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Spring Malting Barley Seminar
Ciaran Hickey 22nd February 2016
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Yields of barley in Ireland are high….
FAOSTAT 2010
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…..but variable
CSO 2012
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1. Why are yields so variable?
2. Can we increase yields further and if so, how?
Research questions
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Yield = grain number x grain weight
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Spring barley monitoring
3 sites (Carlow, Wexford, Cork) 3 seasons (2011-2013) Variety: Quench Sowing date: mid-March to
early-April Seedrate: 350 seeds/m2 • N ≈ 135 kg/ha split @ tramlines visible and during tillering • Fungicides: pre-stem extension and ear emergence • Weed control, aphicide, P & K as required
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Yield data (average of all 3 sites)
2011 2012 2013
Grain Yield (t/ha) 9.9 7.9 7.5
Grain Number/m2 20,423 18,559 15,310
Grain weight (mg) 48.8 42.4 49.0
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Solar radiation Carlow 2011 Temperature drives development; solar radiation drives growth
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Temperature Carlow 2011
HGCA 2006
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Total biomass Carlow 2011
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Yield data (average of all 3 sites)
2011 2012 2013
Grain Yield (t/ha) 9.9 7.9 7.5
Grain Number/m2 20,423 18,559 15,310
Grain weight (mg) 48.8 42.4 49.0
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Low solar radiation in 2012
Grain Fill
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Low stem reserves (sugars) 2012
2012 2013
Average of all three sites 0.42 (t/ha) 1.13 (t/ha)
t/ha of sugar pre grain-filling
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Effects of fusarium/ear blight 2012
Across all sites… • 92% of ears • 2.7 grains/ear
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Sowing Date Plants/m-2 Shoot number/m2
Yield (t/ha)
Carlow 2013 20th March 200 664 5.49
Wexford 2013 3rd April 284 973 9.13
Cork 2013 4th April 247 870 7.85
Establishment 2013
Sowing rate: 350 seeds/m2
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Early sown crops are generally higher yielding – but wait for spring!
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Seed rate/m2 % establishment
Plant number/m2
Shoot number/m2
347 78 270 991
What is the optimum seed rate?
Across 3 sites and 3 seasons…..
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Is pushing grain number a sound strategy?
Will the extra grains abort?
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Shading after ear emergence
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No abortion of grains, mechanism doesn’t exist – growth buffered by stem reserves
Will higher grain numbers = smaller grains?
• Grain number generally doesn’t have a big influence on grain weight.
• Usually there is an excess of resource for grain filling
Effect of shading (2011 and 2012)
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40 seeds/m2 80 seeds/m2 1280 seeds/m2 160 seeds/m2 320 seeds/m2 640 seeds/m2
Carlow & Kilkenny 2013
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Crops can sustain high grain numbers How can a grower actually increase grain
number? Shoot number……..
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4 ton crops had 1000 to 1200 heads pre-harvest
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Path to increasing yield in barley
Weather variation = yield variation - consider issues over several seasons
Grain number determines yield Crops have the energy to sustain high grain numbers Shoot number has the most powerful influence on grain
number Early season development (pre stem-extension) crucial for
shoot number Optimum shoot number of 1000/m2 at harvest A seedrate of 350 seeds/m2 has achieved 1000 shoots/m2
(3 sites, 3 seasons) Future: high grains/ear in conjunction with high
shoots/m2???
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Acknowledgements
Shane Kennedy Supervision from John Spink (Teagasc) and Ian
Bingham (SRUC) Growers: George & Ken Williamson Wexford, Seamus
Kearney (DAFM) Cork, John Hogan (Teagasc) Carlow, Damien Fewer (Teagasc) and Elizabeth Hyland (DAFM) Kilkenny
Technical, student, admin. and other support.
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Optimum tillage soils - pH, P & K
Optimum 15%
Sub Optimal
85%
Good Overall Fertility - Tillage: Soil pH > 6.5; Soil P and K Index 3 or 4
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Soil pH Status in 2015 3600 tillage samples
35% of soils <5.5 to 6.2 Down 7%
45% > pH 6.5 Up 7%
Lime is essential for N, P & K availability
Lime a priority
>pH 6.5)
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Lime Usage in Ireland
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Phosphorus fertilizer application methods
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Effect of P on Rooting & Tillering
Very Low soil P fertility site (1.38 mg/L Morgan’s P)
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20kg/ha v 20kg/ha
Combine Drilled P fertiliser
Phosphorus fertiliser application method
Surface Broadcast P fertiliser
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y = -0.0016x2 + 0.1418x + 4.5898 R² = 0.8905
y = 4.43 +0.064x -0.0007x2 R² = 0.75
Figure 4. Spring barley grain yield response to P fertiliser rate and application method. Initial STP 1.38 mg/L Morgan’s P - Ballycarney site, medium soil, clonroche series, soil more responsive to P placement so a big response to P being combine drilled.
Figure 5. Spring barley grain yield response to P fertiliser rate and application method. Initial STP 2.36 mg/L Morgan’s P - Duncormick, a heavier soil with a higher yield
potential and a better capacity to supply P. - Both Sites are a very Low P index.
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y = 7.11+0.0635x-0.0007x2 R² = 0.83
y = 7.16+0.0183x -0.0001x2 R² = 0.44
Grain yield response to P fertiliser application methods
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1. Knowledge of the different soil types and their P dynamics would help to improve P advice and to target P fertiliser management appropriately.
2. Soil P testing is a good indicator of P availability and crop response to P fertiliser
3. In general the apparent P fertiliser recovery of surface broadcast P fertiliser was low (<20%). Placing P fertilisers close to or with the seed on low P fertility soils was the most efficient method of applying fertiliser P.
Conclusions
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Ploughing Wet land ??
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Break That Down ??
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It all starts with the ploughing !!
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Good ploughing makes all the difference !
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Working wet soil, how to make cloddy seedbeds !!!
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The soil does not forget !!
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Seed bed Consolidation, different to compaction !
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A Good Tilth
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Wait for the soil to come right , rather than the date !!
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How to avoid compaction, Don’t put it in !
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The seed went in, but ????
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‘’Well sown is Half Grown’’
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The Target !!
Thank you for your attention