YIELD PERFORMANCE OF EIGHT WHEAT CULTIVARS IN TWO- AND THREE-ROW PLOTS
Yield performance of eight wheat cultivars (Triticum aestivum L.) was compared in two-row plots with 38 cm between rows and in three-row plots with 19 cm between rows. The cultivar × row spacing interaction was nonsignificant in each of four tests. The range of cultivar yield from two-row plots as a percentage of the mean was similar to that for cultivar yield from three-row plots. Duncan’s multiple range test was applied to yield of cultivars grown in two-row and three-row plots. The grouping of cultivar yield from two-row plots was very similar to the grouping of cultivar yield from three-row plots. The standard error of a mean and coefficient of variation were consistently lower for three-row plots than for two-row plots. The relationship between yield performance of a line in two-row plots and three-row plots was positive, such that two-row plots would be suitable for early generation progeny yield tests with final evaluation in multiple-row plots.