Oregon
AGRONOMIC CROP SCIENCE REPORT
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FARO, A WHITE CLUB WHEAT FOR DRYLAND AREAS
Norman Goetze 1/
Experiment station workers at Pendleton have developed a new white club
wheat variety to replace Paha and Moro.
Faro has Suwon 92, Omar, and Moro
parentage.
Faro is 1 or 2 inches shorter than Paha and has similar lodging
resistance.
The dense spike is awnletted and has brown glumes.
Its growth
habit, winter hardiness, and seedling emergence are similar to Paha.
Its test
weight, maturity, and kernel type are similar to Moro. It is resistant to
stripe rust and common bunt.
The overall milling and baking qualities are
most similar to Moro and are within acceptable market ranges.
Faro is best adapted to the lower rainfall areas of eastern Oregon where
club wheats are most commonly grown. In those locations it has yielded better
than either Moro or Paha; however, it is not competitive with the soft white
wheats in the higher yielding locations (Table 2).
Faro is being released cooperatively by agricultural experiment stations
of Oregon and Washington.
Limited supplies of Foundation seed are available
for planting in fall 1976.
Faro was developed by C. R. Rohde. W. B. Locke, W. E. Kronstad, M. F.
Kolding, and R. J. Metzger also participated in its development.
Table 1.
Yield data comparing Faro with other varieties from the Western Uniform Regional
White Winter Wheat Nurseries grown in the western region in 1974 and 1975 (bushels
per acre).
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
1975
Avg.
95.6
102.8
94.8
105.3
66.8
74.9
104.1
89.6
96.8
91.2
100.1
95.6
71.3
67.6
58.3
91.7
53.9
77.5
83.4
94.4
87.5
86.0
65.3
62.7
46.3
46.0
42.5
41.0
80.4
66.0
82.4
63.0
81.4
64.5
51.1
12
22
Variety
1974
1975
Avg.
1974
1975
Avg.
1974
Faro
Hyslop
73.4
84.8
74.2
80.3
73.8
82.6
51.0
60.3
64.8
70.3
57.9
65.3
107.8
McOermid
Nugaines
76.5
74.3
79.1
77.8
58.1
77.9
76.1
56.2
67.8
61.4
63.0
58.8
Rew
Paha
68.7
68.8
71.8
69.4
70.2
69.1
54.5
49.5
62.2
58.4
Moro
60.4
Elgin
47.0
52.3
44.6
56.4
45.8
38.7
36.0
10
Ho. of tests
3
3
6
94.1
3
2
1/ Extension Agronomist, Oregon State University, Corvallis.
EXT/ACS 22
8/76
Grand
5
Avg.,
45.8
33
2
Table 2.
Yield data comparing Faro with other varieties grown in eastern Oregon
(bushels per acre).
Lower Yielding Locations
Pilot
Variety
Moro
Rock
Rew
Farm
Faro
Hyslop
McDermid
44.9
39.4
35.1
36.5
36.9
36.8
33.9
32.5
33.6
Rew
Luke
33.9
31.7
29.5
32.0
32.9
32.6
34.5
34.7
Nugaines
37.0
36.3
39.4
Paha
Wanser
Moro
34.9
29.7
28.9
32.8
33.3
32.3
30.4
31.0
28.4
No. of years
tested
3
3
Holdman
Heppner Arlington Condon
Avg.
23.5
24.1
35.4
33.4
32.4
26.8
32.6
32.8
31.8
33.8
25.1
33.1
23.5
23.8
23.9
22.2
20.3
31.3
30.5
30.4
33.6
28.2
31.2
23.5
23.2
23.3
32.6
30.1
20.7
22.4
17.6
29.8
28.3
27.2
30.5
37.1
32.6
3
3
3
28.4
2
21.8
21.4
22.8
18
1
Higher Yielding Locations
Variety
Pendleton
Weston
LaGrande Enterprise
Baker
Avg.
