Growers and consultants can use MyPaddock to compare the level of different crop problems on yield and compare production constraints by quantifying the potential yield loss using a traffic light system.
MyPaddock allows users to input their own paddock data on about 40 factors, such as management practices, pest sand diseases, soil acidity levels, soil nutrition, soil compaction and weeds.
Once you have identified the constraints that could most significantly affect your crop yield, you can consider your options to make profitable decisions.
Factors affecting wheat yield in Western Australia (WA) include nutrition, soil toxicity, soil physical, crop management, diseases, and weeds.
- Select the tab of interest, from Management practices, Diseases and pests, Soil toxicity, Nutrition, Soil physical and Weeds, and the location of your field observations, and laboratory data, where available.
- Select the relevant variety from the drop-down menus under Management practices and move the sliders to the relevant levels under the other constraint tabs.
- Read the traffic light gauge colour, which changes according to the data input, for an interpretation of the impact on potential yield loss, as outlined in Table 1.
| Table 1. Traffic light gauge key | ||
|
Potential yield loss |
Interpretation |
Gauge reading |
|
Less than 5% |
Not a constraint |
Green |
|
5-15% |
Watch it - you are at risk |
Yellow |
|
15-25% |
Fix it - you are already at high risk of loss |
Orange |
|
More than 25% |
Stop and think on how to address this constraint |
Red |