Pulses in the Mallee - Jason Brand, Vic Dept

1. 2015 Pulse Varieties and
Agronomy Update - Mallee
Jason Brand, Peter Kennedy, Matt Rodda, DEPI-Horsham
Larn McMurray, SARDI – Clare
Jeff Paull, Uni Adel
Kristy Hobson, NSWDPI
Mick Lines*, formerly SARDI - Clare

2. Why grow them?
$ Economics
$ 1t/ha lentils = $600/ha profit (2014)
 Rotational Benefits
 Nitrogen (10-25kg/ha per t biomass for free)
 Disease break
 Weed control
 Important food source worldwide
 Healthy alternative to meat
 Cheap protein
 Gluten free

3. Lentils
New Greens (PBA Giant and PBA Greenfield)
 Large and medium
 Excellent vigour
 No pod drop issues
 Improved disease resistance
PBA HurricaneXT
 Tolerant to imazethapyr (same as PBAHeraldXT)
 Vigour and agronomic improvements cf. Herald
 High yields (>Nugget < Ace)
PBA Ace
PBA Bolt
 Likely increased area sown… but will prices hold?
 Herbicides – Residues
 Be prepared
Agronomy 2015
New Large red (PBA Jumbo2)
 High yield
 BGM and AB resistance
New Varieties

4. Lentils
Sowing Date at Curyo 2014
$500/ha

5. Novel Herbicide Tolerance in Lentil
Sulfonyl Urea Residues
at Curyo 2014
PBA HurricaneXT
PBA Flash

6. Lentils
Herbicide Tolerance at Curyo 2014
Herbicide Rate CIPAL1208 PBA Flash PBA HurricaneXT
Nil x0 0.83 0.95 1.20
Imazethapyr x4 0.54 0.00 0.96
Imazapyr x4 0.62 0.00 0.50
x0.125 0.47 0.26 1.10
x0.25 0.42 0.00 1.29
x0.5 0.53 0.00 1.48
x1 0.32 0.00 1.18
x0.125 0.47 0.18 0.93
x0.25 0.48 0.00 1.25
x0.5 0.37 0.00 1.16
x1 0.06 0.00 0.78
x0.125 0.69 0.79 1.15
x0.25 0.80 0.70 1.16
x0.5 0.71 0.30 1.01
x1 0.31 0.22 1.16
x0.125 1.06 1.02 1.44
x0.25 0.81 0.59 1.22
x0.5 0.54 0.52 1.25
x1 0.10 0.07 1.16
x0.125 0.84 1.06 1.06
x0.25 0.76 0.67 1.18
x0.5 0.19 0.51 0.26
x1 0.00 0.00 0.00
Chlorsulfuron_res
Chlorsulfuron_pspe
Metsulfuron-methyl
Triasulfuron
Clopyralid
Grain Yield (t/ha)

7. Lentils in the southern Mallee, 2011
Stubble research: The value of stubble
2011 – 36%
2012 – 38%
2013 – 58%
Grain Yield Improvements in SA

8. Field Peas
PBA Pearl
 High yielding white (high quality)
PBA Hayman
 Long Season forage
 Not for grain
PBA Wharton
 Early mid Kaspa type
 Improved disease package – Powdery mildew and viruses
PBA Coogee
 M-L season conventional dun
 For grain or forage
 Forage Peas – Fit for your system?
 Herbicides – Residues
 Markets – Competitive with other pulses???
Agronomy 2015
New Varieties

9. Field Peas
State NATIONAL NSW SA VIC WA
Variety
PBA Pearl 116 120 115 116 106
OZP1208 113 122 110 111 111
OZP1101 112 112 113 111 111
PBA Oura 109 117 107 109 103
PBA Wharton 108 113 105 113 105
PBA Percy 107 117 102 107 101
PBA Gunyah 106 109 103 104 109
Sturt 107 115 106 109 91
PBA Twilight 105 106 102 106 108
Yarrum 104 111 109 97 93
Morgan 100 100 100 104
Kaspa 100 100 100 100 100
PBA Coogee 97 110 94 103 77
Parafield 93 99 93 94 88
Maki 94 102 64 90 86
Excell 78 87 74 69 49
Kaspa (t/ha) 2.03 1.94 2.22 1.97 1.87

10. Field Peas
Forage Trials – Options for Brown/Green Manure/Hay
 Timing for hay cutting: 7-14 days after commencement of flowering (i.e. early
pod development).
 Varieties suited to hay production: PBA Hayman likely to be best option as it has
later flowering and pod set which allows maximum vegetative growth prior to
cutting, and extends hay cut timing into better (warmer and quicker) drying
conditions.
 PBA Coogee may not produce more biomass than Kaspa or Morgan at the early
pod stage.
 Vetch is potentially a better option for brown manuring if able to sow early,
 But peas will produce more biomass when sown later.

11. Faba Bean
 Markets – look good
 Diseases – Chocolate Spot, Cercospera… Watch for Rust
 Herbicides – Residues
PBA Samira
 High yielding >10% above Farah and PBA Rana (HRZ)
 Improved disease resistance
 Farah sized seed
Agronomy 2015
AF5095-1 (2016?)
 High yielding >10% above
Farah and PBA Rana (HRZ)
 Improved disease resistance
 Larger seed size
New Varieties

12. Faba Bean
Curyo - Row Spacing 2014
72cm (28’) 36cm (14’) 18cm (7’)

13. Curyo 2014
Faba Bean
$211/ha$303/ha
2013 = 2.8t/ha
$970/ha

14. Faba Bean
Brackling at Curyo 2013Frost at Curyo 2014Brackling at Curyo 2014

15. Chickpeas
Genesis Kalkee
 Kalbuli with larger seed size than Almaz and Kaniva
 MS to ascochyta blight
PBA Striker
 Low to medium rainfall adaption
PBA Maiden
 Larger seed size for whole seed market
PBA Monarch
 Kalbuli with larger seed size than Genesis 090
 Yields Similar to Genesis 090
 MS to ascochyta blight
 Continued drop in area sown…?
 Stored soil moisture important
 Kabuli v Desi?
 Prices will rebound… but when?
Agronomy 2015

16. Chickpeas
Grain yield and Gross margins at Curyo 2014

17. Chickpeas
Kabuli’s – Grain Size Distribution at Curyo 2014
LargerSeed Size Smaller

18. Acknowledgements
Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC) for financial support in partnership with DEDJTRVic,
SARDI and NSWDPI.
Pathology Support – Jenny Davidson, Rohan Kimber, Kurt Lindbeck, Helen Richardson.
Technical support – Jason Ellifson, Keisha Savage, Russel Argall (DEPI)
Pulse Australia – Mary Raynes
Commercial Partners – SeedNet and PBSeeds