Performance of hard red winter wheats tested near Columbia, Missouri during 1999. /1 Grain yield Test Grain Plant Variety 1999 1998-99 weight moisture height bu/acre lb/bu % in -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2137 43.4 46.4 52.9 16.0 41 Ernie (soft check) 61.1** 52.4 55.6* 15.5 41 Heyne 48.0 56.1* 15.5 43 Karl 92 49.9 46.1 56.4** 15.8 41 KS89180B2-1-1 44.5 51.6 16.3 42 NE 93496 40.7 55.1* 16.8 42 Terra HR 217 (EXP 217) 46.2 51.2 53.9 16.0 40 Wesley 42.3 54.1 15.8 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Average 47.0 49.0 54.4 15.9 41.3 LSD(0.05) 5.4 NS¶ 1.8 0.7 NS CV% 7.8 18.0 2.3 3.0 8.5 /2 Winter Heading date Leaf Variety survival Julian Calendar rust % % ---------------------------------------------------------- 2137 83 132 May 13 1 Ernie (soft check) 94 129 May 10 7 Heyne 84 132 May 13 4 Karl 92 90 129 May 10 2 KS89180B2-1-1 86 133 May 14 7 NE 93496 82 134 May 15 5 Terra HR 217 (EXP 217) 87 132 May 13 7 Wesley 86 135 May 16 10 ---------------------------------------------------------- Average 86.3 132 May 13 5.4 LSD(0.05) 3.6 1.8 7.1 CV% 2.8 0.9 89.9 ** Indicates the highest yielding variety in the column. * Indicates varieties that do not differ in yield from the highest yielding variety based on Fisher's protected LSD (p=0.05). /1 Yields are based on 60 pound standard bushel weight adjusted to 13.0 percent moisture content of the grain. /2 Percent of canopy showing symptoms of leaf rust. Number in parentheses is the experimental number under which the variety was tested in the 1998 Missouri Winter Wheat Performance Tests. No significant (NS) differences among varieties.