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Wheat Quality: Impact of Soil
Fertility and Environmental Factors
Nutrient Management Webinar
March 13, 2014
Bob Kratochvil
Extension Specialist – Grain & Oil Crops
Dept. Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
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Webinar Overview
• Define Soft Red Winter Wheat (SRWW) quality.
• Identify SRWW quality characteristics. – What’s important to the industry and to farmers.
• What influences wheat quality? – Genetics
– Environment (weather)
– Soil fertility (nutrient availability)
• Nutrient role in wheat production and quality.
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Wheat Quality Different for each link in the chain
Wheat breeder Seed of new wheat
cultivars
Farmers
Consumer
Mill
Transportation
Elevator
Baker
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Six Wheat Classes in U.S. Quality is Different for Each
• Wheat Class = fx (genetics + climate)
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What is Wheat Quality?
• Industry definition of wheat quality:
Suitability of flour for end-use products
• Wheat quality ≠ one single property.
fx (milling + chemical + baking/ processing
+ physical characteristics)
Are all these important to a farmer?
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SRWW Milling Quality
• Flour yield
– Genetically controlled - primarily
– Environment (weather) can influence.
• Drought
• Disease
– SRWW flour yield = 74 - 80%
• Break flour yield = 30 - 34%
• Soil fertility has no role when there are no
nutrient deficiencies.
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SRWW Milling Quality • Protein
– Influenced by genetics, environment, and
fertility (nitrogen).
– SRWW = lower protein content than HRW.
• 7-11% SRWW
• 12-16% for HRW
– High gluten content in HRW
– No premium for high protein SRWW
DOES FERTILITY MATTER??
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SRWW Baking Quality Many End Use Products
• 3 categories of SRWW products.
• Mills given specs for flour from end-users. – Vary depending upon the product.
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SRWW Baking Quality Chemically Leavened Products
Baking Powder
• Rich in sugar and fats
• Product “tenderness” important
• Important characteristics • Water absorption of flour (cake size)
• Cookie spread (packaging criteria)
• Controlled by genetics.
• Environmental influence.
• Fertility has no role.
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SRWW Baking Quality Yeast Leavened Products
• Low in sugar and fats
• Product “tenderness” important
• Important characteristics
– Consistency in flour protein is important
– Do not want any starch damage
• Controlled by genetics
• Environmental influence
• Fertility has no role
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SRWW Baking Quality Non-Baked Products
• Batters – Low protein; weak gluten; low amylase activity
• Noodles – Protein (gluten) properties intermediate to flat breads
and cookies.
– Intermediate H2O absorption but rapid H2O uptake (short mixing time)
– Fine granulation of flour (soft wheat)
• Controlled by genetics
• Environmental influence
• Fertility has no role
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SRWW Physical Quality U.S. Federal Grain Inspection Service
SRWW
Influences
Non-Fertility Production Practices
Weather
What Influences T.W.?
Important Quality Factors for Farmers
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Test Weight
2013 Maryland Variety Trials
Variety Yield
(Bu/a)
Test Weight
(lb/bu)
USG 3404 83.5 56.6
USG 3315 78.5 58.4
MAS #4 76.4 59.6
MAS #23 75.6 55.7
Jamestown 66.9 59.2
Costa et al., 2013 Agronomy Facts #19
Genetics has large role.
Choose varieties that yield well and have high T.W.
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Influence of Weather on Test Weight 2006 Maryland Variety Trials
Variety TW (lb/bu) 2006
Allen
TW (lb/bu) 2006
Clarksville
McCormick 62.6 58.5 (-4.1)
Tribute 61.7 58.8 (-2.9)
SS 520 58.9 53.1 (-5.8)
Pioneer 26R15 58.4 54.5 (-3.9)
SS 560 57.8 55.5 (-2.3)
Costa et al., 2006 Agronomy Facts #19
June 24 – July 8, 2006
Rainfall = 6 - 9 inches
Environment can have a huge influence
Fertility did not have any influence
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Test Weight and SRWW
• TW = lb/bu (32 quarts)
fx (kernel density + packing efficiency)
Reduction in packing efficiency causes lower TW.
