2005 VARIETY TESTING
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
PULLMAN SPRING BARLEY

	5 YEAR	3 YEAR	2 YEAR	2005	2005
VARIETY NAME	AVERAGE	AVERAGE	AVERAGE	YIELD	TEST WT.
	(LB/A)	(LB/A)	(LB/A)	(LB/A)	(LBS/BU)

XENA	5785 ( 1)	5738 ( 1)	6249 ( 3)	4638 (12)	49.6
BARONESSE	5543 ( 2)	5414 ( 5)	5678 ( 9)	4145 (30)	46.8
CAMAS	5453 ( 3)	5155 (10)	5442 (14)	4818 ( 9)	53.9
RADIANT	5416 ( 4)	5087 (12)	5191 (21)	3791 (36)	47.1
FARMINGTON	5386 ( 5)	5166 ( 9)	5595 (10)	4623 (13)	51.1
BOB	5247 ( 6)	5092 (11)	5415 (17)	4682 (11)	50.5
HARRINGTON	5136 ( 7)	4887 (15)	5047 (23)	3573 (40)	46.8
MOREX	4623 ( 8)	4534 (16)	4853 (24)	4223 (27)	48.9
CREEL	---	5692 ( 2)	6286 ( 2)	5098 ( 4)	48.6
BOULDER	---	5546 ( 3)	5916 ( 8)	4880 ( 8)	53.7
01NZ706	---	5458 ( 4)	6005 ( 6)	4453 (18)	46.2
CEBECO 0149	---	5310 ( 6)	5557 (12)	4496 (16)	49.6
WA 10701-99	---	5283 ( 7)	5558 (11)	4217 (28)	48.1
WA 8569-99	---	5240 ( 8)	5530 (13)	3917 (35)	45.3
LEGACY	---	5077 (13)	5440 (16)	4178 (29)	48.5
AC METCALFE	---	4943 (14)	5108 (22)	3607 (39)	48.2
01NZ392	---	---	6459 ( 1)	5406 ( 1)	49.4
YU-501-385	---	---	6156 ( 4)	4928 ( 7)	51.3
01NZ338	---	---	6064 ( 5)	4992 ( 5)	46.5
01NZ111	---	---	5922 ( 7)	4612 (14)	52.8
WA 15279-00	---	---	5442 (15)	4031 (32)	46.1
WA 7330-00	---	---	5371 (18)	4332 (23)	48.7
WA 10429-00	---	---	5334 (19)	3710 (38)	45.7
TRADITION	---	---	5331 (20)	4352 (22)	49.9
2001NZ384	---	---	---	5359 ( 2)	48.2
02WNZ1100	---	---	---	5148 ( 3)	50.9
02WNZ1015	---	---	---	4979 ( 6)	48.4
00WNZ154	---	---	---	4698 (10)	49.0
01WA13825.22	---	---	---	4580 (15)	50.1
02WNZ1095	---	---	---	4460 (17)	49.1
BURTON	---	---	---	4400 (19)	50.4
02WNZ1551	---	---	---	4363 (20)	49.9
GMG SPAULDING	---	---	---	4356 (21)	50.7
02WNZ1719	---	---	---	4330 (24)	46.5
02WNZ1023	---	---	---	4282 (25)	48.0
02WNZ1821	---	---	---	4262 (26)	48.5
2001NZ078	---	---	---	4108 (31)	47.0
02WNZ1990	---	---	---	3927 (33)	47.3
02WNZ1874	---	---	---	3918 (34)	48.0
02WNZ1826	---	---	---	3779 (37)	44.6


Mean	5324	5226	5623	4416	48.7
CV%	5.3	5.8	5.6	5.5	2.0
LSD @ .10	171	238	304	333	1.3

PULLMAN SPRING BARLEY – 2005 WSU VARIETY TESTING DATA

1. 2005 Spring Barley data from the WSU Variety Testing nursery at the Pullman location (Spillman Agronomy Farm) averaged nearly 2.25 -tons/acre (4416 lbs/ac), but was 18.% below the previous 3-year historical average of 4416 lbs/ac. This nursery was seeded as re-crop following a 2004 dry pea crop.

2. TEST WEIGHT values were good for the majority of varieties in this nursery with an average of 49.0 lbs/bu.

3. Variety YIELD RANKINGS seemed to bounce around a lot in this nursery when compared to historical yield rankings. For example, Baronesse typically places in one of the top ‘5’ positions when comparing 3-year and 5-year averages. In contrast, Baronesse ranked in 30^th position (out of 40) in the 2005 nursery. Obviously, historical data is the better indicator of performance when comparing varieties from this data set.