North Dakota Foundation Seedstocks Project

Loftsgard Hall, PO Box 5051 Fargo, ND 58105

701-231-8140 (Dale Williams)  701-231-8168(Jeremy Pederson)  701-231-8067(Paulette Neva)

e-mail:  dale.williams@ndsu.nodak.edu   jeremy.pederson@ndsu.nodak.edu   paulette.neva@ndsu.nodak.edu

DATE:  January 29, 2008

TO:         County Extension Agents, Area Extension Agents, Research Center Directors, County Crop Improvement Association Presidents, NDCISA Directors, NDAA Seed Committee

RE:         New Variety Releases for Spring 2008   

FROM:   Dale Williams, Foundation Seedstocks

The following new varieties have been released by the NDSU Ag Experiment Station and will be available for distribution to the County Seed Increase Program in spring of 2008.  (Information attached)

‘Pinnacle Barley (Experimental designation 2ND21863)

‘Cavalier’ Conventional Soybean (Experimental designation ND02-2019)

In addition, the following foundation seed will also be available for the County Crop Improvement Seed Increase Program in the spring of 2008..

Foundation Tradition and Legacy Barley (performance information is available upon request)

Prices of Foundation Seed and related information:

Variety                        Price/bu           Research Fee/Royalty*

PINNACLE Barley     $18.85              $0.25/bu. (Research Fee)

CAVALIER Soybean $25.80              $0.50/bu. (Research Fee)

Tradition Barley          $14.75               $0.30/bu. (Royalty)

Legacy Barley             $14.75              $0.30/bu. (Royalty)

*Royalty/Research Fees are paid on Registered and Certified Seed Sales

PINNACLE Barley  (Experimental Designation 2ND21863)

Price of Pinnacle Barley will be:  $18.85/bu. bagged

General description of Pinnacle

'Pinnacle' - tested under the experimental number 2ND21863, Pinnacle is a 2-row barley with smooth awn, long rachilla hair, white aleurone and plump seed and appears to have some drought resistance.  Pinnacle appears to provide a good yield advantage over Conlon at most testing locations and yields better than some 6 row varieties.  A little taller than Conlon and some 6- row varieties but sill stands better than Conlon and approaches that of 6 row varieties.  Disease resistance is better than Conlon and approaching that of 6 rows.  The plump seed is not quite as good as Conlon but still very good.  Foliar disease resistance is better than Conlon with spot blotch resistance being important.  The Malt profile looks very good.  Pinnacle is anticipated to start the 1st year of carlot testing during 2008 and 2nd year in 2009 with the earliest potential addition to the AMBA list being in 2010.  Noteworthy it has about a full % lower protein compared to Conlon.

Performance information can be found in the Barley Selection Guide:  http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/variety/index.htm

CAVALIER Conventional Soybean

 (Experimental Designation ND02-2019)

Price of CAVALIER  Soybean will be:  $25.80/bu. bagged

'Cavalier' (ND02-2019) - This line would be a potential good choice to replace the Jim variety.  Compared to Jim, Cavalier has about a 1.4 bu. yield advantage and has the Rps 6 gene for Phytophthora root rot resistance (Jim is very susceptible to root rot).  Cavalier has excellent resistance to lodging.  Additional information available upon request.

 (ND02-2019) Conventional Line Release Data Summary

Table 1.  North Dakota Summary 2004-2007

                                                                                                         Walsh 07

*Lodging score; 1-best, 5-worst.

Table 2.  Uniform Regional Test data summary 2005-2007.

*Protein and oil on a dry weight basis.

 ND02-2019 is a conventional type that is not glyphosate-resistant.  The pedigree of ND02-2019 is Sargent *ND96-1006.  ND02-2019 is intended to replace Jim.  ND02-2019 matures the same date as Jim and is 1.4 bu/A higher in yield.  ND02-2019 is more resistant to lodging than Jim and Traill.  ND02-2019 has the Rps6 allele that confers resistance to Race 4 of phytophthora root rot, while Jim is very susceptible to phytophthora.  ND02-2019 has moderate resistance to iron-deficiency cholorosis.  ND02-2019 has purple flower color, tawny pubescence, brown pod color, yellow hila and dull seed coat.  ND02-2019 is a 00.7 maturity bean.

 Tradition  and Legacy Barley

Tradition and Legacy barley varieties are distributed to the County Seed Increase program each year as foundation class seed for the production and distribution of registered class seed.  This is an open program in which seed producers must request foundation class seed through the County program or by contacting a Research and Extension Center.  Increase growers must have a minimum of 2 years out of the past 4 year’s involvement in certified seed production.  Performance information on this variety is available on the web at: http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/aginfo/variety/index.htm or in the ND Agricultural Extension Service “Barley, Oat, Rye, and Flax Variety Selection Guide”.

If you have any question on Legacy or Tradition Seed Increase Programs, please call Foundation Seedstocks.

RASMUSSON BARLEY

Date:  February 14, 2008
TO:  County Agents, County Crop Improvement Presidents, Area Agents, REC’s, NDAA
FROM:  Dale Williams, Foundation Seedstocks Director
SUBJECT:  New Release 

The University of Minnesota has released Rasmusson, a 6-rowed malting barley tested under the experimental code of M109, which will be distributed this for the first time during the spring of 2008.  The ND Foundation Seedstocks Project also increased foundation seed of Rasmusson and will make this seed available to the County Seed Increase Program. 

NOTE:  The 2009 registered seed price will be established in ND by the Price Committee and this price will be mandatory for ND.  The price for registered seed produced from foundation seed distributed in MN is at the producers discretion and could be higher or lower than the set ND price.  In addition, registered seed produced in MN can move into ND.  We have no control over this and any county that requests seed needs to be fully aware of this situation. 

Supplies of foundation seed are limited and ND probably has slightly more foundation seed than MN.  If allocations are necessary we will use the same guidelines that the allocation committee put in place for the Pinnacle barley which has been allocated.  If you have any questions please give us a call.

Allocation Requests Due by Friday Feb. 29th. 

Please let Paulette, Jeremy or me know if your county would like an allocation.  Contact us if you have any questions.

Information on Rasmusson Below:

RASMUSSON six-rowed barley:

•         Developed at the University of Minnesota  (Experimental number:  M109)

•         Pedigree:  Lacey/M95

•         Awn type:  Semi-smooth

•         Rachilla hairs:  Short

•         Aleurone color:  White

Status of AMBA Testing of Rasmusson Barley

•         Received a satisfactory rating from Miller Brewing and Anheuser-Busch in its first year of testing (2006 crop).

•         The second year of testing will be conducted over the next year using grain from the 2007 crop.