Several classes of spring wheat are grown in the United States, including hard red, hard white, soft red and soft white. Hard red spring wheat has the highest protein content and best milling and baking qualities for bread-making of wheat types. Hard white spring wheat is closely related to hard red spring wheat except for the color genes. Hard white spring wheat has a milder, sweeter flavor than hard red spring wheat. Traditional hard white wheat has low protein and is mainly used for oriental noodles and tortillas. Some current varieties have protein and milling quality comparable to hard red spring wheat, as well as better flavor than hard red wheat. These varieties are used to make bread and hard rolls. Whole wheat products made from hard white wheat have a light golden color. Some millers and bakers are looking at hard white wheat to replace hard red wheat for bread-making. Soft white wheat is usually high yielding with low protein. Flour from soft white wheat is used to make flat breads, cakes, pastries, crackers, quick breads, muffins and snack foods.
This study evaluated several varieties of each of the three spring wheat types grown under irrigated and dryland conditions. The varieties were evaluated for agronomic characters. Each variety will be evaluated for whole-grain quality analyses, bread-making or noodle-making quality, and end-product tests.
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Dryland Planted: April 14 Harvested: July 29 |
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variety |
wheat type |
Heading Date1 |
Height in |
Grain Protein |
Test Wt |
Yield Bu/ac |
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AC Vista |
hard white |
65.0 |
32 |
15.02 |
58.8 |
55.1 |
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Explorer |
hard white |
62.0 |
29 |
15.76 |
61.0 |
53.4 |
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IS377S |
hard white |
63.8 |
30 |
14.63 |
61.4 |
51.9 |
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Keene |
hard red |
66.0 |
35 |
15.31 |
61.4 |
51.9 |
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Penawawa |
soft white |
66.8 |
29 |
13.73 |
59.5 |
51.8 |
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Lolo |
hard white |
65.5 |
30 |
15.02 |
60.3 |
51.6 |
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MTHW9420 |
hard white |
63.5 |
29 |
13.87 |
60.1 |
51.4 |
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Grandin |
hard red |
64.3 |
32 |
14.58 |
60.3 |
50.3 |
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McNeal |
hard red |
66.3 |
32 |
13.89 |
59.3 |
50.3 |
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Trenton |
hard red |
65.0 |
35 |
15.96 |
59.8 |
50.2 |
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Parshall |
hard red |
64.8 |
33 |
16.22 |
61.4 |
49.9 |
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Oxen |
hard red |
63.3 |
29 |
15.42 |
62.0 |
49.6 |
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Winsome |
hard white |
67.0 |
28 |
13.91 |
59.6 |
48.8 |
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Golden 86 |
hard white |
64.0 |
27 |
15.23 |
61.9 |
48.7 |
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Pristine |
hard white |
62.3 |
29 |
15.72 |
62.6 |
48.5 |
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IS488 |
soft white |
66.0 |
28 |
13.36 |
60.3 |
48.4 |
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Argent |
hard white |
65.5 |
33 |
15.79 |
61.1 |
46.8 |
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NDSU0246 |
hard red |
66.0 |
35 |
14.40 |
62.0 |
44.5 |
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Probability |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
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CV (S/mean) |
0.7 |
2.7 |
5.6 |
1.2 |
5.2 |
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LSD 0.05 |
0.7 |
3.0 |
1.2 |
1.0 |
3.7 |
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1 days from planting