Winter Rye Variety DescriptionS

Variety Origin Year

Released

Height Straw

Strength

Maturity Seed

Color

Seed

Size

Test

Weight

Winter

hardiness

Dacold ND 1989 Med. good1 v.late bl-grn. med. Low good
Prima Can 1984 tall good med. blue large med. v.good
Frederick SD 1984 tall fair late tan med. High good
Musketeer Can 1980 tall good m.early blue large med. v.good
Rymin MN 1973 tall v.good late grn-gray large high fair2

1 Under certain environments lodging has been observed.

2 Varieties with fair winter hardiness should not be seeded on bare soil.

Dryland Fallow Winter Rye Williston, ND

  Yield TW Plant
Cultivar 1998 3 yr 1998 Height  
  - bus/a - lb/b in.
           
DaCold 84.8 56.7 56.7 34  
ND Exp. 78.8 55.3 55.3 35  
Prima 78.5 55.0 55.0 38  
AC Rifle 76.8 ------ ------ 32  
           
LSD 5% NS ------ ------ ------  
Plant: September 11 Harvest: July 20

Dryland Fallow Barley Sidney, MT

  Yield TW Protein
Cultivar 1998 3 yr 1998 1998 3 yr
  - bus/a - lb/b -- % --
Baronesse 93.2 79.8 50.0 12.9 11.5
Morex 89.7 76.9 50.7 12.8 11.9
Stark 96.8 76.4 51.8 12.5 11.5
Logan 90.1 75.8 51.3 12.5 11.3
Lewis 98.0 75.1 52.5 12.5 11.7
Chinook 91.0 74.9 50.8 12.9 12.1
Hector 94.0 73.5 51.8 13.3 12.3
Gallatin 88.8 72.7 52.2 13.1 12.1
Harrington 70.3 72.3 48.2 13.2 11.8
BA 1202 76.5 69.3 47.0 13.4 11.9
Stratus 89.1 ------ 49.5 12.1 ------
Coors 22 87.3 ------ 47.7 13.4 ------
BA 1614 78.9 ------ 49.0 13.3 ------
Merit 65.3 ------ 46.0 13.4 ------
LSD 5% 10.0 ------ 1.4 0.7 ------
Plant: April 16 Harvest: July 30

Dryland Fallow Barley Williston, ND

  Yield TW Protein
Cultivar 1998 3 yr 1998 1998 3 yr
  - bus/a - lb/b -- % --
           
Hector 93.6 78.6 48.2 12.6 12.5
Chinook 90.8 76.4 47.9 12.4 12.8
Stark 94.2 76.1 49.8 12.0 12.1
Lewis 88.7 75.6 48.6 12.2 12.5
Gallatin 87.0 75.3 48.8 12.3 12.4
Excel 93.9 74.2 46.2 12.0 12.0
Foster 94.0 72.9 46.9 11.7 11.9
Logan 82.1 72.3 48.2 11.7 11.8
Harrington 80.1 71.8 44.5 12.6 12.6
Morex 93.3 71.4 46.8 12.4 12.7
Bowman 85.4 71.1 49.2 12.3 12.3
Stander 87.5 70.7 48.6 11.7 12.2
Hazen 87.1 69.4 46.8 12.1 12.5
Azure 95.6 69.1 48.0 12.2 12.7
Robust 91.0 68.2 49.0 12.2 12.9
Conlon 91.3 67.3 49.4 11.6 11.6
MN Brite 91.8 ------ 48.1 13.0 ------
           
LSD 5% 6.5 ------ 0.9 ------ ------
Plant: April 23 Harvest: July 30

Dryland Early Planted Barley Williston, ND

  Yield TW Protein
Cultivar 1998 3 yr 1998 1998 3 yr
  - bus/a - lb/b -- % --
           
Logan 89.1 70.3 48.3 11.2 11.5
Stander 94.0 68.8 49.8 11.7 12.2
Excel 98.5 68.6 47.7 12.1 12.3
Stark 98.2 68.1 51.0 10.3 12.0
Foster 97.3 67.9 48.0 10.7 11.9
Robust 94.0 66.7 50.1 11.5 11.9
Bowman 89.1 64.5 49.6 11.3 11.8
Conlon 89.7 59.4 50.3 11.4 11.5
           
LSD 5% 5.8 ------ ------ ------ ------
Plant: April 17 Harvest: July 28
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Last modified: August 04, 2003