Phil Bruckner and Jim Berg, Winter Wheat Breeding Program
Updated 12/2018

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Montana Tested Hard Winter Wheat Varieties

Variety
Origin
Release Year
Solid-Stem
Forage/Dual Purpose
Clearfield
Brawl CL Plus
 Colorado 2011     x
Decade*
 Montana/North Dakota (2010) 2010      
FourOsix*
 Montana 2018      
Judee*
 Montana 2011 x    
Keldin
 WestBred/Monsanto 2011      
Loma*
 Montana 2016 x    
Northern*
 Montana 2015      
Ray*
 Montana 2018   x  
SY Clearstone 2CL*
 Montana/Syngenta 2012     x
SY Monument
 Syngenta 2014      
SY Wolf
 Syngenta 2010 x    
Warhorse*
 Montana 2015 x    
Yellowstone*
 Montana 2010      
  • Varieties with * indicate MSU/MAES developed varieties

 

Table 1. Yield of Winter Wheat Varieties (2017-2018)1/

Variety
Districts
All Locations
1
2
3
4
5
5
6
Kalispell
Bozeman
Huntly2/
Moccasin3/
Conrad4/
Havre5/
Sidney & Williston

Location years

 1 1 11 9 9 6 2 39
Keldin
 101.3 144.6 90.3 63.5 69.8 47.4 68.7 73.3
SY Monument
 84.1 136.7 85.0 64.3 66.7 47.5 61.2 70.3
Northern*
 78.2 147.8 83.6 59.6 65.8 48.8 64.6 69.1
SY Clearstone 2CL*
 89.2 142.4 80.4 64.5 66.9 46.8 55.3 69.0
Yellowstone*
 83.6 137.3 81.9 59.9 66.9 48.1 59.8 68.5
FourOsix*
 92.4 134.4 82.0 60.8 64.7 45.0 57.4 67.8
Loma*
 87.6 139.7 78.4 58.5 69.4 47.3 59.3 67.8
SY Wolf
 71.5 117.2 83.9 62.1 64.2 44.7 57.4 67.4
Ray*
 97.2 138.2 78.6 61.2 64.9 45.2 56.8 67.2
Decade*
 48.4 129.3 80.0 61.3 60.7 46.5 58.9 65.5
Warhorse*
 92.0 120.7 79.8 57.1 61.9 43.7 57.2 65.1
Brawl CL Plus
 86.9 115.3 77.9 54.8 66.0 44.9 49.7 64.5
Judee*
 94.5 128.2 74.1 58.2 63.7 44.6 55.3 64.4

LSD (0.05)

 19.2 11.6 6.6 5.4 4.7 ns ns 2.9
  • bold-italics indicates highest value within a column
  • bold indicates varieties with values equal to highest variety within a column based on FIsher's Protected LSD (p = 0.05)
  • ns indicates non-significant
  • Varieties with * indicate MSU/MAES developed varieties
  • 1/ 2018 intrastate and 2017-2018 off station tests
  • 2/ includes data from Fort Smith, Hardin Area, Hysham, Molt, Rapelje
  • 3/ includes data from Belt, Denton, Geraldine, Highwood
  • 4/ includes data from Choteau, Cut Bank, The Knees, Shelby
  • 5/ includes data from Carter, Loma, Turner

 

Table 2. Agronomic Characteristics of Winter Wheat Varieties (2017-2018)1/

Variety
Test weight (lb/bu)
Winter survival (%)
Heading date
Plant height (in)
Lodging (%)
Protein (%)
Sawfly cutting (%)
Stripe rust (%)
Coleoptile length (in)
Julian
Calendar

