Spring Barley Variety Screening, 1996
R.L. Dovel l , R.S. Karow 2 , and G. Chilcote l
Introduction
Spring barley accounts for about 80
percent of cereal crops grown on over 100,000
acres in the Klamath Basin. Both feed and
malting types are important in the region.
Barley variety trials planted at the Klamath
Experiment Station (KES) in 1996 included
entries in the Western Regional Spring Barley
trial done in cooperation with western states
plant breeders and a collection of new lines
from the Oregon State University (OSU) barley
breeding program. The trial, in cooperation with
OSU, was planted at KES and at two sites in the
Lower Klamath Lake area. Screening of early
selections from Idaho, Montana, and
Washington breeding programs was also
conducted in non-replicated trials.
Procedures
All small grain variety trials at the KES
were planted on land that was cropped in
potatoes the previous year. Soils at the station
include Poe, Fordney, and Hosley series, all of
which have a fine-loamy to sandy texture, and
are moderately deep and somewhat poorly
drained. The off-station trials were on very deep,
poorly drained, lake bottom soils with high
organic matter content. These fields are cropped
in spring cereals continuously. All plots at KES
were sprinkler irrigated. Only one organic soil
site was irrigated.
All trials were arranged in a randomized
complete block design with four replications.
Crops at the KES were planted on May 7 and
8. Unirrigated and irrigated organic soil sites
were planted on May 2 and 30, respectively.
Seed was planted to s a depth of one inch at a
seeding rate of 100 lb/acre. All plots were
fertilized with 20 lb N, 12 lb P205, and 9 lb
S/acre at time of seeding. Additional fertilizer
was broadcast prior to planting at 80 lb N, 48
lb P2O5, and 35 lb S/acre. Plots measured 5 x
20 feet with a row spacing of 6 inches (10
rows). At KES, bromoxynil and MCPA were
applied at labeled rates to control broadleaf
weeds. Weed control at organic soil sites was
achieved with a mixture of 2,4-D and Banvel.
Plots were harvested in mid to late September
using a plot combine with a 5-foot wide
header. Grain yield was recorded for all plots.
Test weight, percent plumps, and percent thins
were measured in only one replication.
Results and Discussion
OSU Spring Barley Trials
Mineral Soil Site
Average yield was similar to that in
1995 but lower than in 1994. A late season
infestation of barley stripe rust (B SR) reduced
yields slightly.
Stander was the highest yielding entry in
the trial in 1996 (Table 1). It produced
significantly higher yields than eight entries in
the trial, including Steptoe. Due to high
variability in the trial, more precise mean
separation was
1 / Associate Professor, and Research Technician, respectively, Klamath Experiment Station,
Klamath Falls, OR.
Professor, Crop and Soil Sciences Department, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.
Acknowledgments: Henzel Farms provided the off-station sites and crop care. Trials were supported
by a grant from the Oregon Grains Commission. The Experiment Station greatly appreciates their
support and participation.
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not possible. Other varieties in the trial that
produced in excess of 5,000 lb/acre included
BA 1202, Ab-2317, Baronesse, Foster,
Maranna, and Galena. Test weight averaged
50.9 lb/bu at this site. Both WPB BZ489-74
and WA 11045-87 had exceptionally high test
weights, but lower than average yields. Crest,
BA 1202, and Baronesse had 25, 12, and 3
percent lodging compared to 15 percent for
Steptoe. Serious lodging was observed in three
experimental lines (Table 1). Other high
yielding lines did not lodge.
When yield is averaged over the last
two years, Baronesse is the highest yielding
entry, followed by Stander, Maranna, and
Colter (Table 2). Over a three-year period
Maranna is the highest yielding entry followed
by Baronesse, Colter, and Russell. Colter is
extremely susceptible to BSR. Its yields and
relative ranking have declined since the disease
was introduced into the area in 1995.
Two hulless lines, WPB BZ489-74 and
Waxbar, had significantly higher grain protein
concentrations than other trial entries.
Irrigated Organic Soil Site
Gus was the highest yielding entry at
this site in 1996 (Table 3), followed closely by
UCD 92-10591R-117, a BSR resistant line.
Both of these entries produced significantly
higher yields than Steptoe. Four European lines,
Alexis, Tyne, Optic, and Chariot, were included
in the organic soil sites and in a separate trial at
KES. These late maturing two row lines were
as susceptible to BSR as domestic spring barley
varieties. Due to later maturity, these varieties
had lower than average yields.
