Table 9. Performance of soft red winter wheats tested at Charleston†, Missouri during 2009. Grain yield‡ Test Winter Variety 2009 2008-09 2007-09 weight survival ------------bu/acre----------- -lb/bu- %   AgriPro COKER Beretta 68.8 77.3* 75.9* 53.3 76 AgriPro COKER Branson 73.0 79.9* 80.1* 55.5 80 AgriPro COKER B030543 74.0 57.1 80 AgriPro COKER Cooper 73.8 79.8* 76.2* 56.4 92 AgriPro COKER W1377 76.1 80.4* 76.9* 57.5 81 AGS 2026 61.3 66.6 53.1 79 AGS 2050 73.5 80.4* 75.6* 57.6 82 Armor 360Z 73.6 52.7 76 Armor ARX 840 76.2 54.3 84 Armor ARX 6202 72.8 55.1 77 Armor Gold 54.9 55.0 83 Armor Renegade 73.1 55.0 77 Bess 72.9 75.8 70.8 57.0 82 COKER 9553 59.1 68.0 66.2 57.1 83 Delta Grow 1600 72.0 76.1 69.9 55.3 82 Delta Grow 4500 73.3 55.9 85 Delta Grow 5200 68.7 74.2 73.3* 54.9 74 Delta King DK 9108 68.5 55.6 80 Delta King DK 9577 65.1 73.4 70.4 54.1 74 Dixie 427 66.0 51.2 86 Dixie 454 81.1 84.9* 58.1* 81 Dixie 907 75.3 55.9 82 Dixie 940 73.0 77.9* 54.4 72 Dyna-Gro DG404 72.6 55.4 80 Dyna-Gro DG408 72.2 55.0 84 Dyna-Gro DG9922 72.0 53.7 79 EXCEL 163 67.1 58.1* 77 EXCEL 170 85.3* 57.5 86 EXCEL 173 78.7 80.3* 77.2* 58.0* 84 EXCEL 180 81.4 59.3** 85 EXCEL 209 74.4 56.6 81 EXCEL 343 76.4 54.6 81 EXCEL 357 83.6* 84.9* 57.8 89 EXCEL 367 76.6 56.5 85 EXCEL 400-1 80.2 82.0* 75.6* 56.3 82 EXCEL 410 TW 70.5 78.7* 77.3* 54.6 81 GA 991209-6E33 68.4 56.2 87 GA 991336-6E9 52.0 51.2 79 Lewis 835 78.4 59.0* 78 Merl 59.9 56.2 83 MFA 2525 79.3 54.3 80 MFA 2609 78.7 80.9* 55.6 80 Milton (MO 011126) 77.9 81.4* 73.6* 56.8 91 Pioneer ® Variety 25R56 75.9 80.4* 80.0* 52.8 83 Pioneer ® Variety 25R62 83.0* 85.2** 52.4 86 Pioneer ® Variety 25R78 76.7 55.3 81 Progeny 117 83.0* 57.1 80 Progeny 119 88.4** 57.4 89 Progeny 130 76.8 58.6* 84 Progeny 136 74.5 52.2 78 Progeny 166 69.7 75.1 70.8 55.6 86 Progeny 185 67.9 78.5* 77.9* 56.8 81 Roane 62.3 71.7 68.9 57.6 74 Truman 81.3 80.7* 80.7** 59.1* 81 USG 3209 59.7 70.2 70.8 52.1 77 VA 04W-90 82.8* 58.2* 88 Average 73.1 77.9 74.4 55.7 81.6 LSD (0.05) 6.3 8.8 8.6 1.4 6.2 CV% 6.4 5.5 7.0 1.8 5.9     Plant Fusarium head blight Heading Date Variety height Lodging§ natural infection¶ Julian Calendar in 0-9 % of florets AgriPro COKER Beretta 33 2.1 2 124 May 04 AgriPro COKER Branson 33 2.2 7 122 May 02 AgriPro COKER B030543 35 2.2 3 123 May 03 AgriPro COKER Cooper 40 1.3 8 120 April 30 AgriPro COKER W1377 36 2.9 2 125 May 05 AGS 2026 34 0.8 22 121 May 01 AGS 2050 34 2.6 3 121 May 01 Armor 360Z 36 0.9 8 123 May 03 Armor ARX 840 36 1.8 13 122 May 02 Armor ARX 6202 