Location years

 39 1 11   38 6 39 9 - -
Brawl CL Plus
 63.0 45 153.6 3-Jun 27.4 22 13.1 31 - -
Decade*
 60.9 69 158.9 8-Jun 29.5 27 13.0 41 - -
FourOsix*
 61.0 48 159.5 9-Jun 28.4 32 12.6 52 - -
Judee*
 61.7 49 159.5 9-Jun 29.5 29 13.1 36 - -
Keldin
 61.7 57 160.1 9-Jun 29.2 37 12.4 48 - -
Loma*
 60.3 46 162.5 12-Jun 27.7 20 12.8 29 - -
Northern*
 60.7 49 162.3 11-Jun 29.2 34 12.9 46 - -
Ray*
 58.6 44 163.9 13-Jun 34.2 46 12.6 49 - -
SY Clearstone 2CL*
 59.9 48 161.5 11-Jun 32.1 45 12.5 55 - -
SY Monument
 60.4 60 157.5 7-Jun 28.0 30 11.8 47 - -
SY Wolf
 62.1 51 156.5 6-Jun 27.7 35 12.6 35 - -
Warhorse*
 60.7 52 160.8 9-Jun 28.7 15 13.3 6 - -
Yellowstone*
 60.1 62 162.0 11-Jun 30.5 34 12.5 52 - -

LSD (0.05)

 0.4 12 0.9   0.6 16 0.2 14 - -
  • bold-italics indicates highest value within a column
  • bold indicates varieties with values equal to highest variety within a column based on FIsher's Protected LSD (p = 0.05)
  • Varieties with * indicate MSU/MAES developed varieties
  • 1/ 2018 intrastate and 2017-2018 off station tests

 

Table 3. Mill and Bake Characteristics of Winter Wheat Varieties 2017

Variety
PPO1/
Kernel hardness
Flour
Mixograph
Baking
Yield (%)
Protein (%)
Ash (%)
Tolerance (1-6)
Mix time (min)
Absorption (%)
Mix time (min)
Absorption (%)
Volume (cc)
Location years 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Brawl CL Plus
 0.283 75.5 70.4 11.9 0.40 3.3 4.3 64.0 6.4 73.9 1053
Decade*
 0.276 78.4 70.3 11.9 0.41 3.3 8.1 68.4 18.3 79.1 1053
FourOsix*
 0.267 77.7 71.9 12.4 0.43 2.5 5.6 68.2 10.9 78.4 1119
Judee*
 0.242 78.5 70.4 12.4 0.42 3.5 4.7 63.7 7.1 73.5 1126
Keldin
 0.326 68.0 69.8 11.5 0.45 3.0 5.3 64.0 8.0 74.0 1010
Loma*
 0.167 79.5 71.3 11.8 0.42 2.8 7.0 66.1 12.1 76.5 1116
Northern*
 0.092 85.6 70.0 11.9 0.44 2.5 3.7 64.3 4.2 73.5 1068
Ray*
 0.098 77.6 72.1 12.0 0.43 3.0 10.3 66.5 15.8 77.3 1046
SY Clearstone 2CL*
 0.284 75.5 69.5 12.0 0.42 3.8 5.9 64.7 7.5 74.6 1060
SY Monument
 0.216 80.1 71.6 11.4 0.43 3.3 8.3 65.5 14.0 76.2 1021
SY Wolf
 0.264 78.6 70.0 11.1 0.40 1.5 4.3 61.6 5.8 71.4 994
Warhorse*
 0.268 89.0 69.4 12.5 0.42 2.5 4.3 64.8 6.1 74.8 1094
Yellowstone*2/
 - - - - - - - - - - -
LSD (0.05) 0.057 5.7 1.1 0.7 0.03 ns 2.0 2.6 4.5 2.5 60
  • bold-italics indicates highest value within a column
  • bold indicates varieties with values equal to highest variety within a column based on FIsher's Protected LSD (p = 0.05)
  • ns indicates non-significant
  • Varieties with * indicate MSU/MAES developed varieties
  • 1/ polyphenol oxidase, low is best for noodles
  • 2/ Yellowstone misplanted in 2017 intrastate tests