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2005 VARIETY TESTING
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
WALLA WALLA 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 50.1 ( 1) 50.6 ( 2) 49.4 ( 4) 37.2 ( 5) 54.7 14.2
EDEN 48.7 ( 2) 49.4 ( 3) 49.7 ( 3) 38.5 ( 2) 58.5 12.3
WAWAWAI 45.6 ( 3) 48.8 ( 4) 50.4 ( 2) 38.5 ( 3) 56.6 13.1
ALPOWA 44.4 ( 4) 44.6 ( 5) 45.2 ( 5) 29.0 (11) 54.4 14.2
ALTURAS 40.9 ( 5) 39.2 ( 7) 37.7 (10) 22.0 (17) 53.5 14.1
ZAK 38.9 ( 6) 39.0 ( 8) 37.9 ( 9) 31.8 ( 9) 55.9 14.3
EDWALL 36.9 ( 7) 35.3 (10) 34.5 (11) 23.4 (15) 49.6 13.6
PENAWAWA 35.7 ( 8) 36.2 ( 9) 34.4 (12) 24.8 (13) 53.6 14.3
FIELDER 29.6 ( 9) 28.4 (11) 26.9 (13) 17.5 (20) 52.0 13.8
LOUISE --- 50.7 ( 1) 54.1 ( 1) 43.0 ( 1) 56.5 12.5
WAKANZ --- 44.0 ( 6) 44.7 ( 6) 37.6 ( 4) 53.6 13.9
WA7952 --- --- 42.6 ( 7) 21.3 (18) 53.4 14.0
WA7964 --- --- 37.9 ( 8) 23.7 (14) 53.8 14.6
WA7960 --- --- --- 34.9 ( 6) 55.6 13.9
ID632 --- --- --- 34.6 ( 7) 57.8 13.2
WA7963 --- --- --- 32.2 ( 8) 55.2 14.3
WA7983 --- --- --- 30.1 (10) 53.6 15.3
WA7986 --- --- --- 26.1 (12) 54.2 16.1
WA7987 --- --- --- 23.2 (16) 52.8 16.5
WQL7PENWX-2 --- --- --- 21.0 (19) 53.5 13.9
             
 
NURSERY MEAN 41.2 42.4 42 29.5 54.4 14.1
CV % 16.2 20.5 23.4 24.1 3.2 6.8
LSD @ .10 4.1 6.8 9.5 9.8 2.4 1.3
2005 VARIETY TESTING
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
WALLA WALLA 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 51.4 ( 1) 56.0 ( 1) 61.3 ( 1) 41.1 ( 3) 57.4 13.8
ID377S 44.3 ( 2) 47.5 ( 4) 49.1 ( 5) 26.4 (10) 54.0 15.7
MACON 43.8 ( 3) 45.3 ( 5) 47.7 ( 6) 31.2 ( 5) 53.0 14.8
BLANCA GRANDE --- 50.6 ( 2) 52.1 ( 3) 40.3 ( 4) 58.4 13.4
OTIS --- 48.4 ( 3) 50.9 ( 4) 29.3 ( 7) 54.4 15.5
ID597 --- --- 58.5 ( 2) 44.3 ( 2) 55.7 13.9
BZ98-447W --- --- --- 48.3 ( 1) 55.8 13.7
WINSOME --- --- --- 29.9 ( 6) 54.1 13.7
WA7991 --- --- --- 28.9 ( 8) 55.3 14.6
WA7957 --- --- --- 27.9 ( 9) 52.4 14.8
             
 
NURSERY MEAN 46.5 49.6 53.3 34.8 55.0 14.4
CV % 10.4 13.8 15.5 25.0 5.1 6.0
LSD @ .10 3 5.5 8.2 12.3 4.0 1.2
2005 VARIETY TESTING
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
WALLA WALLA 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 51.6 ( 1) 58.1 ( 1) 62.7 ( 1) 41.1 ( 2) 55.7 14.7
TARA 2002 48.3 ( 2) 53.6 ( 2) 59.0 ( 2) 47.9 ( 1) 56.8 14.4
JEFFERSON 48.2 ( 3) 51.2 ( 4) 54.9 ( 5) 31.3 ( 9) 54.8 15.1
HOLLIS 47.6 ( 4) 51.7 ( 3) 56.7 ( 3) 32.8 ( 5) 54.8 15.7
WESTBRED 926 47.1 ( 5) 51.2 ( 5) 54.7 ( 6) 29.3 (10) 53.0 16.0
SCARLET 45.2 ( 6) 47.7 ( 7) 49.1 ( 9) 28.4 (11) 52.9 15.0
JEROME --- 51.0 ( 6) 55.4 ( 4) 31.3 ( 9) 54.2 14.4
ID593 --- --- 54.1 ( 7) 27.6 (13) 51.6 14.6
GMG BUCK PRONTO --- --- 53.8 ( 8) 28.2 (12) 53.1 16.2
SX1504B --- --- --- 38.4 ( 3) 57.7 14.2
BZ999-339 --- --- --- 36.8 ( 4) 54.5 15.3
WA7997 --- --- --- 32.4 ( 6) 52.6 15.4
WA7998 --- --- --- 31.6 ( 7) 52.0 14.9
BZ999-592 --- --- --- 26.7 (14) 55.4 14.6
WA7995 --- --- --- 25.2 (15) 51.5 15.6
WA7994 --- --- --- 21.8 (16) 50.6 15.9
             
 
NURSERY MEAN 48 52.1 55.6 31.9 53.8 15.1
CV % 14.3 15.4 14.6 20.4 3.5 4.7
LSD @ .10 4.2 6.4 7.9 9.0 2.6 1.0


WALLA WALLA SPRING WHEAT – 2005 WSU VARIETY TESTING DATA 

1.       2005 Spring Wheat data from the WSU Variety Testing nursery at the Walla Walla location averaged 29.5, 34.8, and 31.9 bu/ac for soft white spring, hard white spring and hard red spring wheat, respectively.  The 2005 spring wheat average yields were 30% - 38% % lower than the historical 3-year average.  This nursery was planted on re-crop following a 2004 winter wheat crop and the 2005 spring growing conditions contributed to yields that were lower than the historical averages.   Low TEST WEIGHT values are also indicative of the poor 2005 growing conditions for spring crops in this region.

2.       STRIPE RUST infections were present in this nursery on a 14 June 2005 evaluation.  Notable susceptible soft white common varieties such as, Penawawa, Edwall and Fielder exhibited significant yield reductions as well as significant reductions in TEST WEIGHT. Stripe rust infections related to yield were not as well defined in hard white and hard red spring wheat varieties.

3.       In general, variety YIELD RANKINGS were similar to 3-year historical yield rankings. However, due to a fairly high 2005 nursery variation (CV %) historical 3-yr and 5-yr average yield values are better indicators when making comparisons among varieties.