35 0.9 2 126 May 06 Armor Gold 35 0.4 13 122 May 02 Armor Renegade 37 0.4 6 123 May 03 Bess 36 2.6 1 124 May 04 COKER 9553 34 2.6 17 121 May 01 Delta Grow 1600 37 3.5 2 123 May 03 Delta Grow 4500 38 2.7 5 123 May 03 Delta Grow 5200 35 3.2 4 124 May 04 Delta King DK 9108 39 1.8 7 122 May 02 Delta King DK 9577 35 0.9 9 123 May 03 Dixie 427 36 2.7 22 123 May 03 Dixie 454 38 1.5 3 122 May 02 Dixie 907 37 3.2 4 123 May 03 Dixie 940 37 2.7 8 122 May 02 Dyna-Gro DG404 39 2.8 6 122 May 02 Dyna-Gro DG408 37 3.4 4 123 May 03 Dyna-Gro DG9922 37 0.4 9 122 May 03 EXCEL 163 34 2.9 5 120 April 30 EXCEL 170 37 1.7 1 122 May 02 EXCEL 173 37 4.0 2 120 April 30 EXCEL 180 37 4.2 1 121 May 01 EXCEL 209 35 3.3 2 121 May 01 EXCEL 343 35 3.4 2 123 May 03 EXCEL 357 38 0.9 1 122 May 02 EXCEL 367 36 1.3 2 124 May 04 EXCEL 400-1 39 2.5 4 123 May 03 EXCEL 410 TW 37 3.5 3 123 May 03 GA 991209-6E33 36 2.2 17 120 April 30 GA 991336-6E9 36 0.8 15 122 May 02 Lewis 835 34 4.5 1 121 May 01 Merl 33 0.0 17 122 May 02 MFA 2525 40 2.6 1 125 May 05 MFA 2609 38 3.0 3 123 May 03 Milton (MO 011126) 37 1.5 6 123 May 03 Pioneer ® Variety 25R56 34 1.9 3 123 May 03 Pioneer ® Variety 25R62 35 1.4 3 122 May 02 Pioneer ® Variety 25R78 35 1.1 14 122 May 02 Progeny 117 37 3.6 1 121 May 01 Progeny 119 38 0.8 1 123 May 03 Progeny 130 37 4.1 1 121 May 01 Progeny 136 37 1.4 11 122 May 02 Progeny 166 38 3.5 5 123 May 03 Progeny 185 35 2.2 4 122 May 02 Roane 34 3.1 1 124 May 04 Truman 41 0.5 0 130 May 10 USG 3209 34 2.3 13 123 May 03 VA 04W-90 35 1.8 2 121 May 01 Average 36.2 2.2 6 122.5 May 02 LSD (0.05) 1.8 0.8 3 1.0 CV% 3.8 27.0 36.4 0.6 ** Indicates the variety with the highest yield or test weight in the respective column. * Indicates varieties that do not differ significantly in yield or test weight from the best variety based on Fisher’s protected LSD (P=0.05). † Management practices included: Midwinter treatment with Karate followed by Harmony and 2,4,D in the spring ‡ Yields are based on a 60 pound standard bushel weight, adjusted to 13.0 percent moisture content of the grain. § Lodging rated on a 0 to 9 scale where 0 = no lodging and 9 = plants in the plot are completely flat. ¶ Fusarium head blight (FHB; scab) rated as percentage of the florets in the plots showing visible symptoms of disease. Data were taken at approximately 21 days post flowering of the average flowering date for the location. Symptoms progressed following this rating and resulted in more losses in some varieties than indicated by these data.