1997 Agricultural Research Update -- Page 10

WINTER WHEAT VARIETY DESCRIPTIONS

					---------------------Resistance To ²------------------				Quality Factors
Variety	Origin¹	Height	Maturity	Winter Hardiness	Lodging	Stem Rust	Leaf Rust	Foliar Disease	Test Weight	Grain protein

HARD RED WINTER WHEAT
Abilene	AgriPro	v short	early	poor	R	S	MR	NA	m high	high
Agassiz	ND	tall	m late	good	MS	R	S	MR	m high	medium
Arapahoe	NE	medium	early	fair	R	R	MR	MR	medium	medium
Bighorn	HybriTech	short	medium	poor	R	R	MS	MS	medium	m high
Blizzard	ID	m tall	late	fair	MS	MS	NA	M	m low	medium
Elkhorn	ND	medium	medium	good	R	MR	MR	NA	medium	m high
Erhardt	MT	medium	medium	good	R	R	S	R	high	m high
Judith	MT	medium	medium	fair	R	MR	S	M	m low	medium
Kestrel	Canada	m tall	medium	good	R	S	S	MS	m low	low
McGuire	MT	m tall	m early	fair	R	R	S	M	medium	high
Meridian	ID	short	m late	poor	R	S	S	R	low	m low
Neeley	ID	medium	m late	fair	R	S	S	M	m low	m low
Norstar	Canada	tall	late	v good	S	S	S	R	high	low
Norwin	MT	v short	m late	good	R	MR	S	S	high	low
Quantum 542	HybriTech	m tall	medium	poor	R	S	S	M	medium	m low
Quantum 547	HybriTech	medium	m early	fair	R	NA	NA	MS	m high	medium
Quantum 566	HybriTech	medium	medium	fair	MS	NA	NA	MR	medium	m high
Rampart*	MT	medium	medium	poor	R	R	S	M	medium	high
AC Readymade	AC	medium	medium	good	R	S	S	S	medium	high
Rocky	AgriPro	tall	medium	fair	R	R	S	M	high	medium
Rose	SD	short	early	fair	R	MR	S	NA	medium	medium
Roughrider	ND	tall	medium	v good	S	R	S	M	m high	medium
Seward	ND	medium	medium	good	R	MR	S	NA	medium	low
Tiber	MT	tall	m late	fair	R	S	S	MR	m high	medium
Winridge	MT	medium	late	fair	R	S	S	MR	m low	m low
HARD WHITE WINTER WHEAT
Nuwest	MT/WPB	medium	medium	good	R	R	S	MR	m low	medium

^{1 Refers to developer: AC = Agriculture Canada.

2 R = resistant, MR = moderately resistant, M = intermediate, MS = moderately
susceptible, S = susceptible, VS = very susceptible, NA = data not available.}

* Sawfly resistant

Dryland Fallow Winter Wheat	Williston, ND

	Yield		TW	Protein
Cultivar	1997	3 yr	1997	1997	3 yr

	- bus/a -		lb/b	-- % --
Norstar	23.8	32.2	59.1	14.2	14.5
Seward	23.9	31.8	57.7	12.8	12.8
Agassiz	22.1	31.0	57.4	14.6	14.7
Elkhorn	22.3	31.0	56.6	14.0	14.7
Roughrider	21.4	29.7	58.2	14.8	15.0
CDC Kestrel	23.7	28.1	57.0	13.8	13.8
Tibor	25.3	27.8	60.4	13.2	14.6
Arapahoe	23.7	24.0	58.6	13.1	13.9
Alliance	24.2	---	57.6	12.2	---
Erhardt	20.2	---	60.1	15.1	---
McGuire	19.8	---	59.6	15.6	---
Nekota	23.7	---	59.7	12.9	---
Pronghorn	24.0	---	59.1	12.5	---
Rampart	17.5	---	59.6	13.8	---

LSD 5%	9.9
Plant: September 11			Harvest: July 16

Dryland NoTill Winter Wheat	Williston, ND

	Yield		TW	Protein
Cultivar	1997	3 yr	1997	1997	3 yr

	- bus/a -		lb/b	-- % --
Seward	16.5	25.8	57.9	12.9	12.6
Agassiz	16.7	25.6	57.3	14.6	14.2
CDC Kestrel	15.8	24.5	57.0	13.6	12.8
Norstar	15.1	22.9	59.4	14.2	13.1
Roughrider	15.9	22.5	58.3	14.1	13.2
Elkhorn	14.1	22.0	57.3	14.5	14.0
Arapahoe	16.6	20.5	58.3	14.0	13.5
Alliance	17.6	---	57.5	11.9	---
Erhardt	14.8	---	59.9	14.5	---
Nekota	14.2	---	58.9	13.5	---
Pronghorn	15.8	---	58.5	14.1	---
Rampart	16.4	---	59.2	14.4	---

LSD 5%	NS
Plant: September 13		Harvest: July 16

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