Progress 07/01/15 to 06/30/20
Outputs
Target Audience:Fellow barley breeders in the Western US; Industry stakeholders in the feed production, seed production, malting, and brewing industries. Changes/Problems:None - Final report . What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?During the term of this project the PI served as a Fulbright Fellow at the National University of Battambang in Battambang, Cambodia and worked with a private breeding company (PGG Wrightson Seeds) on sabbatical in New Zealand. National meetings of the Crop Science Society of America and Western Wheat Workers were attended. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Field days and seed schools related to barley development were attended and presentations made most years during the project. Interaction with the industry and with grower stakeholders is crucial to keeping the focus of the program on issues related to barley production in Utah. Summarized data and statistical descriptors are made available publicly at the wheat.usu.edu website. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?None - Final report.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Plant breeding is a long term research endeavor. Specific objectives and accomplishments for the current project are included below, but note that the research is ongoing and the next project will build upon previous accomplishments. 1. Develop cultivars of winter barley with improved yield, test weight, straw strength, disease and insect resistances and other agronomic and quality characteristics for production in Utah with irrigated or non-irrigated conditions. Emphasis will be on winter 2-row malting types aimed at craft beer targets and winter 6-row feed types. UT10201 was released as the first winter barley from Utah State University. It has enjoyed grower acceptance and will set the stage for future winter barley cultivars. Ongoing research has identified superior winter barley cultivars. UT11135-1 had a yield last year of 230.7 bu ac-1 (12.4 tons ha-1). It is a potential new cultivar. The USDA malt lab in Madison WI was shut down for SARS-Cov-2 in 2020, and malting data are not current. UT lines continue to suffer from lower than desired diastatic power and higher than allowable B-glucans. While numbers are improving, this will be a continued emphasis of the breeding program. Utah now has a profitable micro-malting business (Solstice Malting) after cooperation from this project bringing economic development to the state. 2. Shift the emphasis from spring barley cultivar development to winter barley cultivar development. The spring barley program has ended with 2020 being the final yield testing year. Breeder seed of UT11301-1 and UT10905-72 were harvested and will likely be the final spring feed barley release from the program. At that point, the program has completely shifted to winter barley (2-row malting and 6-row feed types). 3. Develop and utilize Doubled Haploid (DH) populations to speed improvement of winter 2-row malting barley. Doubled haploid populations from Oregon State University have been used as parents in the breeding program. To date, there are no release candidates, though improvement in agronomic and malting characteristics have been achieved. 4. Acquire and disseminate reliable information on relative performance and areas of adaptation of different barley cultivars to Utah grain growers, grain industries, and other interested stakeholders. See Dissemination section below.
Publications
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2020
Citation:
Hole, D. J., & Clawson, J. (2020). 2020 Utah Small Grains Performance Trials. (vol. 227). Logan, UT: Utah Agricultural Experiment Station.
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Progress 10/01/18 to 09/30/19
Outputs
Target Audience:Fellow barley breeders in the Western US; Industry stakeholders in the feed production, seed production, malting, and brewing industries. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The PI was on university sabbatical leave from 01 October 2018. He was working with commercial wheat and barley development and testing at PGG Wrightson Seeds in Kimihia, Canterbury, New Zealand, and was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to spend time in Battambang, Cambodia. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?There were no field days or seed schools related to barley development. Summarized data and statistical descriptors are made available publicly at the wheat.usu.edu website. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?This will likely be the final year for spring barley cultivar evaluation after the final spring barley line(s) are released. Application for the release of UTSB10301-1 and/or UTSB10905-72 will begin. Previous preliminary selections will undergo selection and yield testing in locations in Utah. The new dryland location for winter barley germplasm at the UAES Bluecreek farm was again planted in fall 2019 and will be harvested in 2020. Fall planted barley in the field will be evaluated in F1-F4 populations, headrows, preliminary trials, and replicated yield trials. Doubled haploid material from the breeding program at Oregon State University will be evaluated for low temperature tolerance and performance in Utah. Crosses for malting 2-row and feed 6-row types will be made in the summer prior to evaluating, selecting, and harvesting the resultant individual plants and lines. Based on statistical analysis, seeds will be packaged for planting in the fall in Logan and other Utah locations. These will include bulk populations of F1-F4, headrows, preliminary, advanced, and county yield trials. Malting samples will be sent to the USDA Cereal Crops Lab in Madison WI for malt analysis.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The PI was on sabbatical from 01 October 2018 until 30 September 2019. The sabbatical included January and February 2019 working with the private breeding company PGG Wrightson Seeds in Canterbury New Zealand. March through July were spent completing a Fulbright teaching fellowship at the University of Battambang in Battambang, Cambodia. August was spent at Kasetsart University in Kamphaeng Saen, Thailand giving workshops and seminars. The PI returned early from the sabbatical to spend September at USU preparing for fall sowing for 2020 research nurseries. 