What causes packing efficiency to change?
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How do rain events
change test weight?
• Kernels swell
– Imbibe water
• Packing efficiency
– Less kernels in TW
container and TW
drops.
• Greater concern
– Was germination
initiated?
Farrer et al. 2006. Agron. J. 98:588-595
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Germinated Wheat Results in
Falling Number Change
Low test weight indicates a problem may exist.
What does “falling number”mean?
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What happens when wheat
sprouts? • Imbibition of water
triggers release of
enzyme (alpha-amylase).
• Alpha-amylase cleaves
starch into sugar
molecules.
• Flour baking properties
affected.
• Does soil fertility
influence falling number?
Starch
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2006 Wheat Falling Number Values
Cultivar Poplar Hill Keedysville Wye
McCormick 436 369 401
Pioneer 26R15 401 247 165
Chesapeake 295 293 164
USG 3342 450 232 77
Costa, Cooper, and Kratochvil (2006)
Genetics plays a large role
Environment (weather) initiates the process
Fertility has no influence
June 24 – July 8, 2006
Rainfall = 6 - 9 inches
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Scab Impact on Quality aka Fusarium Head Blight
Bleached spikes or spikelets
Pink/salmon colored spore masses on glumes
Vomitoxin or DON levels become a problem
1 ppm DON in flour is all that is acceptable
Tombstone seed
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What Influences Scab (DON)
Severity?
• Host - multiple
– Wheat, corn, barley, oats, grasses
– All varieties have some level of susceptibility (genetic)
• Pathogen – Overwinters on host plant residue.
• Environment – Infections occur during rainy, humid periods
before, during, and after flowering
• Soil fertility – Has no influence on amount of disease
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Best practice for minimizing scab
and falling number problems?
Favorable weather during wheat flowering.
Favorable weather during wheat harvest.
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Role of Soil Fertility
Wheat Production and
Quality
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Plant Growth and Development
• Nutrition (fertility) allows plant:
– TO BE ALL IT CAN BE.
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Nutrient Deficiencies and
Toxicities • Deficiency
– Insufficient quantity for needs of the growing plant.
• Liebig’s Law of the Minimum
• Toxicity
– In excess of needs - decreases plant growth or
quality.
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Macronutrients (6)
Macronutrient (6) Plant function
Nitrogen (N) Amino acids-proteins
Phosphorus (P) primary Nucleic acids, ATP
Potassium (K) Catalyst, ion transport
Calcium (Ca) Cell wall component
Magnesium (Mg) secondary Chlorophyll
Sulfur (S) Amino acids
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Micronutrients (6)
Micronutrient Plant function
Boron (B) Cell walls; reproduction
Chlorine (Cl) Photosynthesis
Copper (Cu) Component of enzymes
Iron (Fe) Chlorophyll synthesis
Manganese (Mn) Activates enzymes
Zinc (Zn) Activates enzymes
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Identifying Nutrient Disorders
• Compare normal plants with those that
show problem
• Examine new and older leaves
– Old leaf deficiencies = mobile nutrients
• move from one place to another
– New leaf deficiencies = immobile nutrients
• do not readily move
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Mobile Nutrients
“Old Leaves”
• Nitrogen
• Phosphorus
• Potassium
• Magnesium
• Chloride
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Immobile Nutrients
“New Leaves and Terminal Buds”
• Sulfur
• Calcium
• Iron
• Zinc
• Copper
• Boron
• Manganese
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Importance of pH
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Nitrogen
Mobile
Older leaves
V-shaped yellowing
Function
Amino acids and proteins
Chlorotic appearance
Effects on Quality
Lower protein
Less yield
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Conditions favoring N deficiency
• Sandy soils
• Cold soils
• Leaching after heavy
rains
• Flooded or ponded
soils
• Dry soils - particularly
during rapid growth
• Inadequate fertilization
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Excess Nitrogen
Dark Green Foliage
Lodging
Effects on Quality
Lower test weight with lodging
Better disease environment
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Phosphorus
Mobile
Stunted growth
Leaf purpling
Function
Nucleic acids, ATP
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Conditions favoring P deficiency
• Cold soils that are too wet or too dry
• P applied where roots cannot absorb it
• Compacted soils – restricted root growth
• Injured roots
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Chlorotic or necrotic leaf margins
Symptoms on lower leaves first
Potassium
Mobile
Excess K may cause
deficiencies in Ca
and Mg
Ion transport, catalyst
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Conditions favoring K deficiency
• Sandy soils
• Weathered soils
• Excessively dry/wet soils
• Compacted soils
• High organic matter soils
• Limited early root growth
• Root pruning
• Heavy removal by preceding crop
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Uniform chlorosis of
(younger) leaves
Sulfur
Immobile
Failure to greenup with N
Stunted growth
Excess S may cause
premature leaf drop.
