**UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE**

**AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE**

**in cooperation with**

**STATE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS**

**Report on Hard Red Spring Wheat Varieties Grown in Cooperative Plot
and**

**Nursery Experiments in the Spring Wheat Region in 2004**

Hard Spring Wheat Nursery Coordinator:

D.F. Garvin, Research Geneticist, USDA-ARS

Report prepared by D.F. Garvin and Z. Blankenheim

This is a joint progress report of cooperative investigations underway
in the State Agricultural Experiment Stations and the Agricultural
Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It contains
preliminary data which have not been sufficiently confirmed to justify
general release, and interpretations may be modified after additional
experimentation. Confirmed results will be published through established
channels. This report is primarily a tool for use by cooperators and
their official staffs, and for those persons having direct and special
interest in the development of agricultural research programs.

This report includes data furnished by the State Agricultural Experiment
Stations as well as by the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture. This report is not intended for publication
and should not be referred to in literature citations, nor quoted in
publicity or advertising.

Use of the data may be granted for certain purposes upon written request
to the agency or agencies involved.

Agricultural Research Service

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Midwest Area

St. Paul, Minnesota

January, 2005

**2004 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT UNIFORM REGIONAL NURSERY REPORT**

**CONTENTS PAGE**

Cooperating Agencies, Stations and Personnel 1

New Varieties Evaluated as Germplasm Entries in the HRSWURN 3

Provisional Policy for Protected or Patented Genes 4

Spring Wheat Production Statistics 5

Description and Summary of 2004 HRSWURN 6

Figure 1. Geographic Locations of 2004 HRSWURN 7

Table 1. List of Entries in the 2004 HRSWURN 8

Table 2. Nursery Locations and Comparative Plot Management Data 9

Tables 3-19. Nursery Data by Individual Location 10-26

Table 20. Summary of Trait Means Across Locations 27

Table 21. Yield Rankings by Location 28

Table 22. Summary of 2-Year Means Combined Over 2003-2004 29

Table 23. *Fusarium* Head Blight Reactions, Crookston, MN 30

Table 24. *Fusarium* Head Blight Reactions, St. Paul, MN 31

Table 25. *Fusarium* Head Blight Reactions, Prosper, ND 32

Table 26. Seedling Leaf Rust Reactions, St. Paul, MN 33

**COOPERATING AGENCIES, STATIONS, AND PERSONNEL FOR THE 2004 HRSWURN**

USDA-AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

National Program Leader K.W. Simmons

Midwest Area Director A.D. Hewings

Nursery Coordinator

Plant Science Research Unit, St. Paul D.F. Garvin

Quality Investigations

Cereal Crops Research Unit, Fargo G. Hareland

Disease Evaluations

Cereal Disease Laboratory, St. Paul J. Kolmer

MINNESOTA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION

St. Paul, University of Minnesota

Agronomy and Plant Genetics J. Anderson

G. Linkert

Plant Pathology R. Dill-Macky

Morris, West Central Experiment Station G. Nelson

Crookston, Northwestern Experiment Station J. Wiersma

AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA

Winnipeg, Cereal Research Centre (Glenlea)

> Breeding and Genetics G. Humphreys
>
> Cereal Diseases T. Fetch
>
> B. McCallum

Swift Current, Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre R. DePauw

D. Dahlman

NORTH DAKOTA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION

Fargo, North Dakota State University

Agronomy W. Berzonsky

M. Mergoum

Plant Pathology Robert Stack

Hettinger Research Extension Center E. Eriksmoen

Langdon Research Extension Center B. Hanson

Williston Research Extension Center N. Riveland

Carrington Research Extension Center B. Schatz

SOUTH DAKOTA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION

Brookings, South Dakota State University K. Glover

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION

Bozeman, Montana State University L. Talbert

S. Lanning

Sidney, Eastern Ag Research Center J. Eckhoff

D. Kunda

B. Garza

NEBRASKA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION

Scottsbluff, University of Nebraska (Sidney NE location) D.
Baltensperger

G. Frickel

WYOMING AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION

Powell, University of Wyoming M. Killen

WASHINGTON AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION

Pullman, Washington State University K. Kidwell

G. Shelton

**NEW VARIETIES EVALUATED AS GERMPLASM ENTRIES IN THE HRSWURN**

**South Dakota State University**

Granger. Released in 2004. Tested as SD3546

**North Dakota State University**

Dapps. Released in 2003. Tested as ND 724

Steele-ND. Released in 2004. Tested as ND 741

**Washington State University**

Macon. Released in 2002. Tested as WA007899 (HWS wheat)

Otis. Released in 2004. Tested as WA007931 (HWS wheat)

**Agripro**

Freyr. Released in 2003. Tested as N99-0107

5602HR. Released in 2003. Tested as N99-2234

**Entering Lines with Protected or Patented Genes into the Hard Red
Spring Wheat Uniform Regional Nursery**

The following information details the Hard Winter Wheat Regional Program
position on this issue. Basically, the same situation exists in the
Spring Wheat Region, and it is therefore suggested that these guidelines
are appropriate and thus accepted for the Hard Red Spring Wheat Uniform
Regional Nursery as well, until such a time as the participants agree to
deviate from it:

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**From: Robert Graybosch, Coordinator of Hard Winter Wheat Region**

A question has arisen as to whether wheat germplasm lines carrying
protected or patented genes may be entered in the HWW regional program.
We have decided to allow such submissions, on a provisional basis, for
the 2001 nurseries. Submissions must adhere to the provisions below, and
submissions of such lines after the 2001 year will depend upon the
adoption of formal guidelines. We are in the process of drafting a
formal plan, hopefully one that will be approved at the 2001 Hard Winter
Wheat Workers Conference.

