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Performance of fourteen different organic wheat cultivars in southwestern North Dakota 2002.
Variety (Source)	Plant Counts		Vigor*	Plant Heights		Kernels	Plant Height	Protein	Yield	Test Weight
	May 30	June 7		May 30	June 7
	----- plants/acre------			-----inches-----		no./lb	---inches---	-%-	bu/ac	---lbs/bu---
AC Cadillac	1,126,447	959,454	1.9	4.5	5.8	17,745	26.1	15.9	23.4	59.3
Alsen	1,156,809	990,828	2.3	3.7	5.3	17,854	21.9	15.8	27.5	59.5
BacUp	1,225,631	1,187,172	2.5	4.1	5.4	18,672	23.2	16.3	21.1	61.0
Chris	1,133,532	1,057,625	2.6	4.3	5.5	21,141	27.9	15.4	23.1	57.8
Coteau	1,294,453	1,279,271	1.4	4.0	5.3	18,719	24.0	16.0	25.0	56.4
Glupro	1,029,287	898,729	2.6	4.0	5.5	18,151	27.5	18.9	18.2	54.6
Gunner	1,316,718	1,113,290	1.5	3.9	5.4	20,328	24.9	15.1	28.4	61.0
Ingot	1,037,384	1,053,577	2.1	4.3	5.7	18,069	24.8	14.7	27.3	61.0
Parshall	1,360,238	1,163,894	1.5	4.1	5.4	17,894	23.8	14.8	29.2	60.8
Parshall SWG	1,410,842	1,280,283	1.9	3.9	5.9	17,537	23.8	15.0	29.6	60.8
Red Fife	1,265,102	1,165,918	2.3	4.3	5.3	16,148	30.3	14.2	20.2	56.1
Reeder	984,756	864,318	2.3	4.3	5.9	18,053	21.9	14.9	29.1	59.1
Stoa Conv	666,962	647,732	3.8	3.1	5.3	16,826	25.9	14.2	23.4	54.4
Stoa Organic	1,567,715	1,339,996	1.8	3.7	5.4	18,278	25.4	15.0	31.5	58.4
Waldron	1,487,760	1,434,120	1.9	4.2	5.5	18,041	26.9	14.3	26.5	57.5
Walworth	1,119,362	1,019,166	1.9	4.1	5.6	18,873	22.3	15.5	27.5	58.3
Trial Mean	1,198,937	1,090,961	2.1	4.0	5.5	18,271	25.0	15.4	25.7	58.5
C.V. %	13.7	16.1	14.2	5.9	3.8	4.8	5.1	4.2	7.9	1.4
LSD .05	233,232	249,648	0.4	0.3	0.3	1,258	1.8	0.9	2.9	1.2
The study was established on May 15.
*1=high vigor, 5=low vigor at 15 days after seeding

Performance of fourteen different organic wheat cultivars in southwestern North Dakota 2002.
Variety (Source)	June Biomass			July Biomass			Crop Competitiveness*
	Crop Dry Matter	Broadleaf Weed Dry Matter	Grass Weed Dry Matter	Crop Dry Matter	Broadleaf Weed Dry Matter	Grass Weed Dry Matter
	----------------lbs/acre---------------			----------------- lbs/acre-----------------			% Control
AC Cadillac	634	2	7	2,560	12	197	51
Alsen	584	12	9	2,205	30	350	35
BacUp	665	1	5	2,242	91	386	44
Chris	405	10	8	2,004	62	429	44
Coteau	739	7	5	2,558	61	254	49
Glupro	547	1	9	2,265	29	341	41
Gunner	715	11	4	2,494	30	214	55
Ingot	745	3	10	2,519	33	214	46
Parshall	759	14	5	2,417	68	295	46
Parshall SWG	631	6	0	2,741	63	219	35
Red Fife	586	7	6	1,998	32	359	48
Reeder	562	5	14	2,031	33	304	38
Stoa Conv	402	6	19	1,180	66	901	18
Stoa Organic	645	6	6	2,624	47	290	58
Waldron	740	5	5	2,607	9	288	51
Walworth	746	20	5	2,902	89	213	53
Trial Mean	632	7	8	2,334	47	328	44
C.V. %	26.9	119.5	103.16	12.3	112.5	39.8	25.7
LSD .05	NS	NS	NS	478	NS	218	16
*Measure of weed suppression

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