Several varieties produced low test
weights. The hulless variety, Bear, was highest
in test weight due to the absence of hulls, but
also had fewer plumps for the same reason.
Similar results were observed at all three sites.
The top yielding varieties at this site
over the last two years were Colter, Gus,
Stander, and Russell (Table 4). Colter produced
the highest yield at this site over three years.
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Unirrigated Organic Soil Site
For the second year in a row, a severe
frost in mid-August damaged heads in the early
stages of grain fill, resulting in low test weights
and yields. The trial was not harvested in 1995,
but damage was less severe in 1996 and data
were collected. The average yield was only
1,650 lb/acre and average test weight was 46.9
lb/bu (Table 5). The highest yielding entry in
the trial, Baronesse, produced 2,970 lb/acre and
was second highest in percent plump kernals.
Colter and Russell produced yields that were
not significantly different than Baronesse.
Yields of later maturing varieties were
especially low.
Steptoe treated with Vitivax and Steptoe
treated with Baytan were included in all trials.
Baytan treatment resulted in substantially
higher yields at the mineral soil site, similar
yields at the unirrigated organic soil site, and
slightly lower yields at the irrigated organic soil
site. Similarly inconclusive results were
obtained from field scale and small plot studies
at three sites in the Klamath Basin. It appears
that late season BSR infestation occured after
the window of protection provided by this
fungicide had passed in 1996.
Western Regional Spring Barley Nursery
Yields were low and variability was
high in the 1996 trial (Table 6). The trial
average yield was the lowest since 1989, when
common root rot severely reduced yields.
Common root rot and BSR were present in
1996. Although barley stripe rust infestation
occurred late in the season, the combination of
both diseases reduced yields to 60 percent of
expected levels.
High producing entries that were in the
trial the previous two years also produced
relatively higher yields in 1996, but mean
separation was not possible due to high
variability in the trial. Top yielding varieties
over the last three years include BA 2B914947, MT 890008, BA 2B89-4311, and ND
11055 (Table 7).
Klamath Experiment Station
Table 1. 1996 OSU Spring Barley Trial ( Irrigated mineral soil site).
Grain yield, test weight, and percent thins of spring barley lines planted in the
1996 Statewide Variety Testing Program. Plots were established on May 8 on
irrigated mineral soil, at Klamath Experiment Station in Klamath County, OR.
Entry
1
2
3
4
5
Variety
Baronesse
Colter
Crest
Galena
Idagold
Row Use
Yield
lb/A
Test
Wt Protein
lb/bu
%
50%
Lodge Height Heading
%
inches julian
2
6
2
2
2
F
F
M
M
F
5150
4690
4530
5120
4860
52.2
50.8
52.2
52.2
51.2
11.2
9.8
11.8
10.9
11.8
3
0
25
0
0
26
30
30
30
25
193
186
193
193
197
6 Maranna
7 Payette
8 Russell
9 Steptoe
10 Steptoe + Baytan
6
6
6
6
6
F
F
M
F
F
5130
4270
4420
3930
5060
49.5
50.2
51.3
49.1
49.2
11.0
11.3
10.7
10.1
10.0
0
0
0
15
3
25
24
31
30
31
193
194
186
186
186
11
12
13
14
15
F
2
6 H
6 Hd
6 H
6 H
5390
4210
3480
2940
3120
52.8
56.8
38.8
50.8
59.2
11.7
12.2
11.9
13.7
14.1
0
38
20
82
0
34
31
37
33
27
193
193
192
197
197
16 Stander
17 Foster (ND 11-055)
18 Gustoe
19 BA 1202
20 Gus
6
6
6
2
6
M
F
F
M
F
5860
5130
4460
5410
4210
52.3
52.5
47.2
52.5
46.7
11.4
10.7
11.1
11.8
10.8
0
0
0
12
0
37
37
20
33
23
187
186
193
193
190
21
2 F/M
4270
51.5
11.3
48
32
193
4550
1080
14
50.9
1.9
2
11.4
0.6
3
12
26
133
30
11
9
191
2
0
Ab-2317
Bear (WA 11045-87)
Washford (WA 97999-98)
Waxbar
WPB BZ489-74
78Ab10274
Mean
LSD (0.05)
CV (%)
F denotes a feed barley variety, M= a malting line, H = a hulless barley, Hd =hooded.