77.1
64.3
63.9
61.3
63.2
59.9
62.7
55.6
58.9
57.6
48.2
78.6
82.2
61.7
68.2
68.2
58.4
61.3
61.6
56.2
62.9
66.6
59.4
55.5
61.1
83.2
73.2
64.2
66.0
Rew
78.2
76.9
72.0
Paha
Wanser
Moro
70.7
56.0
59.4
60.6
59.8
55.2
64.7
54.9
54.7
56.3
53.3
51.7
51.0
65.0
53.2
60.7
57.8
54.8
Faro
Hyslop
Luke
77.0
79.5
McDermid
Nugaines
No. of years
tested
3
3
3
3
2
32.1
31.5
67.1
65.1
14
Table 3.
Agronomic data comparing Faro with other varieties in eastern Oregon.
Lower Yielding Locations
Test Weight
(pounds per bushel)
Pilot
Rock
Rew
Farm
57.6
58.3
57.7
61.1
60.9
53.4
59.6
58.1
54.9
59.4
58.2
Rew
Luke
Paha
56.6
57.2
55.3
59.4
57.9
58.8
56.5
55.5
55.6
57.9
56.7
56.4
Hyslop
McDermid
Moro
54.6
58.1
54.1
57.5
57.8
54.3
54.4
55.0
55.2
55.2
56.2
Variety
Moro
Faro
Wanser
Nugaines
55.1
53.4
Holdman
Heppner Arlington Condon
56.4
Avg.
54.2
59.4
58.8
55.7
61.7
59.5
55.3
59.8
59.2
57.4
56.9
56.8
56.8
55.8
58.2
57.3
57.5
57.6
57.0
56.6
57.2
56.5
55.7
55.2
55.2
54.0
56.5
56.6
57.1
55.9
55.6
55.6
21
26
34
30
25
28
32
24
27
27
30
60.1
60.4
58.1
Plant Height
(inches)
Faro
25
24
23
Wanser
Rew
31
31
31
23
28
28
29
28
29
Moro
McDermid
Paha
28
24
29
26
25
27
28
26
24
25
24
26
25
22
28
28
28
26
25
28
26
Hyslop
Luke
Nugaines
25
24
26
24
25
23
25
23
24
26
25
24
23
23
22
27
26
26
25
25
23
25
24
24
3
3
3
3
3
2
No. of years
tested
26
1
30
29
25
18
4
Table 4.
Other agronomic data comparing Faro with other varieties, grown in
eastern Oregon.
Protein
(percent)
Variety
Pilot
Rock
Rew
Farm
Faro
Rew
Hyslop
11.0
11.0
11.0
13.0
13.2
13.6
11.6
13.0
12.1
11.9
12.4
12.2
McDermid
Nugaines
Paha
11.0
10.9
10.6
13.3
12.2
13.0
11.8
12.5
11.5
12.0
11.9
11.7
Luke
9.8
10.0
9.4
13.6
11.6
12.0
11.7
12.4
12.0
11.7
11.3
Wanser
Moro
No. of years
tested
Variety
2
Heading Date
Pendleton
Moro
Holdman
11.1
6
2
2
Avg.
Seed
No.
Weight
Avg.
(g/100)
of
Culms
Straw
Weight
(lbs/a)
Wanser
Hyslop
June 5
June 3
June 4
May 30
May 30
May 31
June 2
June 1
June 2
2.770
3.083
3.394
697
740
769
8292
7830
9618
McDermid
Moro
Nugaines
June 3
June 3
June 5
May 31
May 31
June 1
June 2
June 2
June 3
3.336
2.370
3.213
821
652
823
8858
8353
8669
Rew
Luke
Paha
June 5
June 9
June 9
June 1
June 3
June 6
June 6
3.585
3.092
2.919
612
2
3
Faro
No. of years
tested
3
June 4
June 2
3
6
831
631
9167
8658
8540
2