Notes
2005 VARIETY TESTING
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
ST. JOHN 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)
 
BOB 4245 ( 1) 4611 ( 2) 4630 ( 7) 4516 ( 6) 53.4
RADIANT 4188 ( 2) 4556 ( 4) 4721 ( 4) 4245 (14) 50.4
BARONESSE 4183 ( 3) 4589 ( 3) 4639 ( 6) 4215 (17) 50.3
XENA 4073 ( 4) 4511 ( 6) 4569 ( 9) 4377 (11) 51.3
FARMINGTON 3843 ( 5) 4124 ( 8) 4324 (12) 3765 (27) 51.8
CAMAS 3751 ( 6) 4085 (10) 4058 (16) 3881 (22) 52.3
HARRINGTON 3557 ( 7) 3720 (14) 3623 (21) 3088 (38) 49.6
MOREX 3034 ( 8) 3062 (16) 2827 (24) 3548 (33) 51.2
WA 8569-99 --- 4792 ( 1) 4943 ( 1) 5024 ( 2) 51.2
WA 10701-99 --- 4529 ( 5) 4571 ( 8) 4339 (12) 52.3
CEBECO 0149 --- 4268 ( 7) 4212 (13) 3716 (28) 51.0
BOULDER --- 4108 ( 9) 4105 (15) 3768 (26) 53.2
01NZ706 --- 3956 (11) 4039 (17) 3798 (24) 48.3
CREEL --- 3896 (12) 3745 (20) 2921 (40) 47.3
AC METCALFE --- 3788 (13) 3775 (19) 3332 (37) 50.5
LEGACY --- 3658 (15) 3519 (22) 2963 (39) 49.2
YU-501-385 --- --- 4930 ( 2) 4962 ( 4) 54.1
WA 15279-00 --- --- 4826 ( 3) 5034 ( 1) 49.7
01NZ111 --- --- 4641 ( 5) 4284 (13) 53.5
WA 7330-00 --- --- 4544 (10) 4421 (10) 51.2
WA 10429-00 --- --- 4403 (11) 4078 (18) 49.7
01NZ392 --- --- 4156 (14) 3659 (30) 49.4
01NZ338 --- --- 4019 (18) 3519 (35) 48.2
TRADITION --- --- 3480 (23) 3696 (29) 51.3
02WNZ1095 --- --- --- 5018 ( 3) 52.5
02WNZ1821 --- --- --- 4788 ( 5) 51.7
02WNZ1100 --- --- --- 4454 ( 7) 52.3
BURTON --- --- --- 4453 ( 8) 51.9
01WA13825.22 --- --- --- 4449 ( 9) 52.3
02WNZ1719 --- --- --- 4230 (15) 49.7
02WNZ1015 --- --- --- 4223 (16) 52.3
02WNZ1023 --- --- --- 4016 (19) 50.4
00WNZ154 --- --- --- 4012 (20) 50.5
2001NZ384 --- --- --- 4002 (21) 49.2
02WNZ1826 --- --- --- 3804 (23) 49.6
2001NZ078 --- --- --- 3786 (25) 48.8
02WNZ1551 --- --- --- 3648 (31) 50.9
02WNZ1874 --- --- --- 3590 (32) 51.0
GMG SPAULDING --- --- --- 3526 (34) 53.2
02WNZ1990 --- --- --- 3475 (36) 48.5
           
 
Mean 3859 4141 4221 4015 50.9
CV% 8.1 9.7 12.4 13.9 2.1
LSD @ .10 190 313 501 759 1.5


ST JOHN SPRING BARLEY – 2005 WSU VARIETY TESTING DATA 

1.2005 Spring Barley data from the WSU Variety Testing nursery at the St John location averaged 4015 lbs/acre that was nearly identical to the previous 3-year average of 3978 lbs/acre. 

2. YIELD RANKINGS seemed to bounce around in this nursery compared to 3-year historical trends. 6-row spring barley varieties appeared to suffer most with lower yields in response to the 2005 growing conditions. 

3.TEST WEIGHT average was good for this nursery at 51.0 lbs/bu.