Another feature of our small grain tour is our winter wheat variety trial. This year we are testing 62 commercial and University varieties. Most of the wheat lines headed out May 28 to May 30 and were flowering around June 1 and 2. This was ideal from a head scab perspective since most of the wet weather had passed on by then. Foliar diseases in the varieites were generally low with only a small amount of powedery mildew and stagonospora evident in the lower canopy. Fall development of the trial was slow and we applied 50 units of N as UAN in mid March to stimulate tiller development. We followed with another 50 units in April for a total of 100 pounds of N in the spring. This is the highest rate of N we have applied to the trial, and are watching the trial for lodging issues. The wheat is standing fine at this point and has good color.
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