Correlate pulse cropping with rainfall
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The production of pulses, arguably the most important source of protein for a large number of the domestic population, could be impacted if the monsoon flatters to deceive for the third consecutive month.
Deficit rainfall will have an impact on yield, but it is too early to tell by how much. Even if there’s scanty rainfall in September and water levels in the fields are at about 4-5 inches, pulses that are now entering the flowering stage can recover,” said KV Prabhu, Principal Scientist at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI).
Besides good water availability, high prices have encouraged more sowing in Rajasthan. In Maharashtra, there can be positives since heavy rain is actually a deterrent for moong – particularly across black soil region where there is heavy water retention. Scanty rain in these areas is sufficient,” said Prabhu.
Several different pulse crops are showing promise in less-traditional growing regions such as the low-rainfall area of the Victorian Mallee. Results from the GRDC-funded Southern Pulse Agronomy program, led by Agriculture Victoria senior research agronomist (pulses) Dr Jason Brand, indicate that newer varieties of pulse crops have improved adaptability to variable Mallee soils.
Dr Brand has been investigating best practice agronomy in the low-rainfall zone (LRZ) for lentils, chickpeas, field peas and faba beans. He says his work with lentils has attracted the most interest from growers due to the crop’s booming popularity, largely thanks to favourable pricing.
“In those lower-rainfall areas, yields only need to be between 0.5 to 0.75 tonnes per hectare for lentils, based on long-term gross margins,” Dr Brand says.
“Varieties such as PBA Bolt, PBA Hurricane XT and PBA Jumbo2 are well adapted to those regions. They set their pods higher in the canopy and PBA BoltA in particular has good adaptability across different soil types.”
In trials at Ouyen last year, lentil yields ranged from 1.82 to 3.32t/ha.
Dr Brand says it was notable at Ouyen that PBA Hurricane XT was the highest yielding of the released varieties, at slightly more than 3t/ha, similar to PBA Ace and PBA Jumbo.