Evaluation of spring 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 7. Yield and test weight were adjusted to 12% moisture content.
Table 7. Spring wheat variety trial at EARC dryland re-cropped site.
Dryland Recrop
Spring Wheat - MSU
EARC, Sidney, MT 2018
Variety
Plant
Height
Days to
Heading
Test
Weigh
t †
Protei
n
Grain Yield †
(in)
(julian*)
(lb/bu)
(%)
(bu/a)
CHOTEAU
27.7
170
62.6
16.5
41.3
CORBIN
24.1
169
63.3
16.3
34.8
DUCLAIR
26.9
170
62.6
15.3
49.0
EGAN
23.4
170
60.5
18.2
36.3
FORTUNA
32.4
171
62.8
15.4
39.0
HRS 3504
22.8
171
63.1
15.1
48.2
HRS 3616
25.7
170
63.0
16.2
40.2
LANNING
24.0
173
60.8
17.1
37.8
NS PRESSER CL+
26.2
176
60.8
15.9
37.1
REEDER
26.1
170
63.7
15.3
49.8
SY SOREN
23.9
170
64.3
16.2
41.8
VIDA
25.9
170
63.1
15.1
50.0
Mean
25.8
170.9
62.5
16.0
42.1
P-value
0.0010
0.0001
0.0001
0.0069
0.0049
CV (%)
8.2
0.8
1.4
5.5
13.4
LSD
3.6
2.4
1.4
1.5
9.4
Soil Test N Avail (lb/a): 28.3
Soil Type: Williams Clay
Loam
Soil test P2O5 (lb/a): 14
Planted: 4/27/2018
N added (lb/a): 73.4
Harvested: 8/8/2018
P2O5 added (lb/ac): 20.8
Plot Width (ft): 5'
Precip: 14.19"