Narrabri 2024 Long Coleoptile Wheat Trials: Multi-Environment, Depth, Seed Size, and Treatment Effects on Durum and Bread Wheat Performance

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This dataset comprises detailed agronomic and phenotypic data from a series of wheat trials conducted in 2024 at the Narrabri, New South Wales, focusing on the performance of long coleoptile wheat genotypes under varying sowing depths, seed sizes, water regimes, and disease treatments. The collection includes multiple Excel (.xlsx) sheets, each representing different aspects of the trial: experimental diary, plot layout, multi-environment trials (MET), durum wheat trials, seed size trials, Victrado trials (irrigated and dryland), temperature logger data, GS32 dry matter biomass, and multiple plant count records across time points. The MET and Durum trials were conducted across two times of sowing (TOS1 and TOS2), with sowing depths of 4 cm and 12 cm, and included genotypes such as Mace, Scepter, Magenta, and Westcourt. Seed size trials compared small and large seeds, while Victrado trials assessed genotype responses under well-watered and dryland conditions with factorial combinations of depth and Fusarium crown rot (FCR) treatments. Data collection included emergence counts, seedling depth and length, biomass at GS32, head counts, plant height, lodging, and final harvest metrics such as grain yield, test weight, protein content, and grain size. Soil moisture was monitored using Tiny Tag and disposable probes, and neutron moisture meters (NMM) at depths from 0 to 150 cm. The dataset includes over 70 variables, with consistent identifiers for site, trial, genotype, depth, treatment, and replication. Codes such as “4cm_Mace” or “12cm_Sunchaser+” denote sowing depth, genotype, and treatment combinations. The data were collected using standard field trial protocols, with sowing conducted using tyned implements and press wheels at 25 cm row spacing. Fertiliser applications included 238 kg/ha urea and 70 kg/ha Granulock Z Extra. Herbicide applications were recorded per TOS. This dataset enables comprehensive analysis of genotype × environment × management interactions, particularly for traits associated with early vigour, drought adaptation, and disease resistance in wheat.
Lineage: Field-based plot phenotypic data