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 2005

 

 

 

Hard Spring Wheat 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.

 

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

December, 2005

2005 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT UNIFORM REGIONAL NURSERY REPORT

 

CONTENTS                                                                                                                           PAGE

 

Cooperating Agencies, Stations and Personnel                                                                              1

 

New Varieties Evaluated as Germplasm Entries in the HRSWURN                                               3

 

Provisional Policy for Protected or Patented Genes                                                                       4

 

Spring Wheat Production Statistics                                                                                                5

 

Description and Summary of 2005 HRSWURN                                                                            6

 

Figure 1.  Geographic Locations of 2005 HRSWURN                                                                  7

 

Table 1.  List of Entries in the 2005 HRSWURN                                                                          8

 

Table 2.  Nursery Locations and Comparative Plot Management Data                                           9

 

Tables 3-20.  Nursery Data by Individual Location                                                                10-27

 

Table 21.  Summary of Trait Means Across Locations                                                                 28

 

Table 22.  Yield Rankings by Location                                                                                        29

 

Table 23.  Summary of 2-Year Means Combined Over 2004-2005                                            30

 

Table 24.  Seedling Leaf Rust Reactions, St. Paul, MN                                                               31

 

Table 25.  Adult Plant Leaf and Stem Rust Reactions, St. Paul, MN                                            32

 

Table 26.  Fusarium Head Blight Reactions, St. Paul, MN                                                         33

COOPERATING AGENCIES, STATIONS, AND PERSONNEL FOR THE 2005 HRSWURN

 

 

 

USDA-AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

National Program Leader                                                                                  M.W. Simmons

Midwest Area Director                                                                                     A.D. Hewings

Nursery Coordinator

Plant Science Research Unit, St. Paul                                                    D.F. Garvin

Quality Investigations

Cereal Crops Research Unit, Fargo                                                      G. Hareland

Disease Evaluations

Cereal Disease Laboratory, St. Paul                                                      J. Kolmer

                                                                                                            Y. Jin

 

 

MINNESOTA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION

St. Paul, University of Minnesota

Agronomy and Plant Genetics                                                               J. Anderson

                                                                                                                        G. Linkert

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)

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                                                                                     Robert Stack

Hettinger Research Extension Center                                                                 E. Eriksmoen

Langdon Research Extension Center                                                                 B. Hanson

Williston Research Extension Center                                                                 N. Riveland

Carrington Research Extension Center                                                              B. Schatz

 

 

 

(continued on next page)

 

 

SOUTH DAKOTA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION

Brookings, South Dakota State University                                                         K. Glover

 

 

 

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION

Bozeman, Montana State University                                                                  L. Talbert

                                                                                                                        S. Lanning

Sidney, Eastern Ag Research Center                                                                 J. Eckhoff

                                                                                                                        D. Kunda

                                                                                                                        B. Garza

 

 

NEBRASKA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION

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

                                                                                                                        G. Frickel

 

 

WYOMING AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION

Powell, University of Wyoming                                                                         M. Killen

 

 

WASHINGTON AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION

Pullman, Washington State University                                                                K. Kidwell

                                                                                                                        G. Shelton

 

NEW VARIETIES PREVIOUSLY EVALUATED AS

GERMPLASM ENTRIES IN THE HRSWURN

 

 

 

South Dakota State University

‘Traverse’.  Tested as SD3687.

 

 

North Dakota State University

‘Glenn’.  Tested as ND 744.

 

 

University of Minnesota

‘Ulen’.  Tested as MN97803.

 

 

Washington State University

‘Hollis’.  Tested as WA7859.

 

 

Agripro

‘Kelby’.  Tested as 98S0113-20.

 

 

WestBred

‘Bigg Red’.  Tested as FA-900-720.

‘Trooper’.  Tested as CA-901-735.

‘WestBred 590W’.  Tested as CA-901-580W.

‘Rush’.  Tested as CA-902-701.

 

 

Agriculture and Agrifood Canada

‘Somerset’.  Tested as BW307.

‘Burnside’.  Tested as ES54.

 

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:

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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.

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SPRING WHEAT PRODUCTION, 2005

 

SPRING WHEAT OTHER THAN DURUM  Growers produced an estimated 504.46 million bushels of spring wheat.  This production estimate is approximately 11.7 percent lower than year 2004 production, and approximately 5 percent lower than 2003.  Yield averaged 37.1 bushels per acre, a decrease of 6.1 bushels per acre from year 2004, and 2.4 bushels per acre lower than in year 2003.  Area harvested totaled approximately 13.6 million acres, which is greater than the acreage harvested in 2004.

 

 

 

Spring Wheat Production Statistics, 2003-2005.*

 

 

Acres Harvested (x1000)

 

Production (x1000 Bushels)

 

Yield (Bushels/Acre)

 

2003

2004

2005

 

2003

2004

2005

 

2003

2004

2005

Minnesota

1,800

1,610

1,730

 

104,400

88,550

70,930

 

58

55

41

Montana

2,750

2,850

2,550

 

60,500

88,350

81,600

 

22

31

32

North Dakota

6,400

5,950

6,600

 

252,800

243,950

224,400

 

39.5

41

34

South Dakota

1,340

1,530

1,690

 

56,280

71,910

67,600

 

42

47

40

USA

13,441

13,174

13,609

 

531,402

568,918

504,456

 

39.5

43.2

37.1

 

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

2005 NURSERY DESCRIPTION AND SUMMARY

 

The Hard Red Spring Wheat Uniform Regional Nursery (HRSWURN) was planted for the 77th year in 2005.  The nursery contained 34 entries submitted by 9 different scientific or industry breeding programs, and 5 checks (Table 1).  Trials were conducted as randomized complete blocks with three replicates.  The HRSWURN was planted at 20 locations in 7 different states in the USA (MN, ND, SD, MT, NE, WY, and WA), and two Canadian provinces (Manitoba and Saskatchewan).  Eighteen locations provided data for inclusion in this report (Figure 1, Table 2).  Data summaries for each of these locations are presented in Tables 3 through 20.  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 21, and yield rankings for individual locations are found in Table 22.  Two-year means for entries previously entered in the 2004 HRSWURN are presented in Table 23.  Entries were also evaluated for various diseases at different locations; these can be found by looking at individual location data summaries.  Seedling and adult plant leaf rust resistance was evaluated in St. Paul, MN, and adult plant stem rust resistance was also evaluated at this location.  These data are presented in Tables 24-25.  Lastly, entries were evaluated in a Fusarium head blight nursery at St. Paul, MN; results are provided in Table 26.  The highest average yielding location was Powell WY, with 103 Bu/Ac, while the lowest yielding location was Sidney, NE, with 22 Bu/Ac.  The average yield for the 18 combined locations was 49.1 Bu/Ac.

 

Figure 1.  Hard Red SpringWheat Uniform Regional Nursery, Reporting Locations, 2005