
%0 Journal Article
%A Marcellos, H 
%A Constable, GA 
%T Effects of plant density and sowing date on grain yield of faba beans (<I>Vicia faba</I> L.) in northern New South Wales
%J Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
%D 1986/08/01
%V 26
%N 4
%P 493-496
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/EA9860493
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/EA9860493 
%X The effects of varying plant density and sowing date on grain yield of faba beans (Vicia faba L.) were determined in 6 experiments at Tamworth and Narrabri in northern New South Wales. The graph of grain yield rose to an asymptote as plant density was increased. Under conditions favouring high yields, a plant density of 20 m-2 gave near maximum grain yields, but for a wider range of circumstances a plant density of 30-35 m-2 was appropriate. If sowing was delayed after the end of April, grain yield was reduced as was dry matter yield and the duration of pod-filling. Late sowing also lowered the height of the first pod above ground, and increased the likelihood of yield loss through foliar disease. 
