Effects of a range of seeding systems on lupin establishment and yield under minimum soil disturbance and maximum stubble retention conditions in Western Australia
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1997
Journal Title
Agricultural Engineering Australia
ISSN
0044-6807
Abstract
Inappropriate lupin seedbed management and the poor placement of seed-fertilizer under cereal stubble residue in relation to soil and moisture are major causes of variable lupin establishment, weed and disease control problems and low lupin production. During 1995, a large range of seeding machines (including stubble incorporators, no-till discs and tined seeders) were tested over 9 soil types and districts in the Northern and Central Agricultural Regions of Western Australia. The tined seeders had different row spacings, harrows or press wheels and deeper cultivation or deep banding of fertilizers. Plant emergence, seeding depth, visual rating and yield were measured on each experiment site. The most reliable seeding system during 1995 was a tined seeder that can deep cultivate and place the fertilizer below the seed on wide row spacing (for stubble handling), with a separate seed placing tine to ensure accurate seed placement and with rotary harrows for seed coverage and herbicide incorporation.
Recommended Citation
Amjad, M,
Green, A,
Riethmuller, G,
and
Jarvis, R.
(1997), Effects of a range of seeding systems on lupin establishment and yield under minimum soil disturbance and maximum stubble retention conditions in Western Australia. Agricultural Engineering Australia, 26 (2), 15-18.
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