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2005 VARIETY TESTING
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
PULLMAN 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) (%)
 
ALTURAS 79.8 ( 1) 76.7 ( 1) 79.1 ( 3) 58.7 ( 5) 57.8 13.1
NICK 77.5 ( 2) 76.1 ( 4) 79.9 ( 2) 60.9 ( 2) 57.9 12.9
ALPOWA 76.8 ( 3) 75.3 ( 5) 77.1 ( 5) 52.2 (10) 59.0 12.4
EDEN 73.7 ( 4) 68.7 ( 6) 69.1 ( 8) 40.4 (14) 58.9 11.8
WAWAWAI 71.5 ( 5) 66.7 ( 7) 62.4 ( 9) 38.4 (15) 56.7 13.0
ZAK 61.5 ( 6) 55.2 ( 8) 53.0 (10) 38.0 (16) 58.5 12.9
PENAWAWA 59.5 ( 7) 53.5 ( 9) 48.8 (11) 32.3 (17) 57.5 12.8
EDWALL 55.8 ( 8) 49.8 (10) 42.3 (12) 29.4 (19) 50.5 13.0
FIELDER 51.7 ( 9) 44.6 (11) 37.0 (13) 28.2 (20) 56.1 14.0
LOUISE --- 76.7 ( 2) 75.7 ( 6) 57.0 ( 6) 56.8 13.3
WAKANZ --- 76.5 ( 3) 78.2 ( 4) 56.0 ( 7) 56.0 13.5
WA7964 --- --- 82.2 ( 1) 58.7 ( 4) 56.5 13.1
WA7952 --- --- 71.2 ( 7) 49.5 (13) 57.5 12.5
WA7987 --- --- --- 64.8 ( 1) 56.8 15.4
WA7960 --- --- --- 59.2 ( 3) 58.1 13.1
WA7986 --- --- --- 55.7 ( 8) 57.9 14.6
ID632 --- --- --- 52.5 ( 9) 58.7 11.4
WA7963 --- --- --- 51.1 (11) 57.9 13.4
WA7983 --- --- --- 50.1 (12) 56.7 13.1
WQL7PENWX-2 --- --- --- 30.2 (18) 57.1 13.1
             
 
NURSERY MEAN 67.5 65.4 65.8 48.2 57.1 13.1
CV % 7.5 9 8.2 15.5 1.1 4.1
LSD @ .10 3.1 4.6 5.3 10.3 0.9 0.7
2005 VARIETY TESTING
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
PULLMAN 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 80.9 ( 1) 76.2 ( 1) 78.9 ( 2) 50.9 ( 5) 55.3 13.9
ID377S 73.9 ( 2) 69.4 ( 4) 72.3 ( 4) 49.4 ( 6) 53.5 15.7
MACON 66.1 ( 3) 60.5 ( 5) 60.3 ( 6) 41.9 ( 8) 55.3 12.9
BLANCA GRANDE --- 75.7 ( 2) 84.5 ( 1) 68.0 ( 2) 59.6 14.3
OTIS --- 70.3 ( 3) 71.4 ( 5) 47.5 ( 7) 55.6 14.6
ID597 --- --- 76.7 ( 3) 59.1 ( 3) 54.8 13.6
BZ98-447W --- --- --- 71.3 ( 1) 54.5 14.0
WA7991 --- --- --- 54.1 ( 4) 58.6 13.6
WA7957 --- --- --- 40.6 ( 9) 53.6 14.4
WINSOME --- --- --- 31.8 (10) 54.2 12.3
             
 
NURSERY MEAN 73.6 70.4 74 51.5 55.5 13.9
CV % 5.8 7.6 7.6 13.4 1.7 3.0
LSD @ .10 2.7 4.3 5.6 9.7 1.3 0.6
2005 VARIETY TESTING
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
PULLMAN 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 81.2 ( 1) 79.4 ( 1) 83.6 ( 1) 61.7 ( 3) 54.2 15.6
TARA 2002 79.3 ( 2) 77.7 ( 2) 83.4 ( 2) 62.9 ( 2) 56.7 15.5
JEFFERSON 78.1 ( 3) 75.9 ( 4) 79.7 ( 4) 59.6 ( 7) 56.2 16.0
WESTBRED 926 74.4 ( 4) 72.8 ( 5) 78.6 ( 6) 59.3 ( 8) 55.5 16.5
HOLLIS 73.0 ( 5) 72.4 ( 6) 78.2 ( 7) 59.7 ( 6) 56.4 17.0
SCARLET 71.1 ( 6) 66.4 ( 7) 65.8 ( 9) 41.9 (16) 58.2 14.3
JEROME --- 77.4 ( 3) 81.1 ( 3) 58.6 (10) 54.6 15.1
GMG BUCK PRONTO --- --- 79.0 ( 5) 58.8 ( 9) 56.9 16.6
ID593 --- --- 75.1 ( 8) 50.6 (15) 53.7 15.0
WA7998 --- --- --- 63.2 ( 1) 55.0 15.5
WA7997 --- --- --- 60.2 ( 4) 56.4 15.8
BZ999-339 --- --- --- 59.9 ( 5) 55.0 16.0
WA7995 --- --- --- 53.4 (11) 56.0 15.5
WA7994 --- --- --- 53.1 (12) 55.1 15.9
SX1504B --- --- --- 51.6 (13) 57.0 15.8
BZ999-592 --- --- --- 51.1 (14) 56.8 15.9
             
 
NURSERY MEAN 76.2 74.6 78.3 56.6 55.9 15.8
CV % 5.2 4.8 4.1 5.0 1.9 2.9
LSD @ .10 2.4 2.9 3.1 3.9 1.4 0.6


PULLMAN SPRING WHEAT – 2005 WSU VARIETY TESTING DATA 

1.       2005 Spring Wheat data from the WSU Variety Testing nursery at the PULLMAN location averaged 48.2, 51.5, and 56.6 bu/ac for soft white spring, hard white spring and hard red spring wheat, respectively.  The 2005 spring wheat average yields were around 30% lower than the previous historical 3-year average. 

2.       Yield reductions in this nursery (located on the Spillman Agronomy Farm) can easily be summed up in two-words = STRIPE RUST.  This nursery sustained early infections of stripe rust with a tremendous innoculum load throughout the entire spring growing season.  In general, the lowest yielding varieties in all three market classes are stripe rust susceptible varieties.

3.       In general, low TEST WEIGHT values were also associated with stripe rust such as Edwall that exhibited over a 50% yield loss compared to the highest yielding variety in the soft white spring nursery and had only a 50.5 lb/bu test weight.

4.       In general, variety YIELD RANKINGS were similar to 3-year historical yield rankings and some of the newer experimental lines included in the nursery show good stripe rust resistance and yield potential.