1. Develop cultivars of winter barley with improved yield, test weight, straw strength, disease and insect resistances and other agronomic and quality characteristics for production in Utah with irrigated or non-irrigated conditions. Emphasis will be on winter 2-row malting types aimed at craft beer targets and winter 6-row feed types. The nursery variability was higher this year on the 2019 winter barley yield trial. The trial coefficient of variance was 11.3 % which was unusual for a nursery that is typically highly efficient. The average nursery yield was 125 bu/ac and was nearly 25 bu/ac lower than last year's nursery. This nursery had entries from the USU winter barley breeding program, and the WBGN (regional Winter Barely Germplasm Nursery). UT10940-2, last year's highest yielding entry, maintains the top spot for 4-year average yield at 187.9 bu/ac. The second highest yielding cultivar in the trial based on 4-year average yield is the recent UAES winter barley variety release, UT10201, at 184.9 bu/ac. UT10201 continues to grow in popularity with Utah barley producers. These samples have been submitted for malt analysis and were replanted for additional yield testing. 2. Shift the emphasis from spring barley cultivar development to winter barley cultivar development. The spring barley yield nursery was planted very late on 01 May 2019 which largely contributed to lower yields and a high c.v. this year of 12.1%. The average spring-barley yield of 90 total entries this year, with the delayed planting, was 92.7 bu/ac; nearly 20 bu/ac lower than last year. The highest yielding released variety was, again, Goldeneye which was ranked 38th with a yield of 95.9 bu/ac. Breeder seed of UT11301-1 and UT10905-72 was harvested for what will likely be the final spring feed barley release from the program. At that point, the program will have completely shifted to winter barley. 3. Develop and utilize Doubled Haploid (DH) populations to speed improvement of winter 2-row malting barley. A few doubled haploids from Oregon State University are still in the winter barley nursery. The Utah entries still have too much beta glucan and too low alpha amylase and diastetic power some improvement was noted, however. 4. Acquire and disseminate reliable information on relative performance and areas of adaptation of different barley cultivars to Utah grain growers, grain industries, and other interested stakeholders. See Dissemination section below.
Publications
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
Hole, D. J., & Clawson, J. (2019). 2019 Utah Small Grains Performance Trials. (vol. 226). Logan, UT: Utah Agricultural Experiment Station.
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Progress 10/01/17 to 09/30/18
Outputs
Target Audience:Fellow barley breeders in the Western US; Industry stakeholders in the feed production, seed production, malting, and brewing industries. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?No training or professional development specific to this barley project was undertaken in 2018. Safety training and other small grains professional development was accomplished. The PI is on university sabbatical leave from 01 October 2018. He is working with commercial wheat and barley development and testing at PGG Wrightson Seeds in Kimihia, Canterbury, New Zealand. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?There were no field days or seed schools related to barley development. Summarized data and statistical descriptors are made available publicly at the wheat.usu.edu website. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?I will evaluate the final spring barley lines in the preliminary spring barley yield trial. Breeders seed will be harvested of one or both of the putative release candidates (UTSB10301-1 and UTSB10905-72) and application for release will begin. Previous preliminary selections will undergo selection and yield testing in locations in Utah. A new dryland location for winter barley germplasm at the UAES Bluecreek farm will be planted in fall 2018 and harvested in 2019. Fall planted barley in the field will be evaluated in F1-F4 populations, headrows, preliminary trials, and replicated yield trials. Doubled haploid material from the breeding program at Oregon State University will be evaluated for low temperature tolerance and performance in Utah. Crosses for malting 2-row and feed 6-row types will be made in the summer prior to evaluating, selecting, and harvesting the resultant individual plants and lines. Based on statistical analysis, seeds will be packaged for planting in the fall in Logan and other Utah locations. These will include bulk populations of F1-F4, headrows, preliminary, advanced, and county yield trials. Malting samples will be sent to the USDA Cereal Crops Lab in Madison WI for malt analysis.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
1. Develop cultivars of winter barley with improved yield, test weight, straw strength, disease and insect resistances and other agronomic and quality characteristics for production in Utah with irrigated or non-irrigated conditions. Emphasis will be on winter 2-row malting types aimed at craft beer targets and winter 6-row feed types. The 2018 winter barley yield trial had an average yield of 148.8 bu/ac (coefficient of variance of 5.5%). This nursery had entries from the USU winter barley breeding program, the WMBT (Winter Malting Barley Trial regional nursery), and the WBGN (regional Winter Barely Germplasm Nursery). UT10940-2 was the top entry out of 65 total entries this year with an average yield of 227 bu/ac. UT10830-1 last year's highest yielding entry at 177 bu/ac was ranked fifth this year at 187 bu/ac. The second highest entry from last year, DH120232 (a doubled haploid from Oregon State University) was ranked ninth this year at 167 bu/ac. These samples have been submitted for malt analysis and were replanted for additional yield testing. The first winter barley release from USU, UT10201 found acceptance with winter barley growers and yielded 171.7 bu/ac and was the top yielding named variety in the trial. 