The effect of foliar applications was tested in the 2016 wheat season on three locations summer rainfall areas of South Africa:
Site 1: Dryland – Bethlehem (Meets)
Site 2: Dry land – Bethlehem (N3 area)
Site 3: Irrigation – Lichtenburg (Midway silo area).
It was plannedto include a site in Natal and a further location near Lichtenburg. The trials did not produce results due to equipment breakage and hail damage (100%) unfortunately.
Trial blocks were measured in commercial wheat plantings in which treatments were applied. Treatments were repeated 8 times.
The Crofft treatment was applied at 300 ml / ha with a calibrated knapsack on tillering of vegetation, while control sites received no treatment.
For more information please contact Wessel Cloete at wessel@goldsuite.com.au or Kevin Boekestein at kevin@goldsuite.com.au
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| Results / m² | |||||
| Treatment | Plants | Ears | Biomass (g) | Yield | % Increase |
| Control | 51 | 235 | 1170 | 3.095 | |
| Crofft | 57 | 283 | 1369 | 3.69 | 16.1 |
| Average | 54 | 259 | 1269.5 | 3.393 |
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| Site 2 | |||||
| Results / m² | |||||
| Treatment | Plants | Ears | Biomass (g) | Yield | % Increase |
| Control | 69 | 310 | 1213 | 3.725 | |
| Crofft | 66 | 352 | 1584 | 4.206 | 11.5 |
| Average | 67.5 | 331 | 1399 | 3.966 |
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| Site 3 – Irrigation | |||||
| Results / m² | |||||
| Treatment | Plants | Ears | Biomass (g) | Yield | % Increase |
| Control | 177 | 625 | 1816 | 5.735 | |
| Crofft | 184 | 654 | 2059 | 6.544 | 12.4 |
| Average | 180.5 | 639.5 | 1937.5 | 6.14 |
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