Table 4. Results of the 2001 wheat variety trial at Belleville, in southwestern Illinois.      
 
          2-yr avg 3-yr avg
Company Variety Yield Test wt. Height 2000-01 1999-01
             
Pioneer Hi-bred Int'l., Inc 25R75 92.3 59.1 35.7    
AgriPro Seeds, Inc. Patton 87.3 56.9 36.0 74.3 77.6
Public Varieties Kaskaskia 86.2 60.3 37.7 74.6 74.6
Gateway Seed Co. Goldeneye 86.1 58.6 38.0 73.3 78.8
Growmark, Inc. FS 450 85.6 59.5 38.3    
Pioneer Hi-bred Int'l., Inc 25R44 85.4 60.3 34.3    
Public Varieties Caldwell 85.4 57.7 33.0 69.9 71.7
Excel Brand Seeds Excel 307 85.2 58.6 38.3    
Miles Seed Rebekah 84.9 58.6 33.7    
Pioneer Hi-bred Int'l., Inc 25R37 84.5 59.9 32.0    
Public Varieties Sisson 84.2 59.0 30.7    
Growmark, Inc. FS Ex651 84.1 57.7 31.0    
Steyer Seeds Wonderly 84.0 58.6 37.7    
Miles Seed Esther 83.5 56.9 33.0    
Steyer Seeds Bernard 83.2 57.3 39.0    
Excel Brand Seeds Excel 200 83.0 58.2 35.7 70.8 77.4
Growmark, Inc. FS 640 82.7 56.5 37.0    
Diener Seeds, Inc. XW 502 82.4 58.2 38.0    
Diener Seeds, Inc. DB 500 82.3 58.6 39.0 71.1 76.9
Steyer Seeds Caledonia 82.1 56.0 34.3    
Excel Brand Seeds Excel 400-1 82.0 57.8 37.7 72.5  
Lewis Hybrids, Inc. Lewis 857 81.9 57.8 39.3 73.2  
Excel Brand Seeds Excel 380 80.8 57.7 37.7    
Public Varieties Howell 80.7 61.2 37.7 68.0 66.4
AgriPro Seeds, Inc. Mitchell 80.2 58.6 35.0    
Gateway Seed Co. Golden Eagle 80.1 58.6 38.0    
Diener Seeds, Inc. DB 491 79.9 56.0 37.0    
AgriPro Seeds, Inc. Mason 79.2 57.7 35.7    
Pioneer Hi-bred Int'l., Inc 25R49 79.1 56.0 33.3    
Growmark, Inc. FS 539 78.7 59.0 36.3 75.6 80.7
Public Varieties Goldfield 77.5 59.9 40.3    
Public Varieties Roane 77.2 59.9 30.3 72.7 74.0
Public Varieties Cardinal 76.6 55.6 39.3 65.1 68.6
Diener Seeds, Inc. DB 494 76.5 57.7 34.0    
Public Varieties Madison 74.9 55.6 34.7 65.1 71.3
Stine Seed Co., Inc. Stine Brand 482 74.6 56.9 38.3    
Stine Seed Co., Inc. Stine Brand 454 74.4 58.6 37.7    
Public Varieties Sabbe 74.1 56.0 35.3    
Growmark, Inc. FS 527 73.9 57.3 37.0 64.3  
Stine Seed Co., Inc. Stine Brand 422 73.1 57.3 35.7 65.5  
AgriPro Seeds, Inc. Gibson 72.7 56.9 33.7 66.5  
Growmark, Inc. FS 621 72.6 58.2 34.7    
Public Varieties Patterson 72.6 57.8 35.3 60.4 65.0
Gateway Seed Co. Sunrise 72.4 58.2 35.7    
Syngenta Seeds , Inc. NK BL 940812 71.4 59.9 31.7    
Syngenta Seeds , Inc. NK Coker 9025 71.0 53.9 33.7    
Public Varieties Ernie 69.1 56.9 32.7 63.9 65.3
Public Varieties Clark 61.3 57.8 35.3 57.6 59.6
Syngenta Seeds , Inc. NK Coker 9474 60.6 61.2 33.7 56.1 59.8
Syngenta Seeds , Inc. NK Coker 9663 60.1 58.6 39.7 63.6 68.0
     
  Trial average 78.5 58.1 36.0            
LSD, 10% 5.1 1.4 1.4
CV, % 6.2 2.4 3.7