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Table 2. Three-Year Summary of OSU Spring Barley Trial (Irrigated Mineral Soil Site).
1994-1996 grain yield of spring barley in the Statewide Variety Testing Program.
Plots were established at Klamath Experiment Station in Klamath Co., OR.
Variety
Row Use
1996
Yield
lb/A
1995
Yield
lb/A
1994
Yield
lb/A
2-year
Average
Yield Rank
lb/A
3-year
Average
Yield Rank
lb/A
Baronesse
Colter
Maranna
Russell
2
6
6
6
F
F
F
M
5150
4690
5130
4420
5150
4610
4740
3810
6010
6410
8620
7340
5150
4650
4930
4110
1
4
3
11
5440
5240
6160
5190
2
3
1
4
Steptoe
Crest
Payette
WPB BZ 489-74
6
2
6
6
F
M
F
W
3930
4530
4270
3120
4710
4240
4010
3480
5040
4320
4390
4120
3300
9
6
10
12
4560
5
Stander
Gustoe
Gus
78Ab10274
6
6
6
2
M
F
F
F/M
5860
4460
4210
4270
4180
4230
4500
4940
5020
4350
4350
4610
2
8
7
5
4520
4330
Mean
1
6680
4430
5320
/ F denotes a feed barley variety, M= a malting line, H = a hulless barley, Hd =hooded.
92
Klamath Experiment Station
Table 3. 1996 OSU Spring Barley Trial ( Irrigated organic soil site).
Grain yield, test weight, and percent thins of spring barley lines planted in the
1996 Statewide Variety Testing Program. Plots were established on May 30 on
irrigated organic soil, in Klamath County, OR.
Entry Variety
Thins
5.5/64
Usel
Baronesse
Colter
Crest
Alexis
Tyne
2
6
2
2
2
F
F
M
M
M
4430
4840
3680
4210
3890
50.0
46.5
48.0
48.0
50.5
92.5
71.3
90.1
82.7
87.9
4.7
18.1
6.8
10.4
7.7
2.8
10.6
3.1
6.8
4.4
6
7
8
9
10
Maranna
Cominant
Russell
Steptoe
Steptoe + Baytan
6
2
6
6
6
F
M
M
F
F
4650
4240
5010
4520
4000
43.0
47.5
48.5
47.0
46.5
75.5
75.3
79.6
92.2
87.9
15.2
13.3
14.6
5.0
7.7
9.3
11.4
5.8
2.9
4.4
11
12
13
14
15
Ab-2317
Bear (WA 11045-87)
Ab-88Y394
Optic
Chariot
2
6
F
H
2
2
M
4130
3140
3330
4280
3990
51.0
54.0
50.0
48.0
46.5
91.9
25.8
78.4
78.6
80.1
4.9
26.7
12.0
11.8
11.0
3.2
47.5
9.5
9.7
8.8
16
17
18
19
20
Stander
Foster (ND 11-055)
Gustoe
BA 1202
Gus
6
6
6
2
6
M
F
F
M
F
4710
4020
4520
4210
5460
50.0
43.5
44.0
51.0
48.0
93.2
90.3
83.3
92.3
87.1
4.2
6.6
11.5
5.1
8.3
2.6
3.1
5.2
2.6
4.7
21
22
23
78Ab10274
UC 937-147
UCD 92-10591R-117
2
6
6
F/M
F
F
2680
4860
5450
46.0
43.0
45.0
82.0
89.0
84.2
10.5
8.0
8.4
7.5
3.0
4.2
4270
840
12
47.6
82.2
10.1
7.5
1
2
3
4
5
Mean
LSD (0.05)
CV (%)
Yield
lb/A
Test
wt
lb/bu
Row
6/64
Pan
F denotes a feed barley variety, while M denotes a malting line.
Klamath Experiment Station
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Table 4. Three-Year Summary of OSU Spring Barley Trial (Irrigated Organic Soil Site).
1994-1996 grain yield of spring barley in the Statewide Variety Testing Program.
Plots were established on irrigated organic soil in Klamath Co., OR.
