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Agronomy of crops and pasturesIncitec Pivot at Lincoln University
Derrick Moot
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21 August 2017
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63% Mountain and hill countryPh
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13% Inland basinsPh
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Brown & Naish, GNS pers. Comm.
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High variability over short spaces
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The sediment load of Canterbury rivers is 10x the global average
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Soil water extraction - WakanuiPh
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0 10 20 30
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WakanuiLismore
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328 mm
Soil water extraction
Deep Wakanui soil has 200 mm more
available water
Moot et al. 2008
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Climate Explorer NIWA, 2010
Climate
Median rainfall (mm)(1971-2000)
2000140012001000900800700600500
mm
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Unimproved scrub land on light soils
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Martin et al. 2006 NZGA
Dairy pasture
Water + nitrogen= ryegrass
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Moot et al 2010; Department of Statistics
The population...deer & cattle
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Image provided by Ken Taylor ECAN
>465 000 ha of “light land”
UnconfinedConfinedSoils <0.45 m
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6.9 mg/L
Annual Median Nitrate +NitriteHarts Creek
Year1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
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21% Flat undulating floodplain (fluvial megafans)
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~60% of the fresh and process peasPh
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Onions for export, 4000 ha of potatoes
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10,000 ha clover seed for exportPh
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Herbage grass 1.5 - 2.5 t seed/ha
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Wine production in Nth Canterbury
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Policy & management questions
• What types of land uses, and
• How intensive can they be without exceeding agroundwater system’s limits? – nitrogen mgmt
• How might land be managed to maximizeprofitability and remain within the N limits?
i.e. How many dairy farms, potato farms, onion paddocks, market gardens, sheep paddocks… should be allowed on a “catchment”?
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Nutrient availability
Temperature
Daylength
Solar radiation
Soil moisture/ Rain Irrigation
Fertilizer
Population
Sowing date
Cultivar
Mineral nutrition
Phenological development
Canopy development
Biomass accumulation
Partitioning
Yield QualityPROCESSES
ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
Relationship between environment and management factors and the physiological processes that regulate crop yield and quality. (Source: Hay & Porter 2006).
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Growth vs DevelopmentGrowth: an irreversible increase in DM
- function of light interception and - photosynthesis and then - assimilate partitioning
Development: irreversible change in the state of an organism
- fixed pattern and reversion is raree.g. silking,
pod initiation, dough development
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Measurements
Lightenvironment
Photosynthesis
Soil moisture
Chemical Analysis:-N (shoots and roots)-Starch in roots-Soluble sugars in roots
Temperature- Air and soil
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The canopy: the energy capture device
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Crop Growth and Yield
1) C = E*Q C = daily rate of DM prod.E = radiation use efficiencyQ = PAR intercepted
2) Y = HI*C*dt Y = seed yield/unit areaHI = harvest index
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Dryland
Irrigated
Total DM production (C) from successive harvests and intercepted PAR (Q) for field peas in 5 experiments in 4 seasons with different cultivars, sowing times and irrigation treatments.The form of the regression is: 2.36±0.03 g DM/MJ PAR (R2=0.97). Wilson 1987
C (g
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Light
- photosynthesis to produce CHO’s for growth.
- Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) is in the visible range (400-700nm).
- Conversion of PAR to DM ~2.5 g DM /MJ/m2 for C3 plants~3.8 g DM /MJ/m2 for C4 plants
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150
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anthesis
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Days after crop emergence
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Light
Complex & dynamic signal
Quantity of lightphotons falling /area/time
Quality of lightplant responses
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A) Vegetative
• Emergence and - temperature
• Leaf appearance rates (phyllochron)- temperature
B) Reproductive
• Time of flowering (anthesis), Temperature and photoperiod
• Duration of grain fill -temperature
Driven by temperature modified by photoperiod and vernalization
Plant development
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Temperature
• Tt = Thermal time (°Cd)
= Tmax + Tmin - Tb
2
• Growing degree days (GDD) • Heat units (HU)
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Sowing to emergence
Thermal time - soil
temperature~ 125-150 °Cd
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Grain-filling: constant in thermal time –air temperature
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Wheat 15 t/ha; 40,000 haBarley 13 t/ha; 40,000 ha
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Year
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Yiel
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Wheat grain yields in Canterbury
Source: Cereal performance trialsFAR, Canterbury
Wheat yield = 0.2x – 391R2 = 0.81
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Nutrient availability
Temperature
Daylength
Solar radiation
Soil moisture/ Rain Irrigation
Fertilizer
Population
Sowing date
Cultivar
Mineral nutrition
Phenological development
Canopy development
Biomass accumulation
Partitioning
Yield QualityPROCESSES
ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
Relationship between environment and management factors and the physiological processes that regulate crop yield and quality. (Source: Hay & Porter 2006).
