
%0 Journal Article
%A Coventry, DR 
%A Walker, BR 
%A Morrison, GR 
%A Hyland, MT 
%A Avery, JC 
%A Maden, JJL 
%A Bartram, DC 
%T Yield responses to lime of wheat and barley on acid soils in north-eastern Victoria
%J Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
%D 1989/04/01
%V 29
%N 2
%P 209-214
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/EA9890209
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/EA9890209 
%X 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. 
