Technical Bulletin: Trochu Barley

 
 
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 August 2002 - Trochu is a new 6-row, smooth awn feed barley that is now available to producers. Trochu was developed by the Field Crop Development Centre at Lacombe and is marketed by SeCan.

Trochu was higher yielding than all check varieties in the Western Cooperative Registration Trials. It was tested in the Coop trials as BT 558 and as H87046003 from 1994 to 2000, and was registered in 2000. Trochu showed good average percent plump seed, and high test weight and kernel weight.

The greatest market for 6-row barley is the cattle feed industry, and the high percent plump and kernel weight of Trochu means that more uniform processing can be obtained. While the disease package of Trochu is no better than AC Lacombe, it has a different source of resistance to scald and will show intermediate reactions in the field to scald and net blotch. Trochu has better common root rot resistance compared to AC Lacombe. All trials show Trochu to have better lodging resistance than AC Lacombe, although it is not as good as semi-dwarf varieties. Trochu has 4.5% higher silage yield than AC Lacombe.

Trochu is a good replacement for AC Lacombe; it has a different scald resistance gene, a higher % plump seed and good straw strength and silage yields.

Consult your SeCan dealer for seed.

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FIELD CROP DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
Yield (kg/ha) Data 1996-1999
Deep
Black
Dry
Brown
High
Fert.
Irr.
Late
Seeded
Parkland
Peace
Total
 (kg/ha)
 (kg/ha)
 (kg/ha)
 (kg/ha)
 (kg/ha)
 (kg/ha)
 (kg/ha)
 (kg/ha)
TROCHU
9238.9
7268.1
9138.9
8630.3
6593.5
6281.3
4897.2
7851.5
AC LACOMBE
8668.3
6842.8
8666.4
8130.3
6113.4
6217.9
5004
7424.6
KASOTA
8284.7
6362.7
8081.1
7502.8
5944.9
5939.4
4772.8
7019
TUKWA
8521.4
6544
8401.4
8198.1
6318.9
6431
4830.8
7312.9
Station years
12
9
6
4
6
2
4
43

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FIELD CROP DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
Agronomic Data 1996-1999
Maturity
(days)
1000 KWT
(g)
Test Wt.
(Kg/hl)
Anthesis
(days)
Height
(cm)
TROCHU
100.4
38.1
61.6
57.6
88.6
AC LACOMBE
99.4
40.6
60.6
58.2
94.5
KASOTA
96.5
33.6
61.1
55.4
81.6
TUKWA
98.5
33.9
61.3
60.1
83.8
Station years
39
42
42
38
42

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FIELD CROP DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
Silage Yield Data
Dry Silage Yield kg/ha
% Check
TROCHU
14083
104
AC LACOMBE
13481
100
Station years
3
3

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WESTERN COOPERATIVE BARLEY TRIAL
Yield and Agronomic Data 1998-1999
Yield
(kg/ha)
Maturity (days)
Height
 (cm)
Test Wt. (kg/hl)
1000 KWT
(g)
Lodging
(0-9)
% Plump
 (%)
Heading
 (days)
TROCHU
5998.7
91.2
87.4
62.4
39.1
3.8
80
56
AC LACOMBE
5914.8
90.9
90.7
61.1
40.2
3.1
68.1
56.6

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WESTERN COOPERATIVE BARLEY TRIAL
Yield (kg/ha) Data by Soil Zone 1998-99
Eastern Black
Brown
Western Black
Grey Wooded
TROCHU
5192.9
7437.4
6522.4
4208.6
AC LACOMBE
5422.6
7218.5
6249.9
3945.0



August 2002
Field Crop Development Centre
 
 
 
 
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