Lentils trials

To shed some light on why cereals yielded so much better compared with pulse crops and canola in the southern Mallee in 2001.

To determine wether varietal differences in chickpea plant architecture effect their competitiveness with ryegrass.

To compare the performance of a range of pulse varieties and sowing dates in two contrasting soil types in North Central Victoria.

To compare the performance of a range of pulse varieties and sowing dates in two contrasting soil types in North Central Victoria.

To comment on crop varieties from this year.

Demonstrate lentil and vetch variety performance across variable soils

• To investigate the adaptability of a range of lentil varieties and variety mixes in a burnt stubble.
• This trial allows for comparison of varieties grown in the standing stubble on trial L14.

• To investigate the potential of new lentil varieties in the high rainfall zone of Victoria.

To determine benefits of various pulses compared to canola on plant available water content, mineral N content, and cereal yield. 

Multiple trials around the theme of improving and quantifying the benefit of pulses to subsequent crops. This will include comparisons of crop types in 2022, followed by cereal crops in 2023, and techniques to increase biomass (early sowing) and increase N fixation (rhizobia studies) 

Multiple trials around the theme of improving and quantifying the benefit of pulses to subsequent crops. This will include comparisons of crop types in 2022, followed by cereal crops in 2023, and techniques to increase biomass (early sowing) and increase N fixation (rhizobia studies) 

To investigate the effectiveness of metribuzin in the control of fumitory with the new metribuzin tolerant lentil GIA Metro

To investigate the effectiveness of metribuzin in the control of barrel medic with the new metribuzin tolerant lentil GIA Metro

To investigate the effectiveness of clopyralid in the control of fumitory with the new clopyralid tolerant lentil GIA Sire

To investigate the effectiveness of clopyralid in the control of barrel medic with the new clopyralid tolerant lentil GIA Sire

There are a range of machinery options that can provide different levels of lime incorporation such as spading. However, research to date on rotary spaders has shown soil/amendment mixing is not uniform due to the cyclical process, and the mixing quality reduces significantly at faster speed (Ucgul et al. 2019). This trial aimed to understand how the uniformity of soil-lime mixing by spading affected crop response and soil pH. 

To provide information about trends and costs in production.

To look at the potential benefits of applying additional nutrients as foliar sprays during the season, and we also investigated an alternative nutrient product called Hibrix.

Assess the response of faba bean and lentil to trace elements cross variable soil types within a paddock

To conudct the Machinery Challenge - a cost comparison of machinery usage in four different farming systems.

This experiment, which was part of a larger project based at Tamworth (BLG106), was conducted to determine the effect on chickpea and lentil crop development and grain yield from varying amounts of cereal surface residue (mimicking stubble load) and the resulting lower temperatures.

GRDC has funded a programme to address this issue and one of the projects within this programme is developing an improved understanding and implementation of management practices for brassica and pulse crops, pastures and other options to reduce the risk of crop failure and improve whole farm profitability in low rainfall south-east Australia.

To discuss TagTeam and JumpStart from Novozymes.

To investigate the suitability of some emerging and current varieties for the region.

To establish sound practices of managing sulphur over a medium term time frame (3 years) in both sand dune and clay loam swale environments

To investigate the effects of sowing various crops into different stubble management techniques: burnt, burnt and worked, mulched, slashed and standing.

To investigate if stubble/seeding direction and management (plus or minus stubble) effects lentil growth and yield

• To determine the suitability of lentils as a spring sown crop in the Hamilton district.
• To determine the most suitable varieties for the Hamilton district. 
   

To try and determine what is good practice for weed control whilst minimising the potential for drift.

To try and determine what is good practice for weed control whilst minimising the potential for drift. 

To investigate the effect of water rate and nozzle type on grass herbicide efficacy.

To investigate the effect of water rate and nozzle type on grass herbicide efficacy.

Assess the spatial response to post em moly application. Determine Mo critical values.

• To investigate the adaptability of a range of lentil varieties and variety mixes to varying sowing dates.

• To investigate the adaptability of a range of lentil varieties to varying sowing dates.

• To maximise yield of lentils by identifying superior varieties and optimising sowing date.

• To maximise yield of lentils by identifying superior varieties and optimising sowing date.

• To investigate the adaptability of a range of lentil varieties and variety mixes to varying sowing
  dates.

• To investigate the adaptability of a range of lentil varieties and variety mixes to varying sowing dates.

• To investigate the adaptability of a range of lentil varieties and variety mixes to varying sowing dates.

• To maximise yield of new lentil varieties through the identification of optimum variety and sowing dates.

• To maximise yield of new lentil varieties through the identification of optimum variety and sowing dates.

• To maximise yield of new lentil varieties through the identification of optimum sowing dates and
  stubble management strategies to aid in disease management and harvestability.

• To investigate the interaction between genotype, sowing date and stubble management on grain yield, disease and agronomic characteristics of lentil in low rainfall modern farming systems of southern Australia.

• To investigate the adaptability of a range of lentil varieties and breeding lines to wider row
  spacing’s sown inter-row in to standing stubble compared with conventional cropping systems
  (narrow row spacing with slashed stubble).
• The interaction sowing times is also compared.

• To investigate the adaptability of a range of lentil varieties and breeding lines to wider row
  spacing’s sown inter-row in to standing stubble compared with conventional cropping systems
  (narrow row spacing with slashed stubble).
• The interaction sowing times is also compared.

• To maximise yield of new lentil varieties through the identification of optimum sowing dates and
  disease management strategies.

• To maximise yield of new lentil varieties through the identification of optimum sowing dates and
  disease management strategies.

• To investigate the adaptability of a range of lentil varieties and variety mixes to varying sowing
  dates with and without disease management.

• To evaluate the optimum sowing density of new ‘high biomass’ lentil varieties alongside older varieties at two sowing dates.