2. Shift the emphasis from spring barley cultivar development to winter barley cultivar development. The spring barley yield nursery ws planted in good time this year and the average spring barley yield out of 72 total entries this year was 111.5 bu/ac. This was more than 20 bu/ac higher than last year with the delayed planting. Last year's top entry, SB11302-11, was in sixth place this year and the highest yielding entry, UT11404-5 averaged 132 bu/ac. The highest yielding released variety was Goldeneye which was ranked 34th with a yield of 117 bu/ac. About 250 individual heads of each of UT11301-1 and UT10905-72 were collected to plant next spring as potential breeders' seed of what will likely be the final spring feed barley release from the program. At that point, the program will have completely shifted to winter barley. 3. Develop and utilize Doubled Haploid (DH) populations to speed improvement of winter 2-row malting barley. Doubled haploids from Oregon State University performed generally well in Logan in 2018. Entries ranked 26 through 30 were all doubled haploid lines from the Oregon State Program. Generally, they yielded about 152 bu/ac. However, it is normal for malting cultivars to yield less than feed barleys. In the malt analysis from 2017 samples, DH120232 and DH131995 both achieved the top ranking for malt quality. The Utah entries still have too much beta glucan and too low alpha amylase and diastetic power. 4. Acquire and disseminate reliable information on relative performance and areas of adaptation of different barley cultivars to Utah grain growers, grain industries, and other interested stakeholders. See Dissemination section below.
Publications
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Hole, D. J., & Clawson, J. (2018). 2018 Utah Small Grains Performance Trials Utah Agricultural Experiment Station Report 225. (vol. 225).
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Progress 10/01/16 to 09/30/17
Outputs
Target Audience:Fellow barley breeders in the Western US; Industry stakeholders in the feed production, seed production, malting, and brewing industries. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?No training or professional development specific to this barley project was undertaken in 2017. Safety training and other small grains professional development was accomplished. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?There were no field days or seed schools related to barley development, though discussions with some seed growers centered on the new winter barely cultivar release. One-on-one consultations continued with the developer of a new Utah micro Malting facility. Summarized data and statistical descriptors are made available publicly at the wheat.usu.edu website. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?I will evaluate the final spring barley lines in the preliminary spring barley yield trial. Previous preliminary selections will undergo selection and yield testing in locations in Utah. Fall planted barley in the field will be evaluated in F1-F4 populations, headrows, preliminary trials, and replicated yield trials. Doubled haploid material from the breeding program at Oregon State University will be evaluated for low temperature tolerance and performance in Utah. Crosses for malting 2-row and feed 6-row types will be made in the summer prior to evaluating, selecting, and harvesting the resultant individual plants and lines. Based on statistical analysis, seeds will be packaged for planting in the fall in Logan and other Utah locations. These will include bulk populations of F1-F4, headrows, preliminary, advanced, and county yield trials. Malting samples will be sent to the USDA Cereal Crops Lab in Madison WI for malt analysis.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
1. Develop cultivars of winter barley with improved yield, test weight, straw strength, disease and insect resistances and other agronomic and quality characteristics for production in Utah with irrigated or non-irrigated conditions. Emphasis will be on winter 2-row malting types aimed at craft beer targets and winter 6-row feed types. The winter barley yield trial had an average yield of 148 bu/ac. This nursery had entries from the USU winter barley breeding program, the WMBT (Winter Malting Barley Trial regional nursery), and the WBGN (regional Winter Barely Germplasm Nursery). UT10940-2 was the top entry out of 65 total entries this year with an average yield of 227 bu/ac. UT10830-1 last year's highest yielding entry at 177 bu/ac was ranked fifth this year at 187 bu/ac. The second highest entry from last year, DH120232 (a doubled haploid from Oregon State University) was ranked ninth this year at 167 bu/ac. These samples have been submitted for malt analysis and were replanted for additional yield testing. The project released a winter barley cultivar this year named UT10201. This entry (formerly UT10201-15) was the second highest yielding cultivar with an average yield of 199 bu/ac. Foundation seed was produced in cooperation with the Utah Crop Improvement Association. This is the first winter barley cultivar released by Utah State University. 2. Shift the emphasis from spring barley cultivar development to winter barley cultivar development. The final headrows from the New Zealand off-season nursery were evaluated this year and selected headrows were harvest for preliminary yield testing. The average spring barley yield out of 72 total entries this year was 85 bu/ac. A wet spring resulted in later spring planting that reduced yields. The top entry, SB11302-11, averaged 111 bu/ac. 3. Develop and utilize Doubled Haploid (DH) populations to speed improvement of winter 2-row malting barley. Doubled haploids from Oregon State University performed generally well in Logan in 2017. Significant winter kill and damage from a five inch snowfall when some of the earliest entries were heading reduced yield for the earlier Oregon entries. The Utah material had minimal winter kill or snow damage. 4. Acquire and disseminate reliable information on relative performance and areas of adaptation of different barley cultivars to Utah grain growers, grain industries, and other interested stakeholders. See Dissemination section below.
