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Selecting Wheat Varieties and
Seed Treatments for 1997-98
Table 1

Yield performance of entries in the Virginia Tech Wheat Test, 1997 Harvest

Brand/Variety Coastal Plain Region Piedmont and Blue Ridge Region Statewide
Holland Painter Warsaw Average Blacksburg Orange Loudoun Average Average
TRICAL 498**89116+93+100+118+80+7887+94+
VA96-52-678610376+88+7370687079
DYNA-GR0 42486104678655-81+81+7681+
VA94-54-479849975+85+101+707578+82
COKER 9663901016585+8781+7881+83+
VA94-52-6083107+6585+8381+7278+82+
VA94-52-208797698494+74727781+
COKER 9663-B 91+10062849080+7078+81+
FFR 502W-B859173+837364-666775
COKER 9803-B8210464837369707077
COKER 9134-B8710260838582+7379+81+
VA96-54-3727910464838170767579
VA96-54-3268498678393+73687579
JACKSON-B83103598293+777278+80+
JACKSON80107+5982102+76667780+
GA-GORE809868828268737378
HICKORY8310262827679697478
COKER 9704-B849766827570717177
COKER 9803839668826869686976
FFR 555W-B8210064827269676976
FFR 523W-B91+9562827075707277
VA96-54-234829866828073747579
VA96-52-66-B819369818875747779
COKER 9835819764816976727377
WAKEFIELD-B839663817279647276
COKER 9835-B859565817174697177
VA93-54-42980946881100+7257-7277
PIONEER 2643-B779174+818064-5965-74
PIONEER 2691-B749568807974737577
PIONEER 2552-B---67---------------------
PIONEER 2580-B7599658092+797981+81+
MADISON779468807968807578
VA95-52-608310553-808478687678
HOFFMAN 1485926480747883+79+80+
FEATHERSTONE 520-B829760797369767376
AGRIPRO-FOSTER819266798580+7478+79
SAWYER8195627963-78707276
VA93-52-608310250-7858-62-6964-71-
DYNA-GR0 4227794627861-69716873
CLEMENS 798967786978687275
HOFFMAN 95789760786772676974
FFR 523W 839854787079677275
PIONEER 2684-B 759067777872606873
COKER 9134789951-768383+7580+78
FFR 568W 8190577645-72756872-
FLEMING 708668757469686972-
MASON 818660758067747274
HOFFMAN 5773895472-64-63-6564-68-
ELKHART 76895571-8470677171-
MASSEY 70855871-6871636769-
FFR 525W-B 7577-5970--7765686869-
SALUDA 7184-42-65-7373697168-
RSI 92-100**59-39-5851-52-26-42-37-45-
LSD (0.05)1111961381264
Location Average 809562797872697276
Statewide Average      76

* Varieties are ordered by descending coastal plain region averages. A plus or minus sign indicates performance significantly above or below the test average within each region or statewide, respectively.
** These are wheat/rye crosses or triticales, not wheat varieties.


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