Field peas trials

To evaluate yields and quality of new and existing field pea varieties.

To evaluate yields and quality of new and existing field pea varieties.

To evaluate new and existing field pea varieties.

To assess the potential of the new Field Pea variety Kaspa against established varieties.

To conduct a field pea variety evaluation.

To address the issue of adequate disease control that impacted the profitability of field pea crops grown
in medium rainfall zones.

To evaluate new and existing field pea varieties.

To discuss alternative options to increase organic matter; improve soil properties and provide additional non-chemical control options for weed management, whilst providing a break crop effect.

To evaluate different sequences of pulses and canola after soil amelioration when transitioning into cereal cropping to capture maximum benefit from amelioration.

To evaluate the rotational benefit of different sequences of pulses and canola after soil amelioration when transitioning back into cereal cropping following amelioration.

This project set out to contribute to an understanding of legume agronomic and financial management in the Esperance Port Zone in an effort to support the decision-making process undertaken by growers in deciding the best crop sequence for their farms, including which break crop best suits their needs.

This project aims to:

1. Contribute to the agronomic understanding of best practice pulse agronomy in the EPZ.
2. Contribute to the financial decision-making process undertaken by growers in deciding the best crop sequence for their farms, including which break crop is the best option to suit their needs.

This research determines to assess the benefits (economic and environmental) of a green manure phase under current cropping systems in areas with a poor nutritional status. 

To evaluate crop types and incorporation techniques to rejuvenate poor performing soils using a green manure phase, as well as to identify and evaluate the potential longevity of benefits on a heavy loam soil in Mullewa, Western Australia over five years.

To investigate the suitability and profitability of alternative legume crops in the Western Region.
 

To compare three legume crops in farmer scale seeding strip trials at three locations in the Albany Port Zone. Demonstrations will compare several legume crops in different soil types in different micro-environments. The same trial sites will be monitored in 2019 to determine the effects (positive or negative) of the legume break crop on the subsequent barley/wheat crop and soil nitrogen status. The legume demonstration trials will provide growers with current agronomic information for pulses/legumes as a break crop in farming systems for the Albany Port Zone. Information from both the legume demonstration and effect on the subsequent crop will complement the Crop Sequence Calculator Workshops to be run concurrently by Farmanco.  

To test whether disturbance seeding systems overcome water repellence in non-wetting gravels and other soil health issues over time.

To discuss benefits and practicalities of individual growers weed management tactics; and to assist others to decide if adopting similar methods would be beneficial on their property.

To demonstrate the profitability of alternative grain legume crops across the Western Region.

To conduct a field pea variety trial.

To conduct a field pea variety trial.

To evaluate whether Apron XL improves crop establishment, root development and yields in field pea crops by protecting seedlings against the early effects of root diseases.

To evaluate whether Apron XL improves yield in field pea crops.

To examine the difference in profitability between low and high input cropping practices over an extended period of time.

To examine the difference in profitability between low and high input cropping practices over an extended period of time and to determine the effect these practices are having on soil carbon.

To examine the difference in profitability between low and high input cropping practices over an extended period of time and to determine the effect these practices are having on soil carbon.

Veggie mix is a product formulated by nutrian specifically for use in horticulture. This trial aimed to mimic results acheived for fruiting in vegetable crops across into brassica broadacre crops.

• To compare the yield of the new Albus lupin Andromeda with Kiev Mutant in a low rainfall area.
• To compare the performance of Kaspa field pea with the trailing types in a low rainfall area.

To investigate the suitability and profitability of alternative legume crops in the Western Region.

In these trials Corrigin Farm Improvement Group aimed to test the benefits of growing crops on chemical fallowed soil. The trials specifically compared which crop species were most profitable under a chemical fallowing regime. In season 2013 barley was most profitable and in 2014 albus lupins were the most profitable crop grown on chemical fallow.

This project was designed to test the relative benefit of chemical fallow with a range of different crop types. The trials compared different crop types on chemical fallow with the aim to identify which crop is likely to produce the highest return. The trials was a joint effort with Pulse Australia with the aim also to demonstrate and test pulse species in the Corrigin district.

To investigate the suitability and profitability of alternative legume crops in the Western Region.

This was a small trial in which alternative break crops were sown into a deep sand.

The aim of this project was to work with growers to maximise harvester throughput capacity with acceptable losses in the Western region and compare data to that collected in 2022.

The goal of the project was for grain growers in the Western Region to understand the current level of grain losses (tonnes and cost) from harvesters, for all of the major grain crops in Western Australia and understand where these losses occur. Growers will be able to calculate acceptable losses irrespective of varying yield levels.

To determine the effect of different cropping sequences to continuous cropping.

These trials evaluated the effects sowing time and sowing rate on grain yield of field pea, faba bean, lupin and chickpea at Yalla-Y-Poora.

Our aim was to test different manufacturers’ products to see how granules preform against the traditional peat product in different soil types and climatic zones, and to find an optimal rate of product application for effective nodulation.

To compare two new field pea varieties (Parafield and Kaspa) to Dundale.

To investigate the adaptability of a range of field pea varieties to varying sowing dates, crop topping and disease control.

To investigate the effect of chocolate spot and rust management strategies across a range of faba bean varieties.

To investigate a range of management options across the latest varieties and potential new releases in field pea.
 

• To investigate the adaptability of a range of field pea varieties to varying sowing dates, crop topping and disease control.

To evaluate fungicide strategies to manage blackspot in field pea in the low rainfall Mallee environment. 
 

To identify Pulse Breeding Australia (PBA) field pea genotypes which may offer yield improvements over current varieties grown in the low rainfall northern Mallee environment. 

To investigate the effectiveness of BTH (benzothiadiazole) to increase a crops resilience to disease.

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 improve the yield potential, adaptation and grain quality of field pea in southern Australia by breeding superior varieties for growers.

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 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 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.