Annual Progress Report on Malting Barley Research March, 2007

Table 3. Agronomic comparisons of ND20299, Robust, and Drummond grown in North
Dakota yield trials, 2002-2006.
Grain Days to Plant Stem Test
Variety yield heading height Lodging breakage weight
(bu/ac) (days after 5/31) (inches) (1-9)† (1-5)‡ (lb/bu)
Station years 30 29 27 9 7 9
ND20299 87.1 27.0 29.2 3.5 2.9 50.1
Robust 76.7 27.9 31.2 4.1 3.3 50.6
Drummond 83.5 27.0 30.3 2.5 2.6 50.6
†Lodging of 1 = no lodging and 9 = severe lodging.
‡ Stem breakage of 1 = no breakage at harvest and 5 = severe breakage at harvest.
Table 4. Malt quality comparisons of ND20299, Robust, and Drummond grown in North
Dakota yield trials, 2002-2005†.
Barley Plump Malt Wort Diastatic Alpha-
protein kernels extract protein S/T power Amylase
Entry (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) ( o L) (20 o DU)
Station years 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
ND20299 12.7 90.6 79.4 5.59 46.1 172 63.4
Robust 13.9 81.3 78.8 5.85 43.6 171 55.2
Drummond 13.4 85.3 79.0 5.71 44.3 180 65.2
†Data courtesy of the USDA-ARS Cereal Crops Research Unit, Madison, WI.
Table 5. Agronomic comparisons of ND20448, Robust, and Drummond grown in North
Dakota yield trials, 2002-2006.
Grain Days to Plant Stem
Variety yield heading height Lodging breakage DON
(bu/ac) (days after 5/31) (inches) (1-9)† (1-5)‡ (ppm)§
Station years 30 29 27 9 7 7
ND20448 79.0 27.3 31.3 3.1 2.6 5.5
Robust 77.1 27.9 31.3 4.1 3.2 7.8
Drummond 83.0 27.1 30.3 2.5 2.6 --
†Lodging of 1 = no lodging and 9 = severe lodging.
‡ Stem breakage of 1 = no breakage at harvest and 5 = severe breakage at harvest.
§DON = deoxynivalenol. Data provided by Dr. Paul Schwarz, Dept. of Plant Sciences,
NDSU.
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