddock which has had a good zinc history.

To provide results of a legume herbicide tolerance trial.

To provide information about three crop types (production notes) grown in the Southern Mallee and Northern Wimmera: barley, lentils and faba beans.

To discuss nutrient strategies for 1995.

To discuss optimising phosphorus fertiliser rates.

To identify the critical P fertiliser rates for a broad range of crops on different soil types in the southern Mallee and northern Wimmera. This trial was also undertaken in 1999.

To investigate phosphorus use efficiency in six crop types - barley, wheat, canola, lentils, faba beans and field peas. This is the third year of this BCG research.

To discuss practical disease management issues in puluse crops.

To release high yielding and disease resistant field pea, chickpea, lentil and faba bean varieties which meet required quality standards through selection of varieties specifically suited to the soils and climate of the southern mallee region.

To look at the carry-over effects and symptoms of Group B and C herbicides on different crop types.

To determine tolerance, resistance and management strategies for root lesion nematode.

To investigate row spacing and sowing rates on crop yield and quality.

To report on variety descriptions and characteristics.

To report on a grower experience of growing pulse crops in NSW.

To investigate the yield potential of several pulse crops. 

To investigate pulse crops for Central Western NSW.

To provide information about the reliability of pulse crops in central NSW.

To better understand the efficacy and crop safety of broadleaf herbicide options for faba bean crops grown on sandy soils in Western Australia, focusing on new varieties; PBA Amberley and PBA Bendoc.

We aim to determine if faba beans in the high rainfall zone respond to high rates of phosphorus, in-crop nitrogen and/or a complete/intensive nutritional and disease management package.

We aim to determine if faba beans in higher rainfall zone respond to high rates of phosphorus, in-crop nitrogen and/or a complete/intensive nutritional and disease management package.

Demonstrate the effectiveness of different fungicide timing options on chocolate spot management and evaluate a new spray decision support tool.