1997 Northern Regional Performance Nursery

Entry
No.       Variety or Pedigree                           Sel. No.      Source

1**     Kharkof                                         CI1442        Check
2**     Roughrider                                      CI17439         "
3**     Abilene                                         PI511307        "
4**     Brule//BNT/CSM/3/Arap                           SD92107       So. Dakota
5**     OK81306//SD82102/NWN                            SD92191         "
6**     SD76463-16//SD82195/SD82144                     SD92227         "
7*      SD8026/Roughrider//SD76598-7/Agassiz            SD93267         "
8*      MT8030/TX81V6180                                SD93336         "
9*      Brule/TAM-105//NE82651                          SD93364         "
10*     TX80A5901-1/NE78488                             SD93380         "
11*     Judith/Redwin                                   SD93500         "
12      NE82413/3/Newton sib/Agate//Sage sib            NE92652      Nebraska
13      NE82419/Arapahoe                                NE93554         "
14      NE82419/Arapahoe                                NE93613         "
15*     NE82419/Arapahoe                                NE93669         "
16*     Arapahoe/Abilene//NE86488                       NE94479         "
17*          "           "                              NE94481         "
18*          "           "                              NE94482         "
19*     Arapahoe/OK81322//NE82438                       NE94489         "
20*     KS86H187/Cody                                   NE94567         "
21*     Araphoe/Abilene//Arapahoe                       NE94653         "
22*          "           "                              NE94655         "
23*     KS831936-3//Colt/Cody                           N95L164      NE,ARS
24*     Quantum Hybrid Wheat                            XH1920       HybriTech
25*          "           "                              XNH1824         "
26*          "           "                              XH1881          "
27      Rampart (Lew/Tiber//Redwin)                     MTS92042     Montana  
28*     WWP4394/Nuwest//MT7431/MT7978                   MT91192         "
29*     Nuwest/MT7869//Norwin/MT7840                    MT9222          "
30      Rri/ND7571//Arapahoe                            ND9257       No. Dakota
31      Rri/ND7656//Arapahoe                            ND9272          "
32      A76327W-2-3T/A7457W-13-1-1T-2P                  IDO467       Idaho
33      Rust resistant bulk (1B/1R)                     AMP3JP4A7A   Alberta
34          "           "                               AMQ3NQ4A7D      "
35          "           "                               AMQ3KF4B7A      "
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**  New Seed Provided



                Test Site Information - NRPN
                               
   
   Nebraska Stations -- See information for SRPN.
   
   South Dakota Stations -- See information for SRPN.
   
   Hettinger, ND -- Planted on 9/25/96 and harvested
   8/1/97.  No winterkilling was observed and the nursery
   had good conditions with adequate moisture and cool
   temperatures.  Fertilizer applied was 100 lb/a of 18-46-0. 
   
   Williston, ND -- Planted on 9/11/96 into fallow ground
   at seeding rate of 1 million PLS/a.  Fertilizer
   applied was 60 lbs/a N and 20 lbs/a P2O5.  Fall
   establishment was excellent.  Leaf diseases were
   present on lower leaves but not rated.  There were no
   insect pressures.  Approximately 40 inches of snow was
   received during the winter with October through March
   precipitation totaled 3.83 inches.  The months of
   April, May and June were very dry, followed by 5.5
   inches of rain in early July.  Harvested 7/16/97.  
   
   Minnesota Stations -- The NRPN nurseries at Rosemount
   and Waseca were both lost to winterkilling.
   
   Archer, WY -- No additional information.
   
   Moccasin, MT -- Planted on 9/24/96 on fallow ground. 
   June through August precipitation was 10.73 inches
   compared with long-term average of 6.5 inches. 
   Fertilizer was 45 units/a N as urea broadcast and
   incorporated preplant.  Nitrogen levels for the
   shallow soils were insufficient for the yield levels
   obtained.  
   
   Bozeman, MT -- No additional information.
   
   Loma, MT -- There was little winter injury.  A heavy
   sawfly infestation was scored, but sawfly and lodging
   scores were somewhat confound with each other. 
   
   Lind, WA -- See information for the SRPN.
   
   Lethbridge, Alberta -- No additional information.
   
   Ames, IA -- The nursery had severe winterkilling and
   no yield data were obtained.