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SOYBEAN VARIETY PERFORMANCE TRIAL

Ted Helms, NDSU Department of Plant Sciences

Richard Greenland


           Soybeans usually produce well in North Dakota. This replicated trial had 21 soybean varieties.


MATERIALS AND METHODS


Soil:

Egeland loam and Maddock sandy loam; pH=7.6; 2.0% organic matter; soil-P and soil-K were very high; soil-S was low.

Previous crop:

2003 - onion; 2002 - sweetcorn; 2001 - onion, potato and sugar beet.

Seedbed

Preparation:

Disked on April 14 and May 18. Multiweeded (field cultivated) three times on May 19; once to smooth the seedbed and twice to incorporate herbicide.

Planting:

Planted on May 19 in 30-inch rows. All beans were inoculated just prior to planting.

Plots:

Plots were 17 ft long by 10 ft (4 rows) wide. There were four reps.

Fertilizer:

On April 15, broadcast 20 lbs N/acre and 24 lbs S/acre as 20-0-0-24.

Irrigation:

Overhead sprinkler irrigation as needed.

Pest

control:

Weeds were controlled with Roundup + NIS (1.5 qt/acre + 0.5% v/v on May 14), Treflan (1 pt/acre on May 19, preplant incorporated), Dual II (1.5 pt/acre on May 21), Raptor + NIS (4 oz/acre  + 1 % v/v on June 9), and by hand weeding. Spot applied Fusilade + NIS (12 oz/acre + 0.5% v/v on June 25) to control quackgrass.

Harvest:

Harvested on October 20 with a Hege plot combine.



Table 47. Results of the Oakes Irrigation Research Site 2004 soybean performance trial.

Variety

Days to

maturity

Yield1

Grain

moisture

Lodging2

Plant

height

Test

weight

 

days

bu/acre

%

1 to 5

inches

lbs/bu

 

AG0301

126

47.0

14.5

1.8

37.0

57.2

AG0801

134

40.5

14.0

1.8

36.5

58.0

LaMoure

131

41.0

14.1

1.9

37.8

57.6

MN0902CN

132

38.6

14.0

1.9

36.8

58.7

MN1006CN

141

47.9

14.5

3.9

41.3

57.5

ND01-2469(RR)

134

40.0

14.0

2.5

38.3

57.1

ND01-2482(RR)

124

33.9

14.3

1.6

40.3

57.3

ND01-2489(RR)

136

41.0

13.8

1.8

39.8

57.4

ND01-2667(RR)

133

42.1

14.2

2.0

40.5

57.8

ND01-2679(RR)

132

42.2

14.1

1.8

39.8

57.0

ND01-3533(SCN)

139

40.5

13.7

3.3

43.3

57.8

ND01-3535(SCN)

140

43.4

14.0

3.1

36.0

56.8

ND96-8929E(RR)

125

39.7

13.5

1.9

39.0

58.3

ND96-8929L(RR)

131

38.0

13.5

1.8

37.8

58.4

ND99-4022(TOFU)

137

40.9

13.9

3.1

40.8

57.5

Norpro

124

37.3

12.5

1.8

36.0

58.3

Proto

130

35.5

13.4

2.8

32.5

57.8

RG200RR

120

38.5

14.3

1.8

36.0

58.0

RG405RR

127

41.4

14.0

1.9

40.0

57.3

SD1091RR

138

41.6

13.6

1.9

34.0

57.8

Surge

137

44.5

13.5

2.1

38.3

58.4

 

Exp. Mean

132

40.7

13.9

2.2

38.2

57.7

Probability

<0.0001

0.0006

<0.0001

<0.0001

<0.0001

<0.0001

LSD (0.05)

3.7

5.5

0.3

0.6

3.2

0.7

C.V. (%)

2

10

2

21

6

1

1Yield adjusted to 13% moisture.

2Lodging is from 1 to 5: 1 is erect; 5 is flat on ground.


Note: On Oct. 1 there was a hard freeze. On Sept. 30, I took notes on maturity and, if the soybeans had not reached maturity, I estimated the probable maturity date assuming the soybeans were given time to mature. However, they did not reach maturity because of the hard freeze. Varieties with “Days to maturity” values of greater than 135 did not mature before the hard freeze.


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