Fargo, North Dakota
June 2, 2005
Maida, a new oat variety, has been developed and
released by the North
Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, according to Al
Schneiter, North Dakota
State University (NDSU) Department of Plant Sciences chair.
Maida, is a
cross between the experimental line ND873126 and AC Assiniboia.
Mike McMullen, NDSU oat breeding program leader, made the cross
in the university greenhouse in fall 1997.
The variety
is a yellow-seeded oat. The most positive aspect of Maida is
that it has resistance to the new race of stem rust. Stem rust
is a disease that has occurred sporadically, but can be
devastating to yields.
Maida is
expected to replace Assiniboia, which is similar in yield and
quality to Maida, but has no stem rust resistance. One of the
areas where stem rust most often occurs is in northeastern North
Dakota.
When
compared with Assiniboia at 10 locations in 2004, Maida yielded
2 bushels per acre more, had almost 1 pound per bushel greater
test weight and headed three days earlier. The percentage of
groats of Maida was equal to Assiniboia, while the percentage of
kernels across a 5/64 screen was similar and the kernel weight
was slightly smaller.
Whole-oat
protein was almost 1 percent greater, while groats protein was
2.5 percent higher. Groats oil was 0.4 percent higher.
In 2003,
averaged across Fargo, Casselton and Carrington sites, Maida
yielded 7 bushels per acre more than Assiniboia and had an
almost 1 pound per bushel greater test weight. At the same
locations, Maida headed three days earlier and was equal in
lodging to Assiniboia.
Maida is
named after a town in northern Cavalier County. The word Maida
is an Anglo-Saxon word meaning maiden.
Maida will
be allocated through the County Crop Improvement Association in
spring 2006. The NDSU Research Foundation will apply for plant
variety protection with Title V and assess research fees of 20
cents per bushel on registered and certified seed. |