Publications
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2017
Citation:
Hole, D. J., Clawson, J. (2017). 2017 Utah Small Grains Performance Trials (vol. UAES223). Logan: UAES. wheat.usu.edu/BUL_TAB/2017tabs/alltrials.HTM
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Progress 10/01/15 to 09/30/16
Outputs
Target Audience:Target Audience Fellow barley breeders in the Western US; Industry stakeholders in the feed production, seed production, malting, and brewing industries. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Opportunities Dr. Hole attended the International Barley Genetics Workshop in St. Paul Minnesota in 2016. This professional development opportunity allowed interaction with other scientists and industry representatives regarding this project. The PI also attended a high throughput phenotyping workshop sponsored by USAD-ARS and the NSF in Maricopa, AZ in November. This initiated additional work on high throughput phenotyping using small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS). Dr. Hole passed the exam to become an FAA licensed remote pilot for sUAS. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Dissemination There were no field days or seed schools related to barley development. One-on-one consultations continued with the developer of a new Utah micro Malting facility. Summarized data and statistical descriptors are made available publicly at the wheat.usu.edu website. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Plan of Work Spring barley populations that are undergoing generation advance in New Zealand will be planted in Logan this spring. This includes F5-derived Headrows. These will undergo selection and yield testing in locations in Utah. This will be the final off season southern hemisphere advancement nursery as the spring barley program is discontinued. Fall planted barley in the field will be evaluated in F1-F4 populations and yield trials. Doubled haploid material from the breeding program at Oregon State University will be evaluated for low temperature tolerance and performance in Utah. Crosses for malting 2-row and feed 6-row types will be made in the summer prior to evaluating, selecting, and harvesting the resultant individual plants and lines. Based on statistical analysis, seeds will be packaged for planting in the fall in Logan and other Utah locations. These will include bulk populations of F1-F4, headrows, preliminary, advanced, and county yield trials. Malting samples will be sent to the USDA Cereal Crops Lab in Madison WI for malt analysis.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Accomplishments 1. Develop cultivars of winter barley with improved yield, test weight, straw strength, disease and insect resistances and other agronomic and quality characteristics for production in Utah with irrigated or non-irrigated conditions. Emphasis will be on winter 2-row malting types aimed at craft beer targets and winter 6-row feed types. The winter barley yield trial had an average yield of 143 bu/ac. DH120232 from the Oregon State doubled haploid population was the second highest yielding entry at 175 bu/ac. UT10830-1 was the highest yielding entry at 177 bu/ac. These samples have been submitted for malt analysis and were replanted for additional yield testing. The winter barley yield nursery on a cooperating producer/stakeholders field was not harvested due to excessive lodging. A pilot spring malting barley production nursery was performed on the UAES farm in Cache Junction with seed of LSC Genie provided by Limagrain Seeds. 2. Shift the emphasis from spring barley cultivar development to winter barley cultivar development. The final set of F3 populations were planted in Logan and selections were sent for advance and head selection in New Zealand. These will be the final materials advanced in New Zealand for spring barley cultivar development. 3. Develop and utilize Doubled Haploid (DH) populations to speed improvement of winter 2-row malting barley. Doubled haploids from Oregon State University performed generally well in Logan in 2016. Only minor winter kill was noted and additional years will be necessary to assess low temperature tolerance. For these germplasm. Leveraging the OSU breeding DH program is likely to be successful in identifying superior malting types adapted for Utah production. Additional food type barley from OSU will also be assessed. 4. Acquire and disseminate reliable information on relative performance and areas of adaptation of different barley cultivars to Utah grain growers, grain industries, and other interested stakeholders. See Dissemination section below.
