Notes
2005 VARIETY TESTING
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
REARDAN 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)
 
BARONESSE 4397 ( 1) 4194 ( 1) 4521 ( 5) 4054 (15) 47.9
RADIANT 4312 ( 2) 4049 ( 6) 4510 ( 6) 4117 (14) 47.7
XENA 4308 ( 3) 4108 ( 3) 4677 ( 1) 4335 ( 3) 49.3
CAMAS 4283 ( 4) 3879 (11) 4135 (17) 4234 ( 7) 51.4
BOB 4241 ( 5) 3913 ( 9) 4440 ( 8) 4150 (11) 50.5
FARMINGTON 4181 ( 6) 3984 ( 7) 4231 (12) 3798 (29) 47.7
HARRINGTON 3994 ( 7) 3742 (15) 4170 (16) 4008 (18) 47.9
MOREX 3467 ( 8) 3176 (16) 3272 (24) 3259 (40) 48.7
CEBECO 0149 --- 4165 ( 2) 4581 ( 3) 4181 ( 8) 47.5
WA 8569-99 --- 4088 ( 4) 4577 ( 4) 3858 (26) 47.6
BOULDER --- 4085 ( 5) 4224 (13) 4033 (16) 51.4
WA 10701-99 --- 3970 ( 8) 4278 (10) 3976 (22) 48.8
CREEL --- 3903 (10) 4219 (14) 3537 (37) 46.7
AC METCALFE --- 3859 (12) 4236 (11) 3837 (27) 47.8
LEGACY --- 3803 (13) 4095 (20) 3662 (35) 45.9
01NZ706 --- 3797 (14) 4115 (19) 3712 (33) 44.6
YU-501-385 --- --- 4613 ( 2) 4577 ( 1) 51.6
WA 15279-00 --- --- 4490 ( 7) 4158 ( 9) 47.7
01NZ111 --- --- 4428 ( 9) 3782 (30) 50.1
WA 10429-00 --- --- 4179 (15) 3836 (28) 47.3
WA 7330-00 --- --- 4119 (18) 3936 (24) 49.2
01NZ392 --- --- 3962 (21) 3498 (38) 46.9
01NZ338 --- --- 3923 (22) 3658 (36) 45.5
TRADITION --- --- 3519 (23) 3467 (39) 48.7
02WNZ1015 --- --- --- 4392 ( 2) 49.4
02WNZ1095 --- --- --- 4304 ( 4) 50.1
02WNZ1023 --- --- --- 4274 ( 5) 49.0
GMG SPAULDING --- --- --- 4261 ( 6) 51.1
02WNZ1100 --- --- --- 4157 (10) 49.9
2001NZ384 --- --- --- 4140 (12) 47.2
01WA13825.22 --- --- --- 4132 (13) 49.1
02WNZ1821 --- --- --- 4025 (17) 49.1
BURTON --- --- --- 4005 (20) 49.6
02WNZ1874 --- --- --- 4005 (20) 49.2
00WNZ154 --- --- --- 3991 (21) 48.2
02WNZ1719 --- --- --- 3937 (23) 48.2
02WNZ1551 --- --- --- 3920 (25) 48.6
2001NZ078 --- --- --- 3771 (31) 44.3
02WNZ1990 --- --- --- 3760 (32) 48.0
02WNZ1826 --- --- --- 3711 (34) 46.2
           
 
Mean 4148 3920 4230 3961 48.4
CV% 8.8 6.6 5.9 5.7 1.4
LSD @ .10 223 202 239 308 0.9


REARDAN SPRING BARLEY – 2005 WSU VARIETY TESTING DATA 

1.       2005 Spring Barley data from the WSU Variety Testing nursery at the Reardan location averaged nearly 2-tons/acre (3961 lbs/ac), nearly equivalent to the previous 3-year historical average of 3997 lbs/ac.  This nursery was direct seeded as re-crop following a 2004 winter wheat crop. 

2.       TEST WEIGHT values were good for the majority of varieties in this nursery with an average of 48.0 lbs/bu.  On average, 6-row varieties had lower test weight values (46.8 lbs/bu) than 2-row varieties (48.8 lbs/bu) which are fairly typical. 

3.       Variety YIELD RANKINGS were similar to historical yield rankings; however 6-row varieties/lines did not perform as well in 2005 compared to previous years.