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2005 VARIETY TESTING
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
DAYTON SOFT WHITE/CLUB SPRING WHEAT NURSERY
  5 YEAR 3 YEAR 2 YEAR 2005 2005 2005
VARIETY NAME AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE YIELD TEST WT. PROTEIN
  (BU/A) (BU/A) (BU/A) (BU/A) (LBS/BU) (%)
 
NICK 57.5 ( 1) 58.3 ( 3) 62.4 ( 3) 25.4 ( 5) 49.8 13.6
ALPOWA 55.0 ( 2) 56.6 ( 5) 60.2 ( 5) 28.3 ( 2) 51.6 14.5
ALTURAS 53.7 ( 3) 58.8 ( 2) 62.5 ( 2) 23.1 (11) 52.3 13.0
EDEN 53.7 ( 4) 56.4 ( 6) 59.3 ( 7) 24.9 ( 8) 53.5 14.0
WAWAWAI 51.9 ( 5) 53.6 ( 7) 56.1 ( 9) 18.9 (20) 50.1 14.3
ZAK 47.9 ( 6) 46.6 ( 8) 46.2 (11) 21.9 (16) 54.2 14.6
EDWALL 45.9 ( 7) 44.7 (10) 45.4 (12) 22.5 (12) 48.0 13.8
PENAWAWA 44.4 ( 8) 46.4 ( 9) 48.0 (10) 25.0 ( 7) 50.6 14.3
FIELDER 39.7 ( 9) 40.4 (11) 37.3 (13) 22.4 (13) 51.3 13.4
LOUISE --- 59.1 ( 1) 60.8 ( 4) 21.9 (15) 51.4 13.6
WAKANZ --- 57.9 ( 4) 60.0 ( 6) 26.1 ( 4) 50.1 14.4
WA7964 --- --- 63.8 ( 1) 21.9 (14) 54.3 13.9
WA7952 --- --- 58.9 ( 8) 21.2 (17) 50.5 13.2
ID632 --- --- --- 31.0 ( 1) 55.3 12.6
WA7983 --- --- --- 28.1 ( 3) 54.4 13.5
WA7960 --- --- --- 25.1 ( 6) 51.0 13.6
WA7963 --- --- --- 24.6 ( 9) 54.3 14.1
WQL7PENWX-2 --- --- --- 24.3 (10) 51.6 13.6
WA7987 --- --- --- 20.7 (18) 47.3 15.0
WA7986 --- --- --- 19.0 (19) 51.6 15.4
             
 
NURSERY MEAN 50 52.6 55.5 23.8 51.7 13.9
CV % 7.6 6.9 7.2 8.4 1.8 3.2
LSD @ .10 2.3 2.9 3.8 2.8 1.3 0.6
2005 VARIETY TESTING
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
DAYTON HARD WHITE SPRING WHEAT NURSERY
  5 YEAR 3 YEAR 2 YEAR 2005 2005 2005
VARIETY NAME AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE YIELD TEST WT. PROTEIN
  (BU/A) (BU/A) (BU/A) (BU/A) (LBS/BU) (%)
 
LOLO 57.3 ( 1) 59.5 ( 1) 65.9 ( 1) 25.2 ( 5) 52.6 14.6
MACON 53.0 ( 2) 53.7 ( 5) 58.0 ( 6) 25.3 ( 4) 49.3 13.8
ID377S 51.4 ( 3) 55.4 ( 3) 58.4 ( 5) 24.0 ( 8) 51.7 15.3
OTIS --- 56.6 ( 2) 60.3 ( 4) 23.1 (10) 54.4 15.4
BLANCA GRANDE --- 54.4 ( 4) 63.1 ( 2) 32.9 ( 1) 52.4 13.1
ID597 --- --- 60.4 ( 3) 24.6 ( 7) 50.0 14.5
BZ98-447W --- --- --- 29.7 ( 2) 50.4 13.4
WINSOME --- --- --- 25.7 ( 3) 49.6 14.2
WA7957 --- --- --- 24.8 ( 6) 51.1 14.7
WA7991 --- --- --- 23.9 ( 9) 52.9 14.2
             
 
NURSERY MEAN 53.9 55.9 61 25.9 51.4 14.3
CV % 7.8 8.2 8.6 7.5 2.1 3.4
LSD @ .10 2.6 3.7 5.2 2.8 1.5 0.7
2005 VARIETY TESTING
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
DAYTON HARD RED SPRING WHEAT NURSERY
  5 YEAR 3 YEAR 2 YEAR 2005 2005 2005
VARIETY NAME AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE YIELD TEST WT. PROTEIN
  (BU/A) (BU/A) (BU/A) (BU/A) (LBS/BU) (%)
 
HANK 57.8 ( 1) 59.0 ( 1) 66.7 ( 1) 28.0 ( 3) 51.1 16.0
WESTBRED 926 54.4 ( 2) 53.4 ( 2) 59.7 ( 2) 28.5 ( 2) 49.5 17.1
JEFFERSON 54.3 ( 3) 53.4 ( 3) 58.6 ( 4) 26.2 ( 4) 52.5 16.9
TARA 2002 52.7 ( 4) 52.1 ( 6) 57.0 ( 5) 23.5 (12) 48.6 16.7
SCARLET 52.6 ( 5) 53.1 ( 4) 55.8 ( 8) 23.0 (14) 50.2 16.1
HOLLIS 51.5 ( 6) 52.2 ( 5) 56.9 ( 7) 23.1 (13) 51.6 17.6
JEROME --- 51.5 ( 7) 55.3 ( 9) 24.7 ( 9) 49.3 15.7
ID593 --- --- 58.7 ( 3) 23.6 (11) 47.1 16.0
GMG BUCK PRONTO --- --- 56.9 ( 6) 24.4 (10) 49.6 17.4
BZ999-592 --- --- --- 30.1 ( 1) 55.0 15.9
SX1504B --- --- --- 25.5 ( 5) 55.6 15.8
WA7998 --- --- --- 25.3 ( 6) 49.6 16.0
BZ999-339 --- --- --- 25.0 ( 7) 50.3 16.9
WA7997 --- --- --- 24.8 ( 8) 50.2 16.8
WA7994 --- --- --- 22.3 (15) 49.0 17.1
WA7995 --- --- --- 21.4 (16) 49.3 16.8
             
 
NURSERY MEAN 53.9 53.5 58.4 25.0 50.5 16.6
CV % 5.7 7.1 7.4 7.4 1.9 4.1
LSD @ .10 1.9 3 4.2 2.6 1.3 0.9


DAYTON SPRING  WHEAT – 2005 WSU VARIETY TESTING DATA

  1. 2005 spring wheat yields from the WSU Variety Testing nursery at the Dayton location averaged only 23-25 bu/ac (easily 60% less than the historical yield averages for Dayton, 59.8 bu/ac).  NOTE: the 2005 nursery was located approximately 15 miles NE of Dayton in the vicinity of Turner Elevator .
  2. This spring wheat nursery (and the spring barley nursery at Dayton, listed below) dramatically reflect the impact of the 2005 spring growing conditions.  The nursery was on a re-crop piece of ground following winter wheat and seeded on 9 March 2005 into dry, cold seed bed conditions. Emergence was delayed until the end of March.  There was 90#N, 10#P and 10#S of fertilizer applied for this crop.  In mid-June 2005, soil moisture in the shallow root zone was depleted and the plants basically quit growing with pre-mature ripening. Low test weight and high protein values are indicative of the growing conditions for this crop.  This is a nursery where 3-yr and 5-yr yield averages should be used to assess variety performance.