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Evaluation Of Yield, Yield Components And Other Agronomic Characteristics In Mixtures Of Wheat And Barley, Hugo Villarroel-Arispe

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Inia 66 and Siete Cerros wheat varieties, and Steveland and Woodvale barley varieties were grown in mixtures and in pure stands for two years in irrigated nurseries at Logan. These four varieties were also grown the first year in a dryland nursery at Blue Creek. Another set of four varieties was used the second year in the dryland nursery. These four varieties as well as the first set, were tested in seven combinations, with the following percentages of one barley and one wheat variety: 100:0, 90:10, 75:25, 50:50, 25:75, 10:90, and 0:100.

Grain yield of mixtures was higher than that …