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2014 Wongan Hills nitrogen rate trial

Timing of nitrogen in low rainfall canola, Wongan Hills 2014 trial report

20 January 2016

In general, as long as nitrogen is applied within eight weeks of sowing, there is no yield penalty.

Canola

Timing of nitrogen in low rainfall canola, Dalwallinu 2013 trial report

20 January 2016

In general, as long as nitrogen is applied within eight weeks of sowing, there is no yield penalty.

DAFWA Research Officer Bob French and Sally Sprigg in Merredin nitrogen trial

Timing of nitrogen in low rainfall canola, Merredin 2014 trial report

21 January 2016

In general, as long as nitrogen is applied within eight weeks of sowing, there is no yield penalty. 

Salmon Gums nitrogen trial

Timing of nitrogen in low rainfall canola, Salmon Gums 2014 trial report

27 January 2016

In general, as long as nitrogen is applied within eight weeks of sowing, there is no yield penalty.

2014 Cunderdin Nitrogen trial 14NO17 being seeded

Timing of nitrogen in low rainfall canola, Cunderdin 2014 trial report

20 January 2016

In general, as long as nitrogen is applied within eight weeks of sowing, there is no yield penalty.

Sturt TT Canola at Chapman Valley nitrogen rate trial

Timing of nitrogen in low rainfall canola, Chapman Valley 2014 trial report

20 January 2016

In general, as long as nitrogen is applied within eight weeks of sowing, there is no yield penalty.

Research Officer Sally Sprigg in Buntine nitrogen trial

Timing of nitrogen in low rainfall canola, Buntine 2014 trial report

20 January 2016

In general, as long as nitrogen is applied within eight weeks of sowing, there is no yield penalty.

DAFWA Research officers Mark Seymour and Raj Malik

Splitting of nitrogen in medium-high rainfall canola, Esperance 2015 trial report

28 January 2016

In general, as long as nitrogen is applied within eight weeks of sowing, there is no yield penalty.

Research Officer Raj Malik in Gibson’s Nitrogen trial

Timing of nitrogen for canola grown in the high rainfall areas of WA, Gibson 2014 trial report

29 January 2016

Previous experience with canola has found there is no yield penalty if nitrogen is applied within eight weeks of sowing and most farmers aim to apply nitrogen within this timeframe.

Salmon gums plant density trial, 2014

Plant density in low rainfall canola, Salmon Gums 2014 trial report

28 January 2016

Canola is now being grown in low rainfall areas. Primarily farmers choose open pollinated TT varieties.

vegetative canola

Can agronomy overcome the yield penalty of retained (F2) hybrid TT canola in the low rainfall zone? Ballidu, 2015 trial report

5 April 2016

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Merredin trial site

Can agronomy overcome yield penalty of retained (F2) hybrid TT canola in the low rainfall zone? Merredin 2015 trial report

6 April 2016

In the trial series at Grass Patch, Ballidu, Merredin and Holt Rock, the highest grain yields, oil and gross margins were from the open pollinated variety, so growers should continue to use open po

Canola trial at Eradu

Canola establishment: seed depth and size, hybrid versus OP, Eradu 2016 (16GE01) trial report

24 January 2017

Even when sowing in April into drying soil, sowing canola at 1cm produced higher establishment than sowing at 3cm or 7cm.

DPIRD Researcher Martin Harries inspecting plots desiccated at different times.

Chickpea crop-topping is not an option for controlling late emerging weeds, Mingenew 2017 trial report

9 January 2018

Yield of chickpea crop-topped at the right time to control weed seed set was 59% of the unsprayed control.

Lupin pods ready for incubator treatments to simulate rainfall on mature plants

Lupin; pre-harvest rain reduces seed quality, Geraldton 2017 trial report

9 January 2018

40% lower germination was measured from seed of plants exposed to wetting and drying at maturity.

Canola yield and heat stress

Canola yield and heat stress in the northern agricultural region 2017 trial report

20 February 2018

Yield was highest from earlier sown plants; mid-May sown plants yielded only 18% of those sown in mid-April.

DPIRD researcher Martin Harries measuring yield loss after harvest

Lupins; delayed harvest and yield loss, Eradu 2017 trial report

9 January 2018

Lupins should be harvested as soon as they are mature to minimise significant yield loss.

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Carbon farming management options in Western Australia

13 November 2013

The aim of carbon farming is to sequester more carbon and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as part of Australia's response to climate change.

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