Rice Production Systems for the Northern Territory (NT) Contact: Rowena Eastick Research Scientist – Below left: Lowland variety Project Status: Commenced. assessment at Tortilla Flats in the 2011 Renewed interest in rice production in the NT commenced in dry season demonstrating different 2009. A collaborative project with SunRice was initiated as a times to harvest maturity component of the ACIAR Project CSE/2009/005. The overall aim Bottom right: Harvesting the 2012 wet of the project is to develop rice production in the NT through season upland rice varieties at Coastal enhanced germplasm selection and commercially viable Plains Research Station agronomic practices for sustainable farming systems. Next page: (Table) Grain yield, stover Field experiments were conducted at the Katherine Research yield and harvest maturity indicated by Station (KRS) and the Coastal Plains Research Station (CPRS) days after sowing (DAS) for rice over the 2011 dry season and the 2011-12 wet season, cultivars assessed at Tortilla Flats and respectively to evaluate cultivars under upland conditions. Field KRS over the 2011 dry season (DS). experiments were conducted at Tortilla Flats over the 2011 and 2012 dry seasons to evaluate lowland-adapted cultivars. A pot trial was also conducted in the shade house during the 2011 dry season at KRS to increase the amount of seed for selected lines. Research Outputs Data is presented for the Tortilla Flats and KRS 2011 dry season field experiments (see Table). Data for the CPRS 2011-12 wet season experiment is currently analysed. The field experiment crop at Tortilla Flats for the 2012 dry season is currently approaching maturity and will be harvested in October-November. Research Outputs (cont.)
Rice Production Systems for the Northern Territory (NT) Contact: Rowena Eastick – Research Scientist Project Status: Commenced. Renewed interest in rice production in the NT commenced in 2009. A collaborative project with SunRice was initiated as a component of the ACIAR Project CSE/2009/005. The overall aim of the project is to develop rice production in the NT through enhanced germplasm selection and commercially viable agronomic practices for sustainable farming systems. Field experiments were conducted at the Katherine Research Station (KRS) and the Coastal Plains Research Station (CPRS) over the 2011 dry season and the 2011-12 wet season, respectively to evaluate cultivars under upland conditions. Field experiments were conducted at Tortilla Flats over the 2011 and 2012 dry seasons to evaluate lowland-adapted cultivars. A pot trial was also conducted in the shade house during the 2011 dry season at KRS to increase the amount of seed for selected lines. Below left: Lowland variety assessment at Tortilla Flats in the 2011 dry season demonstrating different times to harvest maturity Bottom right: Harvesting the 2012 wet season upland rice varieties at Coastal Plains Research Station Next page: (Table) Grain yield, stover yield and harvest maturity indicated by days after sowing (DAS) for rice cultivars assessed at Tortilla Flats and KRS over the 2011 dry season (DS). Research Outputs Data is presented for the Tortilla Flats and KRS 2011 dry season field experiments (see Table). Data for the CPRS 2011-12 wet season experiment is currently analysed. The field experiment crop at Tortilla Flats for the 2012 dry season is currently approaching maturity and will be harvested in October-November. Research Outputs (cont.)
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