North Dakota State University * Williston Research Extension Center
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2008 Durum Varieties
Compiled by: Chet Hill, WREC Area Ag Diversification Ext. Specialist
Neil Riveland, WREC Agronomist

DRYLAND DURUM RANKING FOR MONDAK REGION (RECROP)
									2008	2007
VARIETY	LOCATION								AVG	AVG
		Williston	Arnegard	Crosby	NewTown	P. Lake	Ray	Ross	Ranking	Ranking
Grenora		2	1	4	3	2	11	4	3.9	3.6
Alkabo		5	2	2	2	3	12	2	4.0	3.1
Commander		4	10	9	1	1	4	1	4.3	9.1
Mountrail		3	4	1	5	4	9	5	4.4	2.6
Maier		1	3	8	6	11	5	3	5.3	5.6
Divide		10	6	3	4	9	14	6	7.4	7.3
AC Navigator		9	5	13	13	5	1	13	8.4	15.6
Grand D'oro		12	8	6	12	12	2	8	8.6	9.6
Kyle		16	9	10	7	6	6	10	9.1	---
Ben		6	13	14	9	7	13	7	9.9	7.3
DG Star		8	12	5	8	15	7	15	10.0	---
Lebsock		13	15	7	11	13	8	9	10.9	8.6
Pierce		7	7	12	15	10	15	11	11.0	8.9
Strongfield		15	14	11	10	8	10	12	11.4	13.9
Dilse		14	11	15	14	14	3	14	12.1	15.1
AC Avonlea									---	9.1
Plaza									---	8.6


									2008	2007
VARIETY	LOCATION								AVG	AVG
		Williston	Arnegard	Crosby	NewTown	P. Lake	Ray	Ross	Yield	Yield
Maier		29.8	29.8	43.4	32.3	40.6	33.6	39.9	35.6	44.1
Alkabo		30.2	25.9	39.7	32.9	42.6	36.5	40.0	35.4	44.6
Mountrail		30.4	30.4	41.4	31.8	41.0	33.9	36.5	35.1	45.1
Grenora		30.2	29.5	44.0	30.4	39.3	34.3	36.5	34.9	44.9
Ben		30.5	29.7	39.8	32.9	36.9	35.8	37.9	34.8	42.8
Commander		27.3	28.2	41.1	30.5	37.8	33.3	36.2	33.5	---
Grand D'oro		26.3	25.8	37.2	27.4	47.1	36.9	33.0	33.4	42.0
Divide		29.3	25.6	36.9	28.7	38.5	37.5	36.1	33.2	43.0
Pierce		27.5	26.5	40.4	28.2	35.6	37.5	35.9	33.1	42.6
Lebsock		27.6	28.9	37.5	27.5	38.8	38.0	33.1	33.1	42.0
Dilse		26.1	26.4	39.5	29.0	38.6	35.3	34.9	32.8	39.2
DG Star		27.2	25.2	40.2	28.5	35.4	34.7	35.8	32.4	---
AC Navigator		27.8	28.1	38.7	27.3	37.0	33.0	34.4	32.3	32.6
Kyle		24.7	25.5	39.3	28.6	37.8	34.0	34.0	32.0	---
Strongfield		28.2	15.4	41.9	29.2	35.1	36.3	31.5	31.1	33.7
AC Avonlea										42.2
AC Napoleon										41.4
Plaza										37.6


				NOTE:
				Used 3 yr avg when possible
				Plaza - 1 yr in off-station plots





Irrigated Durum
		LOCATION	2007	2008	CHARACTERISTICS		Straw	Foliar				Overall
VARIETY			Williston		Height	Maturity	Strength	Disease	Scab	T.W	Protein	Quality
Alkabo (ND)			64.7	67.9	med	med	R	M	MS	v high	med	good
Grenora (ND)			64.4	65.7	med	m early	R	M	MS	m high	m high	good
Mountrail (ND)			62.8	64.2	med	m late	MR	M	MS	high	med	aver
Ben (ND)			59.6	64.0	med	med	MR	MR	MS	v high	m high	excel
Pierce (ND)			58.7	62.8	med	med	MR	MS	MS	v high	m low	good
Maier (ND)			58.2	60.4	med	m late	MR	M	S	m high	v high	excel
AC Avonlea (Can)			57.2	61.5	med	med	MS	M	S	med	m high	good
Divide (ND)			56.4	61.1	med	med	MR	M	MR	high	v high	excel
Lebsock (ND)			55.5	61.6	med	med	MR	M	MS	v high	med	good
Plaza (ND)			54.1	56.3	m short	late	MR	M	MS	med	m low	aver
Grand D'oro (WB)			52.7	58.4	med	med	MR	M	NA	high	m low	good
Alzada (WB)			48.2	---	short	early	R	MS	NA	med	m low	excel
Dilse (ND)			---	56.7	med	late	MR	M	MS	high	v high	excel
AC Napolean (Can)			---	---	tall	m late	MS	NA	NA	med	high	NA
AC Navigator				55.1	m short	late	S	M	S	med	med	good
Commander				60.0	short	m early	MR	MS	NA	med	med	NA
Strongfield				56.2	med	m late	MR	MS	S	med	high	good