
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Coventry, DR 
A1  - Walker, BR 
A1  - Morrison, GR 
A1  - Hyland, MT 
A1  - Avery, JC 
A1  - Maden, JJL 
A1  - Bartram, DC 
T1  - Yield responses to lime of wheat and barley on acid soils in north-eastern Victoria
JF  - Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
JO  - Aust. J. Exp. Agric.
Y1  - 1989
VL  - 29
IS  - 2
SP  - 209
EP  - 214
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/EA9890209 
N2  - Liming experiments were conducted at 13 sites (soil pH range 4.99-6.27, 0-10 cm depth) in the dryland cropping region of north-eastern Victoria with wheat grown at all sites and barley at 3 sites. Lime increased wheat yields at 9 of the 13 sites with the acid sensitive cultivar Oxley, but the yield increase was not correlated (r2=0.07) with exchangeable Al. Exchangeable A1 was closely related to pH (in 0.01 mmol/L CaCl2). The acid-tolerant wheat cultivars (Matong and Millewa) out-yielded Oxley at a soil pH (CaCl2) of 4.7 and the acid-tolerant cultivars were less responsive to liming. The barley responded to the lime treatment at each of the 3 sites. The use of acid tolerant crop species is recommended on these soils, but an improvement in the predictability of a lime response is required before liming is widely recommended. 
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