Table 2. Agronomic characteristics of Hard Red Spring Wheat varieties in Minnesota in
single year (2002) comparisons and multiple year comparisons (2000-2002).
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Test Days to Plant Straw Grain
Weight Heading Height Strength Protein4
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Variety1 1 yr 2 2 yr. 3 1 yr. 2 1 yr. 2 3 yr. 1 yr. 2 2 yr. 3
-- lbs/bu -- -- days-- inches ----- % ----
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Ingot 60.4 61.3 58.8 34.4 m. strong 14.9 14.9
Forge 59.0 60.3 59.1 31.3 strong 14.5 14.4
Walworth 57.6 59.0 59.3 31.3 medium 15.1 14.9
Briggs 59.1 -- 59.3 31.0 m. strong 15.2 --
Oxen 57.1 58.7 59.7 29.7 m. strong 15.1 14.8
2375 58.3 59.9 60.4 30.6 medium 14.8 14.7
Mercury 57.5 59.0 60.4 27.0 strong 14.7 14.5
McKenzie 58.5 59.5 60.5 34.0 medium 15.3 15.0
Reeder 58.3 59.4 60.5 30.9 strong 14.7 14.7
Dandy 59.5 60.0 60.5 31.7 v. strong 14.8 14.3
Parshall 60.2 61.2 60.6 33.4 strong 15.3 15.1
Alsen 59.6 60.4 60.8 30.5 strong 15.9 15.6
Knudson 58.9 59.9 60.8 29.9 m. strong 14.8 14.6
Russ 57.0 58.7 60.8 31.5 m. strong 14.6 14.3
Keystone 59.5 60.6 60.9 32.0 m. strong 14.1 14.0
NorPro 57.8 58.8 60.9 29.0 strong 15.0 14.7
Hanna 58.8 59.6 61.4 33.6 m. strong 15.3 15.1
HJ98 57.4 58.2 62.1 29.5 medium 14.7 14.5
Gunner 57.8 59.7 62.9 32.2 m. strong 15.3 15.4
Marshall 57.1 58.6 63.1 29.2 strong 14.1 14.0
Verde 57.8 58.9 63.1 30.0 m. strong 14.8 14.6
Ivan 58.6 59.2 63.3 29.4 v. strong 14.3 14.0
Granite 60.4 64.1 29.0 v. strong 15.6
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LSD (0.05) 1.6 1.6 1 3 0.9 0.9
Mean 58.6 59.7 60.6 30.9 15.0 14.7
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1 Varieties are listed from earliest to latest heading date.
2 2002 data only.
3 2001-2002 data only.
4 12% moisture basis.