Evaluation of durum wheat at EARC under dryland re-crop conditions.
Project director:
Chengci Chen
Cooperators/personnel:
Jamie Sherman
Liz Elmore
Mike Giroux
Andrew Hogg
Luther Talbert
Hua Young Heo
Rebecca Garza
Calla Kowatch
Thomas Gross
Ronald Brown
Bill Franck
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the performance of experimental lines and named varieties of barley,
durum, and spring wheat for re-crop condition in eastern Montana.
MATERIALS AND METHODS:
Location: EARC dryland farm
Soil type: Williams Clay Loam
Previous crop: pea in 2017 - small grain in 2016
RESULTS:
Agronomic data are shown in Table 8. Yield and test weight were adjusted to 12% moisture content.
Table 8. Durum wheat variety trial at EARC dryland re-crop site.
Dryland Recrop
Durum - MSU
EARC, Sidney, MT 2018
Variety
Plant
Height
Days to
Heading
Test
Weight †
Protein
Grain Yield
†
(in)
(julian*)
(lb/bu)
(%)
(bu/a)
Alkabo
29.7
171
63.2
15.3
39.6
Alzada
25.3
170
62.5
14.7
44.6
Carpio
31.5
173
62.0
15.4
40.5
Divide
31.8
173
62.6
14.8
38.2
Dynamic
29.8
174
62.0
17.8
36.7
Fortitude
30.1
173
62.2
16.6
40.5
Grenora
29.3
170
62.5
14.6
43.8
Joppa
31.8
173
63.1
15.7
38.0
MT112219
26.0
170
64.3
14.2
43.5
MTD16001
30.7
176
62.1
14.4
41.9
MTD16002
32.7
175
62.3
16.1
41.6
MTD16003
30.3
172
63.1
13.3
38.7
MTD16004
31.2
173
63.2
14.8
38.6
MTD16005
29.3
174
61.8
14.9
36.0
MTD16006
32.3
173
62.0
15.8
36.8
MTD16007
30.1
174
62.6
15.7
42.6
MTD16008
30.6
172
59.9
17.1
34.9
MTD16009
29.7
175
59.4
16.4
39.0
MTD16010
30.7
173
62.6
16.3
39.5
MTD16011
31.5
174
61.7
15.8
38.9
Mountrail
32.1
173
63.0
14.7
37.9
Precision
31.2
173
62.3
16.4
41.6
Tioga
32.1
173
62.6
15.7
42.2
Vivid
29.9
172
62.4
16.4
42.6
Mean
30.4
172.8
62.3
15.5
39.9
P-value
0.0003
<0.0001
<0.0001
<0.0001
0.4399
CV (%)
5.5
0.6
0.7
4.5
11.1
LSD
2.8
1.7
0.7
1.1
7.3
Soil Test N Avail (lb/ac): 28.3
Previous crop: Wheat
Soil Test P2O5 (lb/ac): 14.0
Planted: 4/27/2018
N added (lb/ac): 73.4
Harvested: 8/8/2018
P2O5 added (lb/ac): 20.8
Soil Type: Williams Clay Loam
(julian*) is a continuous count of days since January
1.
Plot Width (ft): 5'
† Test Weight and Grain Yield are adjusted to 12.0% moisture
basis.
Precip 2018: 14.19"
