Table 15. Test weight for soft and hard red winter wheats tested at seven locations in Missouri during
1995. Varieties listed by descending state average.
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Northern Southeastern Southwestern
Region Region Region
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Charles Portage Mt State
Variety Columbia Novelty Trenton ton ville Lamar Vernon Average
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Coker 9474 58.2** 57.9* 58.4* 60.7 60.1** 59.5** 55.9* 58.6**
MO92-599 56.1 57.1* 57.0 60.4 58.2 59.4* 52.5 58.0
Karl 92, hard 56.9 57.6* 57.0 59.5 59.1 57.9 57.2* 57.9
FFR 525W 56.1 57.1* 56.7 60.8 58.0 59.1* 56.5* 57.8
NECO EX-4020 56.4 56.7 59.0* 61.2* 60.1** 58.8* 52.9 57.8
Coker 9803 55.2 58.2** 57.3 59.6 59.8* 59.1* 55.2 57.7
Howell 54.3 57.5* 59.0* 61.7** 59.5* 58.3* 54.2 57.7
AGRIPRO Pontiac 57.2* 57.0 56.4 59.5 59.3 59.3* 55.5 57.6
Patriot 943 56.7 57.2* 58.7* 61.3* 59.6* 58.0* 51.0 57.6
Terra SR204 56.3 57.8* 59.1** 61.2* 59.7* 59.4* 51.1 57.6
MFA Enterprise 56.3 57.6* 58.5* 61.5* 59.9* 57.9 50.1 57.4
MO91-1003 56.7 57.0 57.6 60.1 58.0 57.1 53.4 57.4
FFR 558W 55.7 56.8 57.4 60.6 58.6 57.5 53.0 57.2
Heartland Seed E-33 55.8 56.9 58.5* 61.0* 60.0* 57.8 50.9 57.1
Coker 9543 56.1 57.3* 56.5 60.1 58.4 56.5 53.6 57.0
Patriot 952 54.7 55.5 55.7 59.9 58.9 57.7 55.5 56.9
AGRIPRO Elkhart (A90*7546) 52.3 53.8 55.5 60.4 60.0* 59.0* 56.8* 56.8
Jackson 56.1 57.6* 55.8 59.9 58.4 56.3 52.7 56.7
Merschman EX073 54.4 56.7 56.9 60.2 57.6 56.1 54.4 56.7
Stine EXP901 54.3 55.7 56.9 60.0 57.5 56.8 55.5 56.7
Ernie 55.2 56.8 56.3 58.2 58.3 57.0 54.3 56.5
AGRIPRO Clemens 54.3 54.1 54.6 60.0 60.1** 58.4* 52.7 56.4
Wakefield 54.1 55.8 55.1 59.1 57.9 57.6 53.7 56.3
Pioneer 2548 56.1 54.8 54.2 59.2 57.2 57.8 54.4 56.2
Pioneer 2552 55.3 57.1* 56.2 60.2 58.6 55.7 51.5 56.2
Reeds 1010 53.8 53.6 53.8 59.0 59.8* 58.4* 54.5 56.2
MFA EXP 8411 54.3 54.5 54.6 59.6 58.1 57.0 54.5 56.1
MPG EX782 55.3 56.0 55.3 58.1 57.3 56.5 54.4 56.1
AGRIPRO Shiloh (ABI89-4417A) 54.6 53.7 54.4 58.6 58.0 58.0* 55.2 56.0
Merschman Katie VII 54.3 55.6 54.7 59.2 58.8 56.4 53.2 56.0
MFA Commander I 55.5 55.8 54.8 58.7 57.3 56.6 53.1 56.0
Patterson (Pd80311A1-20-3-31) 55.3 55.5 56.9 58.4 59.5* 54.0 52.6 56.0
Heartland Seed E-23 56.2 56.1 55.7 58.0 58.4 55.9 51.4 55.9
Terra SR205 55.0 55.9 55.4 58.5 57.0 55.9 53.4 55.9
AGRIPRO Hickory 53.8 55.5 54.7 59.4 58.4 54.9 54.1 55.8
Jagger (KS84063-9-39-3), hard 55.1 56.2 53.9 58.1 58.9 55.8 52.3 55.8
MO91-1009 53.8 55.6 54.9 59.5 58.3 55.6 54.0 55.8
Merschman Barbie IV 55.1 56.1 55.2 58.6 57.5 55.0 52.1 55.7
Pike 54.2 54.2 53.4 59.2 57.3 56.8 54.2 55.6
MO12258 54.7 55.1 56.3 58.4 57.0 54.6 54.9 55.5
Pioneer 2571 53.3 55.1 54.4 57.7 58.2 57.1 52.5 55.5
Cardinal 53.7 54.6 55.0 58.6 56.8 55.0 51.9 55.1
Madison 53.5 54.7 55.4 57.4 56.8 55.7 52.1 55.1
Patriot 942 54.3 55.1 55.1 57.3 57.1 53.4 52.7 55.1
Hopewell (OH490) 54.2 52.9 53.1 57.8 58.0 55.4 53.5 55.0
Verne 52.9 53.9 55.0 58.7 57.3 54.8 52.5 55.0
AGRIPRO Sawyer 53.9 55.0 55.7 57.0 55.9 55.0 50.8 54.8
Caldwell 54.2 54.9 52.4 58.6 58.5 53.3 51.5 54.8
MO91-19 53.8 55.5 53.4 58.2 55.1 54.2 57.6** 54.8
Merschman Millie 53.3 54.4 55.2 56.8 56.0 53.6 52.1 54.5
Reeds 1008 52.9 52.7 52.3 59.5 57.3 55.0 52.5 54.5
Freedom 53.0 55.0 53.6 56.8 57.8 53.7 48.8 54.2
Grant 53.3 52.4 52.0 58.7 57.8 52.9 52.3 54.2
Merschman Genie VI 52.5 52.8 51.0 57.0 56.6 54.9 51.9 53.9
MO9965-52 52.3 53.4 51.3 57.8 57.6 52.6 52.2 53.9
Merschman EX613 51.8 53.0 51.4 57.5 56.6 53.4 52.6 53.8
Stine 501 51.9 52.8 52.2 56.2 56.1 55.3 52.0 53.8
AGRIPRO Boone 50.9 52.7 50.9 57.1 56.8 54.2 53.1 53.7
NECO EX-3020 52.7 53.4 51.2 56.1 56.3 54.3 50.9 53.5
Stine 451 52.0 52.4 50.2 58.3 55.6 52.7 50.9 53.3
Morey (GA85238-C5-AB5-4) 49.5 51.4 50.6 57.0 57.4 53.4 52.8 53.1
MPG EX042 48.7 50.4 53.0 54.6 55.7 52.8 50.9 52.3
Stine EXP903 48.9 50.9 52.7 54.6 56.3 52.1 50.7 52.3
GA-Stuckey (GA83228-1) 50.2 52.2 50.9 55.8 55.0 51.7 48.4 52.0
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Average 54.2 55.1 54.9 58.8 57.9 56.0 53.1 55.7
LSD (p=0.05) 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.8 0.6 1.5 1.9 0.5
CV% 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.0 0.8 2.0 2.6 1.8
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** Indicates variety possessing the heaviest test weight within a column.
* Indicates varieties with test weight equal to the variety possessing the heaviest test weight within a
column based on Fisher's protected LSD (p=0.05).