UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
in cooperation with
STATE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS
Wheat Varieties Grown in Cooperative Plot
and Nursery Experiments in the Spring Wheat Region in 1985
Hard Red Spring Wheat Results Coordinated & Compiled by:
R.H. Busch, Research Geneticist and Professor and
J. Barbour, Assistant Scientist
This is a joint progress report of cooperative investigations underway in the State
Agricultural Experiment Station and the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture containing preliminary data which have not been
sufficiently confirmed to justify general release; interpretations may be modified
with additional experimentation. Confirmed results will be published through
established channels. The report is primarily a tool for use of cooperators and
their official staffs and for those persons having direct and special interest
in the development of agricultural research programs.
This report includes data furnished by the State Agricultural Experiment Stations
as well as by the Agricultural Research Service was compiled by the Agricultural
Research Service U.S. Department of Agriculture. This report is not intended for
publication and should not be referred to in literature citations nor quoted in
publicity or advertising. Use of the data may be granted for certain purposes upon
written request to the agency or agencies involved.
Agricultural Research Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
North Central Region
St. Paul, Minnesota
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Cooperating Agencies, Stations and Personnel
The 1985 Crop
The Uniform Regional Hard Red Spring Wheat Nursery
Table 1 - Location and comparative plot management data
2 - Parts 1-23 - Agronomic data
3 - Part 1 - Mean Yields and Bushel Weights in 1985, 1984-85, 1983-85
for entries in the URHRSWPN
- Part 2 - Stability Parameters
4 - Part 1 - Adult stem rust reactions
- Part 2 - Adult leaf rust reactions