Horsham Long-term Agro-ecological Site
Details of LTAE experiments at Horsham
 | Location area: Horsham (Wimmera Research Station Dooen) | |
| SCRIME (Sustainable Cropping Rotations in Mediterranean Environments) | LR1 (Longerenong Rotation 1) | |
| Start date | 1998 | 1918 |
| Treatments Rotations/ crop sequences | 1. wheat - wheat - wheat (Control) 2. canola - wheat -pulse: (zero tillage) High fertiliser input 3. pulse - wheat - barley 4. vetch/fallow (Green Manure) - wheat - barley 5. pulse - wheat - pulse 6. canola - wheat - pulse 7. canola - wheat - pulse (conventional tillage) 8. lucerne-lucerne-lucerne/fallow- canola - wheat - pulse 9. green manure - canola - pulse - medic - wheat - barley 10. Fallow-wheat-chickpea Three-phase rotation, except T8 and 9, which are 6 phase rotations (compared with two 3 year phases). | 1. Continuous wheat 2. Wheat fallow 3. Medic – fallow – wheat 4. Barley – peas –wheat 5. Canola – peas –wheat 6. Canola – fallow –wheat 7. Oats – medic – fallow -wheat In 1998, the trial was split laterally into two “blocks”: The first (south bay) contains CCN resistant varieties whilst CCN susceptible varieties sown in the North bay. |
| Replicates | 3 | 1 |
| Plot size | 36 m x 14 m | 50 m x 14 m (split in half) |
| No plots | 56 | 32 |
| Soil Type | Vertosol Alkaline grey self mulching clay | Vertosol Alkaline grey self mulching clay |
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