UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

 

in cooperation with

 

STATE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS

 

 

Report on Wheat Varieties Grown in Cooperative Plot and

Nursery Experiments in the Spring Wheat Region in 2002

 

 

 

Hard Spring Wheat Nursery Coordinator:

D.F. Garvin, Research Geneticist, USDA-ARS

Report prepared by D.F. Garvin and L. Matthiesen

 

 

Durum Spring Wheat Nursery Coordinator:

E.M. Elias, Associate Professor, North Dakota State University

 

 

 

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.

 

This report includes data furnished by the State Agricultural Experiment Stations as well as by the Agricultural Research Service of the 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

Midwest Area

St. Paul, Minnesota

January, 2003

 

 

2002 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT UNIFORM REGIONAL NURSERY REPORT

 

CONTENTS                                                                                                                           PAGE

 

Cooperating Agencies, Stations and Personnel                                                                              1

 

Provisional Policy for Protected or Patented Genes                                                                       3

 

Spring Wheat Production Statistics                                                                                                4

 

Description and Summary of 2002 HRSWURN                                                                            5

 

Table 1.  List of Entries in the 2002 HRSWURN                                                                          6

 

Table 2.  Nursery Locations and Comparative Plot Management Data                                           7

 

Tables 3-20.  Individual Nursery Location Data                                                                       8-25

 

Table 21.  Summary of Trait Means Across Locations                                                                 26

 

Table 22.  Summary of Trait Means Combined Over 2001-2002                                                27

 

Table 23.  Fusarium Head Blight Reactions, Crookston, MN                                                     28

 

Table 24.  Fusarium Head Blight Reactions, St. Paul, MN                                                         29

 

Table 25.  Fusarium Head Blight Reactions, Langdon, ND                                                         30

 

Table 26.  Adult Plant Leaf and Stem Rust Reactions, St. Paul, MN                                            31

 

Table 27.  Adult Plant Leaf Rust Reactions, North Dakota Locations                                           32

 

Table 28.  Seedling Stem Rust Reactions                                                                                     33

 

Table 29.  Adult Plant Stem Rust Reactions, North Dakota Locations                                          34

 

 

 

(Note: Uniform Regional Durum Wheat Nursery Report Follows the HRSWURN Report)

 

 

COOPERATING AGENCIES, STATIONS, AND PERSONNEL FOR THE 2002 HRSWURN

 

 

USDA-AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

National Program Leader                                                                                  K.W. Simmons

Midwest Area Director                                                                                     A.D. Hewings

Nursery Coordination

Plant Science Research Unit, St. Paul                                                    D. Garvin

Quality Investigations

Cereal Crops Research Unit, Fargo                                                      G. Hareland

Disease Evaluations

Cereal Disease Laboratory, St. Paul                                                      J. Kolmer

Cereal Crops Research Unit, Fargo                                                      J. Miller

 

MINNESOTA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION

St. Paul, University of Minnesota

Agronomy and Plant Genetics                                                               J. Anderson

                                                                                                            R. Fuentes

                                                                                                                        G. Linkert

                                                                                                                        L. Matthiesen

Plant Pathology                                                                                     R. Dill-Macky

Morris, West Central Experiment Station                                                          G. Nelson

Crookston, Northwestern Experiment Station                                                    J. Wiersma

 

AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA

Winnipeg, Cereal Research Centre (Glenlea location)

Breeding and Genetics                                                                          G. Humphreys 

Cereal Diseases                                                                                    T. Fetch

                                                                                                            B. McCallum

Swift Current, Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre                             R. DePauw

                                                                                                                        D. Dahlman

 

NORTH DAKOTA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION

Fargo, North Dakota State University

Agronomy                                                                                            W. Berzonsky

                                                                                                            M. Mergoum

Plant Pathology                                                                                     J. Rasmussen

Hettinger Research Extension Center                                                                 E. Eriksmoen

Langdon Research Extension Center                                                                 B. Hanson

Williston Research Extension Center                                                                 N. Riveland

Carrington Research Extension Center                                                              B. Schatz

                                                                                                                        S. Zwinger

 

SOUTH DAKOTA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION

Brookings, South Dakota State University (inc. Selby, Groton locations)

Agronomy                                                                                            K. Glover

Plant Pathology                                                                                     Y. Jin

 

 

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION

Bozeman, Montana State University                                                                  S. Lanning

                                                                                                                        L. Talbert

                                                                                                                       

NEBRASKA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION

Scottsbluff, University of Nebraska (Sidney location)                                         D. Baltensperger

                                                                                                                        G. Frickel

 

WYOMING AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION

Powell, University of Wyoming                                                                         L. Bjorenstad

 

WASHINGTON AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION

Pullman, Washington State University                                                                K. Kidwell

                                                                                                                        G. Shelton

 

Entering Lines with Protected or Patented Genes into the Hard Red Spring Wheat Uniform Regional Nursery

 

The following information details the Hard Winter Wheat Regional Program position on this issue.  Basically, the same situation exists in the Spring Wheat Region, and it is therefore suggested that these guidelines are appropriate and thus accepted for the Hard Red Spring Wheat Uniform Regional Nursery as well, until such a time as the participants agree to deviate from it.


