Objective:       

To evaluate barley varieties and experimental lines for agronomic performance in environments and cropping systems representative of northwestern Montana.    

Results:           

Forty-eight experimental and commercially available barley lines were evaluated for yield and agronomic performance.  Significant differences were observed for heading, height, protein, and test weight (Table 2). Heading date averaged 178 Julian days (June 26) and ranged from 172 days for 08ARS116-91 to 183 days for Overture and Genie.  Heights averaged 31.3 inches and ranged from 25.6 inches for Vespa and MT124673 to 36.9 inches for MT124073.  Yields averaged 94.6 bu/A, and ranged from 59.4 to 115 bushels per acre. Yet, there were no significant differences among varieties for yield.  Protein averaged 9.53 % and ranged from 8.58 % for MT090190 to 10.95 % for 08MT-15.  Average test weight was 53.8 lb/bu and ranged from 52.0 lb/bu for Odyssey to 55.5 lb/bu for Haxby.  Percent plump was taken on a representative non-replicated subsample and averaged 97.9 percent.  No lodging occurred in this study.

Summary:       

The highest yielding commercially available cultivars were Overture, Harrington, and Genie. However, there were no significant differences in the yield between any of the varieties.

 

Table 1. Materials and Methods.   
Seeding Date: 4/21/2016 Harvest Date: 8/22/2016
Julian Date: 112 Julian Date: 235
Seeding Rate: 80lb/A Soil Type: Creston SiL
Previous Crop: WW Soil Test: 96-8-200
Tillage: Conventional Fertilizer: 50-25-60
Herbicide: Post Huskie 11oz/A + Axial 16.4 oz/A + NIS 1qt/100gal + UAN 28% 1qt/A  
Herbicide:  Late Post - Stinger 1/3pt/A  

 

 

Table 2. Intrastate Barley Evaluation

  HD HT YLD¹ PRO² TWT¹ PLMP
Cultivar Julian in bu/A % lb/bu %
Overture 183 27.8 115.6 8.79 52.1 96.9
MT124073 179 36.9 114.1 9.88 54.8 98.5
08ARS028-20 179 33.1 110.8 9.05 54.2 97.3
MT090182 178 34.7 110.0 8.67 54.1 97.1
Harrington 179 35.7 108.7 10.25 54.9 98.1
Genie 183 26.7 108.4 8.98 53.6 98.7
Hockett 178 33.3 106.6 9.48 54.3 98.1
ME08032-156 178 28.7 106.6 9.32 53.2 99.3
MT124688 177 33.9 106.4 9.57 54.7 97.9
Haxby 174 31.1 105.9 10.30 55.5 98.9
Copeland 178 33.5 105.7 9.64 54.5 98.4
Metcalfe 178 33.5 105.5 10.29 54.0 97.3
08ARS116-91 172 30.8 104.5 9.77 53.6 96.2
MT124555 176 31.9 104.4 8.89 54.5 99.2
Vespa 181 25.6 104.0 9.14 52.5 98.2
MT124118 177 34.8 103.3 10.03 55.2 98.7
MT124016 179 30.6 100.8 9.30 53.7 99.1
MT100120 178 33.3 97.9 8.67 53.7 98.4
Balster 178 32.0 97.7 9.32 52.5 97.9
Odyssey 182 26.8 97.6 9.19 52.0 98.5
Growler 179 29.5 96.2 9.11 52.6 97.7
MT100126 180 32.3 95.8 8.65 53.7 97.2
MT124582 173 32.7 95.6 9.69 54.2 97.4
MT124069 178 33.1 95.2 9.19 53.2 96.7
10WA-117.17 178 30.1 94.8 9.39 53.9 97.4
MT124243 179 32.7 94.3 8.71 53.3 98.2
Synergy 177 32.2 93.9 9.11 52.2 98.8
MT124411 173 32.8 93.9 10.51 54.1 97.0
08ARS012-79 178 30.6 92.4 9.32 54.1 97.1
Westminster 180 26.6 91.6 9.37 53.9 98.9
MT124728 178 31.4 91.6 10.56 54.7 98.2
MT124454 174 34.4 90.5 9.44 55.0 97.9
MT090193 180 33.3 89.4 9.04 52.7 97.8
MT090190 178 31.1 89.3 8.58 53.6 97.6
08MT-19 176 31.0 89.1 9.17 54.6 98.4
11WA-107.43 175 31.1 88.6 9.97 54.6 98.6
MT124112 173 30.7 87.0 9.95 52.7 98.3
Champion 178 29.1 86.7 9.80 55.1 97.5
MT124645 177 31.5 85.5 9.99 53.3 98.3
MT124663 173 30.4 85.5 9.77 52.6 98.8
ME08053-050 177 29.8 84.0 10.23 53.5 99.0
MT124716 177 32.5 83.4 10.42 55.0 98.3
10WA-117.24 178 30.7 82.5 9.86 52.4 97.7
08MT-95 178 34.3 77.9 9.64 54.1 97.7
MT124457 174 33.6 76.1 9.57 54.5 97.7
08MT-63 178 31.5 75.8 8.71 53.4 91.7
MT124673 178 25.6 60.6 10.24 52.7 97.4
08MT-15 179 25.9 59.4 10.95 54.1 98.6
Mean 178 31.3 94.6 9.53 53.8 97.9
CV 0.9 10.4 19.0 5.41 1.3 na
LSD 2.6 5.3 ns 0.84 1.1 na
Pr>F 0.0001 0.0019 0.0781 0.0001 0.0001 na
HD: heading, HT: height, YLD: yield, PRO: protein, TWT: test weight, PLMP: percent plumps, na: nonreplicated data, ns: nonsignificant.      
¹ adjusted to 13% moisture.      
² reported on a dry matter basis.