Objective:          

To generate preliminary agronomic performance data on NILs with improved competitive traits

Results:                               

The 2017 growing season was characterized by high temperatures and low rainfall, which restricts the interpretation of this non-replicated trial.  Within the tiller lines yields ranged from 38.21 for tiller 20 to 49.62 for tiller 15.  Protein varied from a low of 14.4 for tiller 2 to a high of 16.39 for tiller 19.  Test weights ranged from a high of 59.9 for tiller 15 and tiller 20 to a low of 57.2 for tiller 1.  Thousand kernel weights ranged from a high of 39.3 for tiller 19 to a low of 30.2 for tiller 16.  Falling numbers were high and varied from 511 for tiller 1 to 438 for tiller 16.

Within the protein lines, yields ranged from 26.5 for HGPC 14 to 39.98 for HGPC 4.  Protein varied from a low of 13.83 for HGPC 13 to a high of 16.98 for HGPC 5.  In contrast, test weights ranged from a low of 54.7 for HGPC 5 to a high of 60.2 for HGPC 13.  Thousand kernel weight ranged from a low of 26.4 for HGPC 11 to a high of 36.1 for HGPC 3. Falling numbers ranged from a low of 383 for HGPC 5 to a high of 543 for HGPC 7.

 

Table 1. Agronomic performance of spring wheat NILs, Kalispell 2017      
NIL YLD PRO TWT TKW FN
bu/A % lb/bu g sec
tiller 1 2 42.37 14.64 57.2 37.4 511
tiller 2 1 38.38 14.50 58.6 38.7 473
tiller 15 2 49.62 14.46 59.9 31.9 465
tiller 16 1 43.94 14.86 59.4 30.2 438
tiller 19 2 38.30 16.39 58.1 39.3 460
tiller 20 1 38.21 16.02 59.9 37.9 489
HGPC 1 Y 28.22 16.09 59.5 30.7 408
HGPC 2 N 32.65 16.20 59.1 30.4 404
HGPC 3 Y 34.80 14.79 57.2 36.1 481
HGPC 4 N 39.98 15.87 55.1 30.8 427
HGPC 5 Y 33.51 16.98 54.7 27.1 383
HGPC 6 N 37.63 15.12 56.5 30.0 486
HGPC 7 Y 37.18 15.48 56.6 32.4 543
HGPC 8 N 30.57 15.17 59.2 32.2 471
HGPC 9 Y 35.21 15.66 57.9 27.3 428
HGPC 10 N 32.26 14.68 59.7 30.4 428
HGPC 11 Y 36.88 15.83 57.3 26.4 423
HGPC 12 N 32.04 15.58 57.5 30.2 418
HGPC 13 N 33.27 13.83 60.2 29.7 428
HGPC 14 Y 26.51 15.34 59.4 27.7 416
HGPC 15 N 38.51 14.08 59.7 29.7 425
HGPC 16 Y 31.26 15.14 60.0 28.8 452
Mean  35.97 15.30 58.3 31.6 448
YLD: yield, PRO: protein, TWT: test weight, TKW: thousand kernel weight      
FN: falling number