Response of new lentil varieties and breeding lines to sowing dates in the Wimmera 2022

Background

Several new lentil varieties have been released or are due to be released with changes in agronomic traits such as plant architecture, biomass production, reproductive duration and timing, disease resistance, herbicide tolerance and pod retention.
Changes in sowing date have the potential to maximise the benefits of these traits from a crop production and farming system perspective. In particular, there is an interest in understanding the implications of later flowering with a reduced reproductive window, combined with lower vigour.
This paddock was previously sown with wheat in 2021 and located in Kalkee with Black Cracking Clay soil.

Aim

To investigate the response of new lentil varieties and genotypes to sowing dates.

Method

The following varieties were sown at the following four time of sowing dates:
14 April 2022, 23 May 2022, June 28 2022 and August 8th 2022