Variety
Row Use
1996
Yield
1995
Yield
1994
Yield
2-year
Average
Yield
Rank
lb/A
lb/A
lb/A
lb/A
3-year
Average
Yield
Rank
lb/A
Baronesse
Colter
Crest
Maranna
Russell
2
6
2
6
6
F
F
M
F
M
4430
4840
3680
4650
5010
2570
4520
2390
3060
3640
5450
6770
6900
5310
6000
3500
4680
3030
3850
4320
8
1
10
6
4
4150
5380
4320
4340
4880
6
1
5
4
2
Steptoe
Stander
Foster (ND 11-055)
Gustoe
Gus
6
6
6
6
6
F
M
F
F
F
4520
4710
4020
4520
5460
3480
4400
2920
3180
3780
6570
4000
4550
3470
3850
4620
5
3
9
7
2
4860
3
78Ab10274
2
F/M
2680
1960
2320
11
4410
3260
Mean
6170
F denotes a feed barley variety, while M denotes a malting line.
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Klamath Experiment Station
3840
4650
Table 5. 1996 OSU Spring Barley Trial (Unirrigated organic soil site).
Grain yield, test weight, and percent thins of spring barley lines planted in the
1996 Statewide Variety Trial Testing Program. Plots were established on
May 2 on unirrigated organic soil, in Klamath County, OR.
Entry Variety
Row
Usel
Yield
Test
wt
lb/A
lb/bu
6/64
Thins
5.5/64
Pan
Baronesse
Colter
Crest
Alexis
Tyne
2
6
2
2
2
F
F
M
M
M
2970
2470
2270
1520
1630
47.0
47.5
50.0
48.0
46.5
83.1
69.4
77.9
73.0
61.8
9.7
17.7
14.2
17.3
21.8
7.2
12.8
7.9
9.8
16.4
6
7
8
9
10
Maranna
Cominant
Russell
Steptoe
Steptoe + Baytan
6
2
6
6
6
F
M
M
F
F
1440
1460
2470
2320
2470
44.0
47.0
50.5
43.5
44.0
57.4
57.2
72.3
85.7
79.0
22.6
26.4
16.6
8.8
12.3
20.0
16.5
11.2
5.6
8.8
11
12
13
14
15
Ab-2317
Bear (WA 11045-87)
Ab-88Y394
Optic
Chariot
2
6
F
H
2
2
M
M
1400
1520
720
720
750
46.5
56.0
47.5
47.0
45.5
74.0
14.2
78.6
65.5
76.9
16.0
42.7
11.9
22.1
14.4
10.0
43.0
9.6
12.5
8.7
16
17
18
19
20
Stander
Foster (ND 11-055)
Gustoe
BA 1202
Gus
6
6
6
2
6
M
F
F
M
F
1530
1590
980
1580
720
48.0
46.5
43.5
47.0
40.0
77.3
79.9
73.5
76.1
60.4
11.6
11.6
14.4
14.3
19.8
11.1
8.5
12.1
9.6
19.8
21
78Ab10274
2
F/M
2090
48.5
80.2
9.9
9.9
1650
540
20
46.9
70.2
17.0
12.9
1
2
3
4
5
Mean
LSD (0.05)
CV (%)
VF
denotes a feed barley variety, while M denotes a malting line.
Klamath Experiment Station
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Table 6. 1996 Western Regional Spring Barley Nursery. Grain yield, test weight, percent
thins, lodging, plant height, and date of 50% heading in Julian days (Number of
days after January 1) of spring barley lines planted in the 1996 Western Regional
Spring Barley Nursery. Plots were established on May 7 at Klamath Experiment
Klamath County, OR.