From:  Robert Graybosch, Coordinator of Hard Winter Wheat Region

A question has arisen as to whether wheat germplasm lines carrying protected or patented genes may be entered in the HWW regional program.  We have decided to allow such submissions, on a provisional basis, for the 2001 nurseries.  Submissions must adhere to the provisions below, and submissions of such lines after the 2001 year will depend upon the adoption of formal guidelines.  We are in the process of drafting a formal plan, hopefully one that will be approved at the 2001 Hard Winter Wheat Workers Conference.

 

Provisional plan for the submission of lines with patented or protected genes:

 

Definition:  "protected" gene = a gene whose use is restricted by patents, Material Transfer Agreements, or other types of research agreements.

 

Wheat lines carrying such traits may be entered in the 2001 HWW Regional nurseries (RGON, SRPN, NRPN) under the following conditions:

 

1.  Cooperators may cross with the line in question.  Thereafter, the cooperator making such crosses must either have their own research agreement with the trait owner, or, if such an agreement is lacking, they must remove the trait from breeding populations by selection.

2.  The owner of the trait has been informed of the submission, and that they agree to the conditions set forth in #1.

3.  All other uses of the line are governed by the Wheat Workers Code of Ethics.

4.  The trait may not have been inserted into the wheat genome by genetic engineering.  In other words, the wheat line in question may not be transgenic.

 

 

At this point in time, transgenics may not be entered in the program.  I am certain this question will arise in the near future, so I have contacted USDA-APHIS regarding this point.  If you are interested in the details, the attached file contains the pertinent points of our e-mail exchange (note by HRSW coordinator: this file is not included in this report).  The APHIS responses are in bold.  To make a long story short - transgenic wheat lines will be allowed in the regional 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.


SPRING WHEAT PRODUCTION, 2002

 

SPRING WHEAT OTHER THAN DURUM   Growers produced an estimated 401.6 million bushels (10.2 million metric tons) of spring wheat.  This production estimate is approximately 21.6 percent lower than year 2001 production, and approximately 27.8 percent lower than 2000.  Yield averaged 29.5 bushels per acre, a decrease of 5.7 bushels per acre from year 2001, and 8.9 bushels per acre lower than in year 2000.  Area harvested totaled approximately 13.6 million acres (5.44 million hectares), which is approximately 6.4 percent lower than harvested area in 2001.

 

 

 

Spring Wheat Production Statistics, 2000-2002.*

 

 

 

Acres Harvested (1000)

 

Bushels (1000)

 

Yield (Bu/Ac)

 

2000

2001

2002

 

2000

2001

2002

 

2000

2001

2002

Minnesota

1,950

1,800

1,800

 

95,550

79,200

61,200

 

49

44

34

Montana

3,100

2,850

3,500

 

77,500

65,550

80,500

 

25

23

23

North Dakota

6,400

6,900

6,000

 

233,600

234,600

168,000

 

36.5

34

28

South Dakota

1,580

1,650

1,000

 

60,040

64,350

24,000

 

38

39

24

Washington

620

630

615

 

33,480

25,830

26,445

 

54

41

43

Wyoming

8

6

4

 

232

168

96

 

29

28

24

USA

14,489

14,549

13,613

 

556,632

512,008

401,589

 

38.4

35.2

29.5

 

 

* Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service: (http://www.usda.gov/nass/pubs/estindx3.htm#wheats)

 

NURSERY DESCRIPTION AND SUMMARY

 

The Hard Red Spring Wheat Uniform Regional Nursery (HRSWURN) was planted for the 74th year in 2002.  The nursery contained 32 entries submitted by 10 different scientific or industry organizations, and 5 checks (Table 1).  Trials were conducted as randomized complete blocks with three replicates.  The HRSWURN was planted at 19 locations in 7 different states in the USA (MN, ND, SD, MT, NE, WY, and WA), and at two locations in separate provinces in Canada (Manitoba and Saskatchewan).  All but one of the locations provided data for analysis and inclusion in this report (Table 2).  Data recorded at each of these locations are presented in Tables 3 through 20.  For each location, entries are presented in their order of yield.  Overall means across locations for a set of traits are summarized in Table 21.  Two-year means for entries previously entered in the 2001 HRSWURN are presnted in Table 22.

 

The highest average yielding location was Bozeman, MT with 60 Bu/Ac, while the lowest yielding location was Hettinger, ND with approximately 20.6 Bu/Ac.  The average yield for the 16 combined locations was 39.8 Bu/Ac.  Sixteen lines fell within ± 1/2 of one LSD unit of this value, and 26 fell within ± 1 LSD unit.  The five top yielding lines were SD3641, ND744, SD3623, N99-0107, and N98-0286, which each exhibited mean yields exceeding 43 Bu/Ac.  The entries with the highest test weights were 01M96, MN97695-4, FA-900-720, ND744, and ND739.

 

Combined data for experimental lines and checks grown in both the 2001 and 2002 HRSWURN are provided in Table 22.  The highest yields were observed in SD3540, SD3546,and ND741.  The highest test weight entry was FA-900-720 (61 Lb/Bu), followed by SD3546 and ND741.

 

The entries were also evaluated for Fusarium head blight resistance in nurseries at St. Paul and Crookston, MN, and at Langdon, ND.  Adult plant leaf and stem rust resistance was evaluated in three North Dakota nurseries and one nursery in St. Paul, MN.  Seedling stem rust resistance was evaluated as well.  These data are presented in Tables 23-25 (FHB) and 26-29 (leaf and stem rust).