Field Crop Development Centre - Cooperative Testing

Evaluation of potential new cultivars of wheat, triticale and barley in the National Co-operative Yield Trials
Regional cereal and oilseed cooperative testing

Evaluation of Potential New Cultivars of Wheat, Triticale and Barley in the National Co-operative Yield Trials

Purpose
To assist in the pre-registration evaluation of potential new cultivars under conditions in Alberta.

Procedure
All lines are evaluated for a range of agronomic and quality traits at Lacombe, Olds, Trochu, Morrin, and Calmar in Alberta for the following Cooperative Yield Trials:

Western Hard Red Winter Wheat (HRWW) Tests ‘B’ and ‘C’
Central HRWW Tests ‘B’ and ‘C’
Western Spring Triticale
Western Six-row Barley
Western Two-row Barley
Western Hulless Barley
Western Silage Barley
Malting Barley Collaborative Test

Reason for project and impact
In order to receive registration of cereal cultivars in Canada, it is necessary to have them tested in the national cooperative tests for a minimum period of 2 years for barley and 3 years for wheat and triticale.

In order to carry out an adequate number of test sites in western Canada, all relevant breeding programs on the prairies provide sites and handle the appropriate tests. Consequently the Field Crop Development Centre at Lacombe has been providing test sites and data for the Prairie Registration Recommending Committee for Grain and will now do so for the Registrations Committees run under the Prairie Grain Development Committee.

Summary of results
Cooperative tests for 2-row barley, 6-row barley, silage barley, hulless barley, spring triticale, winter triticale, and winter wheat are grown at several locations.

The collaborative test for malting quality of 2-row and 6-row barley is grown at Lacombe.

Regional Cereal and Oilseed Cooperative Testing

Performance data from the regional variety trials are available for barley, wheat, triticale, oat, flax and canola:
'Varieties of Cereal and Oilseed Crops for Alberta'.

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This document is maintained by Frances Teitge.
This information published to the web on August 26, 2002.
Last Reviewed/Revised on August 8, 2006.