Entry
Variety
Yield
Thins
6/64 5.5/6 Pan
lb /bu
51.0
55.0
52.5
55.0
55.5
88.1
87.2
88.8
92.6
93.3
7.7
8.8
8.4
5.4
4.3
4.2
4.0
2.8
2.0
2.5
%
0
0
0
0
0
inches
24
28
28
30
28
Julian
189
193
187
185
192
Lodge
Steptoe
Klages
Morex
Stander
Harrington
6
2
6
6
2
F
M
M
M
M
6
7
8
9
10
MT 890008
BA 2B89-4311
BA 2B91-4947
ND 11055
ND 13299
2
2
2
6
2
F
M
M
M
M
3870
3890
4130
4240
3590
52.5
53.0
52.0
51.5
55.0
86.2
88.2
79.4
85.6
96.2
9.3
7.7
13.2
10.8
2.1
4.5
4.1
7.4
3.6
1.7
0
0
0
0
0
26
30
31
35
30
194
192
191
185
188
11
12
13
14
15
WA 7758-89
SS SDM306B
MT 886610
ID 862626
ID 90321
2
6
2
2
2
M
F
M
M
M
3290
4000
3110
3020
3600
52.5
52.5
54.0
56.0
55.0
91.1
88.6
86.2
94.2
92.0
5.8
8.2
8.7
3.5
5.4
3.1
3.2
5.1
2.3
2.6
0
0
0
0
0
28
26
28
20
22
194
187
194
194
188
16
17
18
19
20
DA 592-47
WA C;q39-91
ID 90241
WA 8625-90
WA 9792-90
6
6
2
F
M
M
3200
3810
3720
3360
5610
52.0
53.0
55.0
56.0
53.0
93.6
87.3
94.1
95.1
87.2
4.5
9.6
3.9
3.0
8.3
1.9
3.1
2.0
1.9
4.4
0
0
0
0
0
14
26
24
24
28
193
187
193
192
187
21
22
23
24
25
WA 8611-90
SK TR128
SK TR133
SK TR139
MT H1851195
52.5
53.5
54.5
54.5
55.0
92.7
85.9
94.1
93.9
96.4
4.3
10.0
3.4
3.6
2.5
3.0
4.1
2.5
2.5
1.2
0
0
0
0
0
30
30
31
35
33
194
193
191
192
189
26
27
28
29
30
PB 1-90-2R-934
PB 1-92-6R-206
BA 2B92-5550
UT 4180
UT 4198
31
32
UT 2468
UT 4081
Mean
LSD (0.05)
CV (%)
M
M
2
M
3650
3260
4210
3810
5060
2
6
2
F
F
M
F
F
4050
4550
3040
3420
3570
51.0
50.5
53.0
52.5
53.0
80.5
89.7
81.9
92.2
93.1
11.9
7.3
12.3
5.6
4.9
7.5
3.0
5.9
2.1
2.0
0
0
0
0
0
31
31
30
31
30
192
190
193
187
186
F
F
3380
3440
50.0
50.5
85.1
92.5
10.4
5.3
4.5
2.2
0
0
20
28
186
186
3770
NS
31
53.2
89.8
6.9
3.3
0
27.8
190
2
1
/ F denotes a feed barley variety, while M denotes a malting line.
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Height
50%
Heading
lb /A
3740
3740
3220
4890
3320
1
2
3
4
5
1
Row Usel
Test
wt
Klamath Experiment Station
Table 7. Three-Year Summary of Western Regional Spring Barley Nursery. Grain yield
of spring barley lines planted at Klamath Experiment Station, 1994-1996.
1996
Variety
1995
1994
Row Use Yield Yield Yield
lb/A lb/A lb/A
2-Year
Average
Yield Rank
lb/A
3-Year
Average
Yield Rank
lb/A
BA 2B89-4311
BA 2B91-4947
Klages
Morex
MT 886610
2
2
2
6
2
M
M
M
M
M
3890
4130
3740
3220
3110
4740
4940
4770
4130
4410
5380
5660
4980
4640
5300
4310
4540
4260
3680
3760
4
2
6
14
13
4670
4910
4500
4000
4280
3
1
6
10
7
MT 890008
ND 11055
ND 13299
Steptoe
WA 7758-89
2
6
2
6
2
F
M
M
F
M
3870
4240
3590
3740
3290
5270
4780
3720
4590
4630
5000
4770
5350
4420
5590
4570
4510
3650
4170
3960
1
3
15
8
11
4710
4590
4220
4250
4500
2
4
9
8
5
DA 592-47
Harrington
ID 862626
ID 90321
SS SDM306B
6
2
2
2
6
F
M
M
M
F
3200
3320
3020
3600
4000
4340
4630
4200
4840
4140
3770
3980
3610
4070
12
10
16
7
9
WA 9339-91
BA 2B92-5550
ID 90241
MT H1851195
PB 1-90-2R-934
6
2
2
2
2
M
M
M
M
F
3810
3040
3720
5060
4050
4730
4270
5
PB 1-92-6R-206
SK TR128
SK TR133
SK TR139
Stander
6
F
6
M
4550
3260
4210
3810
4890
UT 2468
UT 4081
UT 4180
UT 4198
WA 8611-90
F
F
F
F
M
3380
3440
3420
3570
3650
WA 8625-90
WA 9792-90
M
3360
5610
Mean
LSD (0.05)
CV (%)
11
3770
NS
31
4550
641
10
4270
5110
974
12
4080
NS
22
4460
NS
17
F denotes a feed barley variety, while M denotes a malting line.
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