Favorable Conditions
• Low pH, sandy soils
• Soils with low O.M.
• Cold, dry soils in spring • Delayed release from O.M.
Functions
Amino Acids
Cysteine and
Methionine
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Stunted growth Calcium
Immobile
No root elongation; remain stubby
Excess Ca may cause K or Mg deficiency
Functions
Cell wall & cell membrane
structure and strength
Favorable Conditions
• Low pH soils < 5.0 • Excessive Al and Mn likely to occur first.
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Interveinal chlorosis – older leaves
Beaded streaking
Magnesium
Mobile
High plant conc. tolerated;
May cause Ca & K imbalance
resulting in stunted growth.
Favorable Conditions
• Low pH soils
• Sandy soils after heavy rain events
• High soil K levels
Function
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Sterile heads/male sterility.
Brittle leaves with small dead spots.
Boron
Immobile
Excess B causes chlorotic leaf tips
followed by necrosis and defoliation
Functions
Wheat anther development
Cell wall structure
Favorable Conditions
• Sandy soils low in O.M.
• Drought – no release from OM.
• High pH
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Interveinal chlorosis or
white band from base
to leaf tip
Zinc
Immobile
Young leaves look stunted
Excess Zn may cause
Fe deficiency
Function
Enzyme activation
Favorable Conditions
• High soil pH
• Low O.M. soils
• Cool, wet soils
• High P soils
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Manganese
Immobile
Excess Mn: older leaves with brown
spots surrounded by chlorotic zone.
Function Enzyme activator
for photosynthesis
Leaves mostly yellow;
Dark green next to veins
Favorable Conditions
• High pH soils
• Sandy soils & high O.M. content
• Sludged soils
• Peat or muck soils
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Iron
Immobile
Excess Fe may cause
bronzing of leaves with
tiny brown spots
Deficient
Excess
Function
Chlorophyll
synthesis
Leaf veins remain green
Favorable Conditions
• High pH soils
• Cold, wet, poorly
drained soils
Interveinal chlorosis on young leaves
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Copper
Immobile
Leaf tips may die
Copper toxicity appears
at low pH; effects seed
germination, shoot vigor
and iron availability.
Function
Component of
some enzymes
Favorable Conditions
• High O.M. soils
• High soil pH >7.5
• Heavily sludged soils
Youngest leaves yellow and stunted
Looks similar to Fe deficiency
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Yellow blotches
Chlorine
Immobile
Excess chlorine often appears as wilted plants;
associated with excess salt uptake.
Function
Photosynthesis
Rarely a problem if potash (KCl) is used.
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Summary • Wheat quality primarily affected by
genetics.
• Environment (weather) can have an
influence (positive or negative).
• Soil fertility has little to no effect on quality.
• Deficient pH and/or nutrients will affect
grain yield much more than grain quality.
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Wheat Quality
Recommendations
1. Choose good yielding varieties with high
test weight.
Favorable Weather at Flowering
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