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Olsen P<6
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Olsen P>20
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Drilling seed with fertiliserDirect drilling = seed + fertiliser
Kearney et al 2010
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Rep 1Rep 2
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Growth rates (2 year means)
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Winter ⇒ temperature response
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DM yield response to thermal time(Tb = 3°C)
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Summer ⇒ moisture response
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D+N
15.7 t/ha
21 Nov 30 Jan
Water stress effect on yield
Thermal time0 1000 2000 3000
DM
yie
ld (t
/ha)
0
10
20
30 I+N
y = 7.0 kg DM/ha/oCd
21.9 t/ha
Mills et al. 2006
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Rain
fall
(mm
)
0
50
100
Thermal time (°Cd)0 1000 2000 3000
Defic
it (m
m)
0
50
100
150
D+ND-N
Total rain = 520 mm
Soil moisture deficit 2003/04
Mills 2007
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Nitrogen deficient pasture – inefficient user of water
1000 kg N/ha
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Foliage N concentration (g N/kg DM)0 10 20 30 40 50 60
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
2.6% N 5.2% N
Pmax
s(d
imen
sion
less
)
Peri et al. 2002
Plant vs animal requirements
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Nitrogen fertiliser use
Source: New Zealand Fertiliser Manufacturers' Research Association
N a
pplie
d (1
000'
s of
t)
0
100
200
300
400
1960/611965/66
1970/711975/66
1980/811985/86
1990/911995/96
2000/012005/06
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How can we increase WUE on-farm?
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Ryegrass only
13 kg DM/ha/mm
Lucerne 28 kg DM/ha/mm
20 kg DM/ha/mm
Spring WUE: legume = (nitrogen)
Water use (mm)0 100 200 300
Accu
mul
ated
DM
(t D
M/h
a)
0
2
4
6Ryegrass / clover
Moot et al. 2008
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‘Rosabrook’ subterranean clover
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Clover yield (kg DM/ha)0 500 1000 1500 2000
Fixe
d N
(kg
N/h
a)
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
White cloverSub clover
Biological N fixation
y = 28.0±0.66x (R2=0.96)
Lucas et al. 2010
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Sheep prefer 70% legume, 30% grass
Phot
o: J
o G
rigg
Tem
pello
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Clover content & milksolids production
Cosgrove, 2005 - SIDE
0
80
90
100
110
120
130
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Clover (%)
Rela
tive
yiel
d (g
rass
= 1
00)
DM (kg/ha)
MS (kg/cow)
MS (kg/ha)
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Sheep prefer 70% legume, 30% grass
Phot
o: J
o G
rigg
Tem
pello
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Russell lupin grazing trial at Sawdon Station
High aluminium soils Black et al. 2014
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Conclusions
• Light interception drives dry matter production• Temperature (air and soil) affect crop
development• NTW water affect leaf area expansion and Ps.• Spring gives highest WUE• Agronomists role is to balance nitrogen and water• WHICH LEGUME? – When to use urea?• Optimize production with minimal footprint
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Moot, D. J., Brown, H. E., Pollock, K. and Mills, A. 2008. Yield and water use of temperate pastures in summer dry environments. Proceedings of the NewZealand Grassland Association, 70, 51-57.
Moot, D. J., Mills, A. and Pollock, K. M. 2010. Natural resources for Canterbury agriculture. Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association, 72, IX-XVII.NIWA 2013. Climate Explorer – National Median Annual Rainfall Map. Accessed: 1/10/2010 2010. http://climate-explorer.niwa.co.nz.Peri, P. L., Moot, D. J., McNeil, D. L., Varella, A. C. and Lucas, R. J. 2002. Modelling net photosynthetic rate of field-grown cocksfoot leaves under different
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Acknowledgements for data/graphs• Environment Canterbury (ECAN) for Harts Creek data (data ©ECAN)• New Zealand Fertiliser Association for the nitrogen fertiliser data
Websites/Social Media presenceLincoln University Dryland Pastures Website:
http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/drylandLincoln University Dryland Pastures Blog:
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