UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
in cooperation with
STATE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS
Report on Hard Red Spring Wheat Varieties Grown in Cooperative Plot and
Nursery Experiments in the Spring Wheat Region in 2014
Nursery Coordinator:
D.F. Garvin, Research Geneticist, USDA-ARS
Report prepared by D.F. Garvin and Z. Blankenheim
This is a joint progress report of cooperative investigations underway in the State Agricultural Experiment Stations and the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It contains preliminary data which have not been sufficiently confirmed to justify general release, and interpretations may be modified after additional experimentation. Confirmed results will be published through established channels. This report is primarily a tool for use by cooperators and their official staffs, and for those persons having direct and special interest in the development of agricultural research programs.
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Agricultural Research Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Midwest Area
St. Paul, Minnesota
February 24, 2015
2014 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT UNIFORM REGIONAL NURSERY REPORT
CONTENTS PAGE
Cooperating Agencies, Stations and Personnel 2
Policy for Protected or Patented Genes 3
2013 Spring Wheat Production Statistics 4
Description and Summary of 2013 HRSWURN 5
Figure 1. Geographic Locations of 2014 HRSWURN 6
Table 1. List of Entries in the 2014 HRSWURN 7
Table 2. Nursery Locations and Comparative Plot Management Data 8
Tables 3-15. Nursery Data by Individual Location 9-21
Table 16. Summary of Trait Means Across Locations 22
Table 17. Yield Rankings by Location 23
Table 18. Leaf Rust Reactions, St. Paul and Morris, MN 24
Table 19. Adult Plant Stem Rust Reactions, St. Paul, MN 25
Table 20. Fusarium Head Blight (Scab) Reactions, Crookston, MN 26
Table 21. Fusarium Head Blight (Scab) Reactions, St. Paul, MN 27
Table 22. Molecular Marker Data for Agronomic Trait/Disease Resistance Genes 28
COOPERATING AGENCIES, STATIONS, AND PERSONNEL FOR THE 2014 HRSWURN
USDA-AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
National Program Leader J. Costa
Midwest Area Director R. Matteri
Nursery Coordinator, Plant Science Research Unit, St. Paul, MN D. Garvin
Quality Investigations, Cereal Crops Research Unit, Fargo, ND L. Dykes
Molecular Marker Analysis, Cereal Crops Research Unit, Fargo, ND S. Chao
Disease Evaluations
Cereal Disease Laboratory, St. Paul, MN J. Kolmer
Y. Jin
Wheat Genetics, Physiology, Quality, and Disease
Research Unit, Pullman, WA X. Chen
MINNESOTA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
St. Paul, University of Minnesota J. Anderson
Morris, West Central Experiment Station G. Nelson
Crookston, Northwestern Experiment Station M. Hanson
R. Bouvette
AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA
Swift Current, Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre R. Cuthbert
NORTH DAKOTA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
Hettinger Research Extension Center J. Rickertsen
Langdon Research Extension Center B. Hanson
Williston Research Extension Center G. Pradhan
Carrington Research Extension Center B. Schatz
SOUTH DAKOTA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
Brookings, South Dakota State University K. Glover
MONTANA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
Bozeman, Montana State University L. Talbert
Entering Lines with Protected or Patented Genes into the Hard Red Spring Wheat Uniform Regional Nursery
Transgenic wheat lines may be considered for the nursery program ONLY if they have been granted permanent non-regulated status. Non-regulated status is granted only after the originator files a formal petition to de-regulate a line with APHIS. However, ultimately the decision whether to include or exclude such germplasm will reside with individual location cooperators.
U.S. SPRING WHEAT PRODUCTION, 2014
SPRING WHEAT (OTHER THAN DURUM): Growers produced an estimated 595 million bushels of spring wheat. This production estimate is approximately 11.5 percent higher than year 2013 production. Yield averaged 46.7 bushels per acre, a decrease of less than 0.5 bushels per acre from year 2013. Area harvested totaled approximately 12,740 million acres, which is approximately 12.3 percent higher than the acreage harvested in 2013.
Spring Wheat Production Statistics, 2012-2014*
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|
Acres Harvested (x1000) |
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Production (x1000 Bushels) |
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Yield (Bushels/Acre) |
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|
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
|
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
|
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
|
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Minnesota |
1,310 |
1,160 |
1,180 |
|
74,670 |
66,120 |
64,900 |
|
57 |
57 |
55 |
|
|
Montana |
2,900 |
2,830 |
2,980 |
|
95,700 |
104,710 |
104,300 |
|
33 |
37 |
35 |
|
|
North Dakota |
5,700 |
5,060 |
6,140 |
|
256,500 |
235,290 |
291,650 |
|
45 |
46.5 |
47.5 |
|
|
South Dakota |
1,020 |
1,165 |
1,280 |
|
41,820 |
51,260 |
71,680 |
|
41 |
44 |
56 |
|
|
USA |
12,055 |
11,344 |
12,740 |
|
541,959 |
533,529 |
595,038 |
|
45 |
47.1 |
46.7 |
|
* Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service: (http://quickstats.nass.usda.gov) as of 2-10-15.
2014 NURSERY DESCRIPTION AND SUMMARY
The Hard Red Spring Wheat Uniform Regional Nursery (HRSWURN) was planted for the 84th year in 2014. The nursery contained 26 entries submitted by 6 different scientific or industry breeding programs, and 5 checks (Table 1). Trials were conducted as randomized complete blocks with three replicates except where noted. The HRSWURN was planted at 14 locations in 4 different states in the USA (MN, ND, SD, MT). Thirteen locations provided data included in this report (Figure 1, Table 2). Data summaries for each of the reporting locations are presented in individual tables. For each location summary, entries are listed in descending order of yield. Overall means across locations for a set of core traits are summarized in Table 16, and yield rankings for individual locations are found in Table 17. Entries were also evaluated for various diseases at different locations; these can be found by looking at individual location data summaries. Leaf rust and stem rust resistance was evaluated in St. Paul, MN. These rust data are presented in Tables 18-19. Entries were evaluated in Fusarium head blight nurseries at Crookston and St. Paul, MN; these results are provided in Tables 20 and 21. Molecular marker genotyping for select agronomic, quality and disease resistance traits was also performed; this information is presented in Table 22. The highest average yielding location was Crookston, MN, with 93.9 Bu/Ac, while the lowest yielding location was Selby, SD, with 56.3 Bu/Ac.
Figure 1. Hard Red Spring Wheat Uniform Regional Nursery Reporting Locations, 2014
