Michigan State Wheat Variety Trial Results Now Available
9/15/09
Contact: Laura Probyn
517-432-1555, ext. 175
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The 2009 Michigan State Wheat Performance Variety Trial results are now available to help growers decide which wheat varieties are best suited for their farms.
Wheat plots were planted at seven sites in six counties: Huron, Ingham, Lenawee, Saginaw, Sanilac and Tuscola. These plots were monitored throughout the growing season, and data were collected on the yield, disease resistance, test weight, grain moisture, lodging and milling properties of each variety at harvest.
A plot on the MSU campus was used as a fusarium head blight (also called wheat scab) screening trial. This plot was inoculated with the fungus Fusarium graminearum and mist irrigated to promote the growth of scab. Data on the percent incidence and percent severity are published.
The information is summarized in tables so growers can easily compare varieties. It also includes entry information for the 2010 wheat performance trials.
The report is available from any county MSU Extension office and can be found online, along with previous years’ results, at http://www.css.msu.edu/varietytrials/wheat/Variety_Results.html.
The trial results are based upon work supported in part by the Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service, the Eastern Soft White Wheat Committee, the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, the Michigan Crop Improvement Association, the Michigan State Miller’s Association and in cooperation with the U.S. Wheat and Barley Scab Initiative.
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