| Date/Datum |
February 2000 |
| Product/Produk |
Yield-Plus |
| Crop/Oes |
Type/Tipe |
Canola |
| Variety/Varieteit |
Monty |
| Locale/Plek |
Skoonspruit, Moorreesburg, R.S.A. |
Rainfall/
Reenval |
Winter/
Winter |
ü |
Summer/
Somer |
|
Ave.
mm pa/
Gem. mm pj |
|
Soil quality/
Grond gehalte |
Excellent/
Uitstekend |
|
Good/
Goed |
ü |
Medium/
Gemiddeld |
|
Poor/
Arm |
|
Normal weather conditions/
Gewone weerstoestande |
Moderate, wet winters
Hot, dry summers |
Test period weather
conditions other than normal/
Toets periode weersomstandighede buitengewoon |
Very good rainfall and all-round
good conditions |
| Cooperator/Samewerker |
Mr E Dippenaar |
| Type of trial/Proeftipe |
Commercial field |
Experimental design/
Proefnemings ontwerp |
2 plots of 10ha treated with Yield
Plus
1 plotof 10ha control |
| Treatments/Behandelinge |
500ml Yield Plus sprayed 30 days
post emergence on two 10ha plots |
Applications/
Toedienings |
Qty/Hoeveelheid |
One |
| Form/Vorm |
Tractor spray |
| Counts/Tellings |
Yield at harvest |
| Results/Uitslae |
| |
|
Treated
|
Treated
|
| |
Control
|
Plot
1
|
Plot
2
|
Yield (t/ha)
|
1.2
|
1.7
|
1.72
|
Increase
|
--
|
41.7%
|
43.3%
|
|
| Conclusion/Gevolgtrekking |
The Yield Plus treated canola
produced a significantly higher yield |
Special comments/
Spesiale opmerkings |
Mr Dippenaar also noticed:
• increased root structure, especially
feeder roots on treated plants
• more and bigger leaves
• more pods which matured earlier than on
the untreated plants |
| Notes/Notas |
|