| Table 1: Biomass legume
crops at green manure and harvest. |
| |
|
1998 |
|
1996-8
Average |
| Crop |
|
Green manure |
Harvest |
|
Green manure |
Harvest |
| |
---------------------
lb/a dry matter --------------------- |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Forage Lentil |
|
1868 |
1642 |
|
2026 |
3105 |
| Grain Lentil |
|
1886 |
932 |
|
1179 |
1924 |
| Pea |
|
1834 |
3147 |
|
1492 |
2636 |
| Table 2: Grain yields of
non-wheat crops. |
| |
|
1998 |
|
1996-8
Avg |
| Crop |
|
Yield |
Oil |
|
Yield |
Oil |
| |
|
lb/a |
% |
|
lb/a |
% |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Grain Lentil |
|
525 |
-- |
|
691 |
-- |
| Pea |
|
1764 |
-- |
|
1064 |
-- |
| Safflower |
|
249 |
31.5 |
|
538 |
33.0 |
| Table 3: HRSW performance
in the WREC Annual Legume Study |
| |
|
1998 |
|
1996-8
Average |
| Previous Crop |
N |
Yield |
Protein |
|
Yield |
Protein |
| |
lb/a |
bu/a |
% |
|
bu/a |
% |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Wheat |
90 |
35.6 |
13.0 |
|
27.4 |
14.1 |
| Wheat |
30 |
27.0 |
9.0 |
|
21.3 |
11.3 |
| Fallow |
30 |
43.3 |
12.6 |
|
34.6 |
14.6 |
| Safflower |
60 |
32.8 |
13.5 |
|
22.8 |
15.3 |
| Forage Lentil |
90 |
32.6 |
14.4 |
|
26.1 |
15.4 |
| Green Manure [F.L.] |
90 |
36.2 |
14.5 |
|
33.3 |
15.2 |
| Green Manure [F.L.] |
0 |
37.9 |
13.9 |
|
33.3 |
14.5 |
| Grain Lentil |
90 |
32.1 |
14.5 |
|
26.4 |
15.5 |
| Green Manure [G.L.] |
90 |
36.2 |
14.8 |
|
33.8 |
15.5 |
| Green Manure [G.L.] |
0 |
40.9 |
12.9 |
|
35.2 |
14.2 |
| Pea |
90 |
28.9 |
14.6 |
|
27.6 |
15.3 |
| Green Manure [Pea] |
90 |
39.8 |
14.5 |
|
34.7 |
15.3 |
| Green Manure [Pea] |
0 |
38.0 |
13.3 |
|
33.8 |
14.5 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Average |
|
35.5 |
13.5 |
|
30.0 |
14.7 |
| LSD (5%) |
|
7.1 |
0.8 |
|
-- |
-- |
|
|