**Provisional plan for the submission of lines with patented or
protected genes**:

**Definition: \"protected\" gene = a gene whose use is restricted by
patents, Material Transfer Agreements, or other types of research
agreements.**

Wheat lines carrying such traits may be entered in the 2001 HWW Regional
nurseries (RGON, SRPN, NRPN) under the following conditions:

1\. Cooperators may cross with the line in question. Thereafter, the
cooperator making such crosses must either have their own research
agreement with the trait owner, or, if such an agreement is lacking,
they must remove the trait from breeding populations by selection.

2\. The owner of the trait has been informed of the submission, and that
they agree to the conditions set forth in #1.

3\. All other uses of the line are governed by the Wheat Workers Code of
Ethics.

4\. The trait may not have been inserted into the wheat genome by
genetic engineering. In other words, the wheat line in question may not
be transgenic.

At this point in time, transgenics may not be entered in the program. I
am certain this question will arise in the near future, so I have
contacted USDA-APHIS regarding this point. If you are interested in the
details, the attached file contains the pertinent points of our e-mail
exchange (note by HRSW coordinator: this file is not included in this
report). The APHIS responses are in bold. To make a long story short -
transgenic wheat lines will be allowed in the regional program only if
they have been granted permanent non-regulated status. Non-regulated
status is granted only after the originator files a formal petition to
de-regulate a line with APHIS.

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**SPRING WHEAT PRODUCTION, 2004**

*SPRING WHEAT OTHER THAN DURUM* Growers produced an estimated 573.6
million bushels (15.1 million metric tons) of spring wheat. This
production estimate is approximately 7.9 percent higher than year 2003
production, and approximately 47.5 percent higher than 2002. Yield
averaged 43.1 bushels per acre, an increase of 0.6 bushels per acre from
year 2003, and 14 bushels per acre higher than in year 2002. Area
harvested totaled approximately 13.3 million acres (5.3million
hectares), which is approximately the same as the acreage harvested in
2003.

**[Spring Wheat Production Statistics, 2002-2004.]{.underline}\***

  ----------- ----------- -------- -------- --- --------- --------- --------- --- --------- ------- -------
              Acres                             Bushels                           Yield             
              Harvested                         (1000)                            (Bu/Ac)           
              (1000)                                                                                

              2002        2003     2004         2002      2003      2004          2002      2003    2004

  Minnesota   1,800       1,800    1,630        61,200    104,400   89,650        34        58      55

  Montana     3,450       2,700    2,900        75,900    60,500    89,900        22        22      31

  North       5,900       6,400    6,000        165,200   252,800   246,000       28        39.5    41
  Dakota                                                                                            

  South       1,000       1,340    1,530        24,000    56,280    71,910        24        42      47
  Dakota                                                                                            

  USA         13,373      13,441   13,294       388,917   531,402   573,618       29.1      39.5    43.1
  ----------- ----------- -------- -------- --- --------- --------- --------- --- --------- ------- -------

\* Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service:
(http://www.usda.gov/nass/pubs/estindx3.htm#wheats)

**2004 NURSERY DESCRIPTION AND SUMMARY**

The Hard Red Spring Wheat Uniform Regional Nursery (HRSWURN) was planted
for the 76th year in 2004. The nursery contained 35 entries submitted by
8 different scientific or industry organizations, and 5 checks (Table
1). Trials were conducted as randomized complete blocks with three
replicates. The HRSWURN was planted at 20 locations in 7 different
states in the USA (MN, ND, SD, MT, NE, WY, and WA), and two Canadian
provinces (Manitoba and Saskatchewan) (Figure 1). Seventeen locations
provided data for inclusion in this report (Table 2). Data summaries for
each of these locations are presented in Tables 3 through 19. For each
location summary, entries are listed in descending order of yield.
Overall means across locations for a set of core traits are summarized
in Table 20, and yield rankings for individual locations are found in
Table 21. Two-year means for entries previously entered in the 2003
HRSWURN are presented in Table 22. Entries were also evaluated for
*Fusarium* head blight resistance in scab nurseries at St. Paul and
Crookston, MN, and at Prosper, ND. Seedling leaf rust resistance was
evaluated in St. Paul, MN. These data are presented in Tables 23-26. The
highest average yielding location was Powell WY, with 122.1 Bu/Ac, while
the lowest yielding location was Hettinger, ND, with 48.9 Bu/Ac. The
average yield for the 19 combined locations was 68 Bu/Ac.

**Figure 1. Hard Red SpringWheat Uniform Regional Nursery Locations,
2004**

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