Horsham Long-term Agro-ecological Site

Details of LTAE experiments at Horsham

	Location area: Horsham (Wimmera Research Station Dooen)
	SCRIME (*Sustainable Cropping Rotations in Mediterranean Environments*)	LR1 (Longerenong Rotation 1)
Start date	1998	1918
Treatments Rotations/ crop sequences	1. wheat - wheat - wheat (Control) 2. canola - wheat -pulse: (zero tillage) High fertiliser input 3. pulse - wheat - barley 4. vetch/fallow (Green Manure) - wheat - barley 5. pulse - wheat - pulse 6. canola - wheat - pulse 7. canola - wheat - pulse (conventional tillage) 8. lucerne-lucerne-lucerne/fallow- canola - wheat - pulse 9. green manure - canola - pulse - medic - wheat - barley 10. Fallow-wheat-chickpea Three-phase rotation, except T8 and 9, which are 6 phase rotations (compared with two 3 year phases).	1. Continuous wheat 2. Wheat fallow 3. Medic – fallow – wheat 4. Barley – peas –wheat 5. Canola – peas –wheat 6. Canola – fallow –wheat 7. Oats – medic – fallow -wheat In 1998, the trial was split laterally into two “blocks”: The first (south bay) contains CCN resistant varieties whilst CCN susceptible varieties sown in the North bay.
Replicates	3	1
Plot size	36 m x 14 m	50 m x 14 m (split in half)
No plots	56	32
Soil Type	Vertosol Alkaline grey self mulching clay	Vertosol Alkaline grey self mulching clay