1998 INDEX OF TABLES Table Page REGIONAL HARD WINTER WHEAT TRIALS 1 Parentage and origin of hard winter wheat entries, 1998 8 2 Mean Yield (BU/A) and Rankings 9 3 Summary and Rankings 11 4 Aberdeen, ID, irrigated (ID0102) 12 5 Bonners Ferry, rainfed (ID0104) 13 6 Moscow, ID, rainfed (ID0110) 14 7 Preston, ID, rainfed (ID0112) 15 8 Rockland, ID, rainfed (ID0114) 16 9 Tetonia, ID, rainfed (ID0119) 17 10 Bozeman, MT, rainfed (MT0101) 18 11 Moro, OR, rainfed (OR0104) 19 12 Blue Creek, UT, rainfed (UT0101) 20 13 Lind, WA, rainfed (WA0108) 21 14 Pullman, WA, rainfed (WA0156) 22 REGIONAL SOFT WHITE WINTER WHEAT TRIALS 15 Parentage and origin of soft white winter wheat entries, 1998 23 16 Mean Yield (BU/A) and Rankings 24 17 Summary and Rankings 26 18 Aberdeen, ID, irrigated (ID0202) 27 19 Bonners Ferry, rainfed (ID0204) 28 20 Moscow, ID, rainfed (ID0210) 29 21 Hazelton, ID, rainfed (ID0216) 30 22 Parma, ID, rainfed (ID0221) 31 23 Bozeman, MT, rainfed (MT0201) 32 24 Corvallis, OR, rainfed (OR0202) 33 25 Moro, OR, rainfed (OR0204) 34 26 Pendleton, OR, rainfed (OR0206) 35 27 Lind, WA, rainfed (WA0208) 36 28 Pullman Late, WA, rainfed (WA0256.0) 37 29 Pullman Foot Rot Inoculated, WA, rainfed (WA0256.1) 38 30 Pullman Foot Rot Benlate, WA, rainfed (WA0256.2) 39 REGIONAL SPRING WHEAT TRIALS 31 Parentage and origin of spring wheat entries, 1998 40 32 Mean Yield (BU/A) and Rankings 41 33 Summary and Rankings 43 34 Aberdeen, ID, irrigated (ID0302) 44 35 Bonners Ferry, rainfed (ID0304) 45 36 Moscow, ID, rainfed (ID0310) 46 37 Tetonia, ID, rainfed (ID0319) 47 38 Bozeman, MT, rainfed (MT0301) 48 39 Corvallis, OR, rainfed (OR0302) 49 40 Klamath Falls, OR, rainfed (OR0303) 50 41 Logan, UT, irrigated (UT0303) 51 42 Pullman, WA, rainfed (WA0356) 52 43 Tulelake, CA, irrigated (CA0302) 53 INTRODUCTION PROGRAM CHANGES Jim Anderson resigned from the USDA-ARS Wheat Genetics position August 1998. His present address is: James A. Anderson Dept. Of Agron. & Plant Genetics, U. of Minnesota 411 Borlaug Hall, 1991 Buford Circle St. Paul, MN 55108 Steve Jones will no longer grow the Western Regional Hard Winter and Soft White Winter Nurseries at Lind, WA. Bob Stougaard and Todd Keener will no longer grow the Western Regional Hard Winter and Spring Wheat Nurseries at Kalispell, MT. Warren Kronstad has retired. Jim Peterson has assumed the Geneticist position at Oregon State University.