Saskatchewan Variety Performance Group (SVPG) 2018 wheat enhancement/extra data


Term
2018 - 2019
Sask Wheat Funding
$53,919
Status
status complete

Lead Researcher

Lead Researcher

Mitchell JappSaskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture
Mitchell Japp

Project Description

The Saskatchewan Variety Performance Group (SVPG) is an informal group made up of stakeholders who are interested in variety performance testing in Saskatchewan. SVPG has coordinated the post-registration regional performance testing of spring wheat and durum, barley, oats and flax varieties since 2006. The data collected from these trials is entered into annual publications Varieties of Grain Crops and SaskSeed Guide. In this project, SVPG is collecting additional data in the variety performance trials on priority traits including maturity, height, lodging, test weight, thousand kernel weight and wheat midge, to enhance the available data set and to provide farmers with more productive information on farming decisions.