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Posted 20 October 2008. Crop Management. SDSU Publication: Small Grain Variety Trials South Dakota State University. www3.sdstate.edu Brookings, South Dakota (October 10, 2008)--A new publication from South Dakota State University gives the latest variety recommendations for small grains.
SDSU Extension Circular EC774-09, "Small Grains and Field Peas: 2009 Variety Recommendations (2008 Crop Performance Results)," is available at agbiopubs.sdstate.edu. The publication, as well as past years' crop performance trials, also is available at the SDSU variety trials Web page: plantsci.sdstate.edu. The small grain variety recommendations include: • Spring wheat - Briggs, Granger, RB07, and Steele-ND for all areas except southeastern South Dakota, and Faller, Howard, and Traverse for statewide use • Oats - Stallion AND SOURIS for statewide use, Beach and Jerry, for use in all of western South Dakota, and Morton for use in northern South Dakota, both east and west • Barley - Lacey and Tradition for statewide use; Eslick for feed use in the north and central parts of western South Dakota, Rawson for use in northern South Dakota, both east and west, and Conlon for use in all areas except the southern part of the state • Winter wheat - Nu Dakota, Wendy (white) and Wesley for use in western South Dakota; Expedition, Harding, Millennium, Overland and Alice (white) for use in a number of crop adaptation areas SDSU Extension Crops Specialist Bob Hall, research associate John Rickertsen, agricultural research managers Kevin Kirby and Jesse Hall, and senior agricultural Research Technician Bruce Swan wrote the 30-page publication. It offers detailed field data from sites across South Dakota for spring wheat, oats, barley, winter wheat, and field peas. The publication tells what varieties are recommended for seven different crop adaptation areas of the state, and also lists varieties considered acceptable or promising for the different areas. The circular also provides data about how different varieties compare in measurements such as protein, height and test weight at different locations. The relative maturity (heading) rating of each variety to a reference variety is given. The latest disease resistance/tolerance information about different varieties is also in the publication. Both one- and three-year average yields for each variety are included for each test location if the variety was tested for three or more years. Contact: |
