Objective:                  

To evaluate the performance of selected barley varieties in a production environment in northwestern Montana

Personnel:                 

Clint Beiermann,Jamie Sherman,Jessica Pavelka, Gregory Lutgen

Summary:

Twenty-five barley varieties were planted on May 16th, 2022 and harvested on September 6th, 2022 (Table 1). They were managed with overhead sprinkler irrigation and received 8.1” of rainfall throughout their growing period (Apr – Aug).

The average yield of all varieties was 76.3 bu/A, ranging from 118.6 bu/A for Lexy to 11.3 bu/A for MT16F01601. The average protein content was 13.9% ranging from 17.0% for Haymaker to 12.4% for MT17M02507. The percent plump rate varied greatly, with an average of 13.64%. The variety with the highest percent plump was MT16H09302 at 44.7%, while the lowest was Diablo at 3.0% (Table 2). Average test weight was 49.4 lb/bu with the lowest weight at 44.8 lb/bu for the variety Haymaker to the highest at 59.2 lb/bu for Havener.

Table 1. Management information

Seeding date: 5/16/2022 Field Location: Creston
Julian date: 136 Harvest date: 9/6/2022
Seeding rate: NA Julian date: 249
Previous crop: Barley Soil type: Fine Sandy Loam
Herbicide: Axial – 6/16 Tillage: Conventional
  Axial, Comet & Power – 7/10

Nutrient fertilizer applied

(N, P2O5, K20 lb/A):

17-70-19-12.5S

 

Table 2. Agronomic performance of barley varieties

Variety/Line YLD (bu/A) Plump (%) TWT (lb/bu) PRO (%)
Lexy 118.6 4.0 49.0 12.4
Buzz 111.8 3.7 51.3 12.5
ABI Eagle 107.4 9.2 50.1 14.0
Ellinor 106.7 6.9 48.2 12.7
Opera 105.4 11.0 47.2 13.2
Leandra 100.8 6.1 47.7 13.7
2IM14-8212 99.8 3.9 50.0 13.3
MT18M06011 99.7 5.0 51.4 12.5
2IM16-0154 97.1 5.3 51.3 13.8
MT16M02201 96.8 4.9 48.2 13.0
MT16M02101 96.2 5.7 49.0 12.8
Diablo 95.0 3.0 48.4 12.9
Merit 57 93.5 12.5 49.3 14.1
MT17M01711 91.0 7.3 49.3 12.9
Odyssey 86.8 4.8 48.4 12.9
Havener 82.4 21.0 59.2 15.2
MT18H02702 63.7 17.6 56.7 16.4
Hockett 59.2 6.3 50.8 14.2
Haxby 47.8 15.5 49.4 14.5
MT17M02507 47.4 10.5 50.4 12.4
MT16F02902 27.5 29.9 45.5 15.2
MT16H09302 21.8 44.7 47.8 14.8
Lavina 21.6 36.1 44.9 15.9
Haymaker 19.0 43.7 44.8 17.0
MT16F01601 11.3 22.4 46.3 16.4
Mean 76.33 13.64 49.39 13.94
LSD 25.98 5.74 1.92 0.92
C.V. 19.09 25.42 2.51 3.72
Bold = top performer, Bolding = equal value to highest value within a column based on LSD(0.05)
YLD = yield, TWT = test weight, PRO = protein