Small Grain Variety Trials at the Safford Agricultural Center, 2001

Abstract

Small plot replicate trials were established to test thirteen durum wheat varieties, four varieties of bread/feed wheat and six varieties of barley. Platinum, from World Wide Wheat, was the leading durum wheat variety with a yield of 3496 pounds per acre and YU 995-241, from Western Plant Breeders, the highest yielding bread/feed wheat variety with 5546 pounds per acre. #3 was the highest yielding barley variety with a yield of 6353 pounds per acre.