Lentils 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 find crop species suitable to Kangaroo Island conditions, which were either:
• of higher value per tonne than currently grown milling wheat, or
• low yielding yet high value to reduce the per hectare freight cost.

The aim of this trial was to investigate alternative chemicals for the control of ryegrass in wheat; and in broadleaf crops, canola, lentil and field pea.

To investigate the effect of deep ripping and gypsum on root and plant growth of wheat, canola and lentils.

To compare varieties of canola, peola an lentils.

To raise awareness and highlight the importance of cleaning boomspray equipment properly after using SU herbicides.

To identify best management practices for the production of red lentils.

To answer the questions of whether applying a preventative spray regardless of conditions was good practice (i.e. does it help in controlling disease?) and was it cost effective?

To answer the questions of whether applying a preventative spray regardless of conditions was good practice (i.e. does it help in controlling disease?) and was it cost effective?

To answer the questions of whether applying a preventative spray regardless of conditions was good practice (i.e. does it help in controlling disease?) and was it cost effective?

To investigate best bet options for controlling medic prior to sowing lentils.

To assess the ryegrass control ability of crop rotation, in combination with pre- and post- emergent herbicides.

To discuss crop selection for the coming year.

To determine whether desiccation of lentils helps with harvestability.

To discuss a project involved in developing lentisl for profitability in Australia.

To test a new AgrEvo product on fieldpeas and lentisl for Ascochyta control activity.

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

• To assess the potential of lentils on light sandy soils in the Birchip area.
• To compare the grain yield of commercial lentil varieties at Birchip.
• To assess the effect of sowing time on grain yield.

To assess the potential of lentils in the Birchip area and compare the grain yield of commercial lentil varieties at Birchip.

To discuss the BCG Farming Systems 2000 season.

To compare the profitability of four different farming systems.

To report on the Farming Systems trial 2003.

To demonstrate a range of crop types and end-uses that could have a role in the low rainfall farming systems of the Mallee.

To help conventional (till) and no-till farmers appreciate the differences in management issues between the two establishment techniques and associated farming systems.

To investigate fungicide types and application timings to minimise the effect of foliar disease in lentils.

To demonstrate the yield and dry matter responses of field peas, lentils and chickpeas to the application of phosphorus and zine in the southern Mallee.

To demonstrate the grain yield and dry matter responses of field peas, lentils and chickpeas to the application of phosphorus and zinc in the southern Mallee.

To investigate the effect of grass herbicides on nodulation in legumes.

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 trial a number of herbicide treatments applied to field peas, chickpeas, lentils and lupins to determine effective weed control and their effects on the crops.

• 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 improve the management of grain crops in the Mallee region of Victoria using precision agricultural technology: and more specifically, to improve the understanding of the causes of spatial variability within a paddock and its interaction with seasonal conditions as this knowledge is regarded as essential to developing appropriate management strategies in precision agriculture.

To investigate the adaptability of a range of lentil and chickpea varieties and breeding lines to interrow sowing in wider row spacings than conventional cropping systems.

To test the effects of subsoil remediation on crop water use and yield.

To test the effects of subsoil remediation on crop water use and yield.

To demonstrate the effects on plant density, nodulation and yield from inoculating legume seed using the correct method, applying inoculum dry and sowing 7 days after inoculating seed.

To investigate inter row sowing and no-till.

To investigate inter row sowing and no-till.

To investigate inter row sowing and no-till.

To investigate inter row sowing and no-till.

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 assess the impact of rhizobial inoculation on the performance of four different legumes: chickpeas, lentils, faba beans and peas in the Victorian Wimmera.

To answer 'where do lentils fit into a rotation?'

To determine the best row spacing to optimise lentil production in the Southern Mallee.

To determine the best sowing rate to optimise lentil production in the Southern Mallee.

to comment on Botrytis or grey mould and compare it's action in Australia vs Canada.

To determine the effect of lentil yield of the four most commony used seed treatments.

To determine whether there are differences in herbicide tolerances between the four most commonly grown lentil varieties: Digger, Cobber, Northfield and Matilda.

To determine differences in herbicide tolerances between the four most commonly grown lentil varieties - the red types: Digger, Cobber, Northfield; and the green type: Matilda.