Lentil response to sowing date and water treatment – Wagga Wagga, Leeton and Condobolin 2020

Abstract

Key findings •Sowing date and water availability significantly affected grain yield responses. •The highest yields at Wagga Wagga were associated with the early June sowing date; there was no significant difference in yield between sowing dates at Leeton or Condobolin. •The highest yields at Wagga Wagga were obtained in the dryland treatment; there was a significant yield penalty associated with irrigation due to increased disease. •Atypical rainfall, low heat and no frost stress lengthened the growing season, allowing later sowing dates to yield higher (or remove the yield penalty).