Publications
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
Presentations
Getz, M., Elmore, L., Hoogland, T., Burhardt, A., Hole, D. J., Horsley, R., Sherman, J., 12th International Barley Genetics Symposium, "QTL mapping of head and seed morphology in a nested association mapping panel.," University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota. (June 26, 2016 - June 30, 2016)
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
Chen, J., Guttieri, M. J., Zhang, J., Hole, D. J., Souza, E., Goates, B. (2016). A novel QTL associated with dwarf bunt resistance in Idaho 444 winter wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 129(12), 2313-2322. link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00122-016-2783-2
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
Hole, D. J., Clawson, J. (2016). 2016 Utah Small Grains Performance Trials (vol. UAES222). Logan, UT: UAES. wheat.usu.edu/BUL_TAB/2016tabs/alltrials.HTM
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Progress 07/01/15 to 09/30/15
Outputs
Target Audience:Target Audience Fellow barley breeders in the Western US; Industry stakeholders in the feed production, seed production, malting, and brewing industries. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Opportunities Dr. Hole attended the Crop Science Society of America annual meetings in Minneapolis in November 2015. This professional development opportunity allowed interaction with other scientists and industry representatives regarding this project. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Dissemination There were no field days or seed schools held in the 6-months since the inception of the project. A local malt house manager, developing a new Utah micro Malting facility, was hosted for two individual consultation sessions to discuss evaluation of Utah malting barley cultivars for this new economic development project. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Plan of Work Spring barley populations that are undergoing generation advance in New Zealand will be planted in Logan this spring. This includes F3 populations and F5-derived Headrows. These will undergo selection and yield testing in locations in Utah. No further crosses will be made in the spring barley program. Fall planted barley in the field will be evaluated in F1-F4 populations and yield trials. Crosses for malting 2-row and feed 6-row types will be made in the summer prior to evaluating, selecting, and harvesting the resultant individual plants and lines. Based on statistical analysis, seeds will be packaged for planting in the fall in Logan and other Utah locations. These will include bulk populations of F1-F4, headrows, preliminary, advanced, and county yield trials. Malting samples will be sent to the USDA Cereal Crops Lab in Madison WI for malt analysis.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Accomplishments 1. Develop cultivars of winter barley with improved yield, test weight, straw strength, disease and insect resistances and other agronomic and quality characteristics for production in Utah with irrigated or non-irrigated conditions. Emphasis will be on winter 2-row malting types aimed at craft beer targets and winter 6-row feed types. Since the project inception on 01 July, evaluation for Barley Yellow Dwarf virus and Stripe Rust was carried out in Logan. Selections were made in early July for agronomic traits, and yield trials were harvested. The current commonly grown winter barley cultivar, Strider, and a new potential winter barley release, UTWB10201-15 had identical 4-year average yields of 184 bu/ac. Individual plant selections were made visually for F4 populations and bulk selections were made for F2-F3 populations. These selections were planted in the fall for evaluation next year. 2. Shift the emphasis from spring barley cultivar development to winter barley cultivar development. No more spring barley crosses were made and additional Doubled Haploid winter barley populations from Oregon were planted in Logan in the Fall. 3. Develop and utilize Doubled Haploid (DH) populations to speed improvement of winter 2-row malting barley. Doubled Haploid preliminary and advanced populations from Oregon were planted in Logan for evaluation in this environment for Low Temperature Tolerance. 4. Acquire and disseminate reliable information on relative performance and areas of adaptation of different barley cultivars to Utah grain growers, grain industries, and other interested stakeholders.
Publications
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Other
Hole, D. J. (2015). 2015 Utah Small Grains Performance Trials (vol. UAES report 221). Logan, UT: UAES. wheat.usu.edu/BUL_TAB/2015tabs/alltrials.HTM 1215,
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Refereed Journal Articles
Graebner, R., Wise, M., Cuesta-Marcos, A., Geniza, M., Blake, T., Blake, V., Butler, J., Chao, S., Hole, D. J., Horsley, R., Jaiswal, P., Obert, D., Smith, K., Ullrich, S., Hayes, P. (2015). Quantitative trait loci associated with the tocochromanol (vitamin E) pathway in barley. PLOS ONE, 10(7). http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0133767
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