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Crop production in a rotation trial at Tarlee, South Australia
Level 1 General description
Purpose:
The purpose of this study was to monitor the long-term effect of intensive and traditional rotations on soil properties and crop production on a hard-setting red-brown earth at Tarlee, South Australia.
Methods (brief)
The experiment comprised of eight two-year wheat crop rotations in factorial combination with three stubble + tillage treatments on split plots with three different N application rates.
Key findings (brief)
The highest wheat yields were always in a rotation that included a grain legume or legume pasture.
Faba beans were the highest yielding grain legume, and the wheat-beans rotation (80 kg N/ha) exhibited the highest total grain production.
Location
Tarlee, 80 km north of Adelaide
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