a., whereas the loss observed in the VCU trials of −7.0% (−46.6 ml year −1 ) was highly significant, but was generated by a strong and highly significant non-genetic trend of −0.24% (−1.574 ml year −1 ) p. a.
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Breeding progress, environmental variation and correlation of winter wheat yield and quality traits in German official variety trials and on-farm during 1983-2014.
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On-farm progress in quality traits clearly exceeds that observed in VCU trials; for protein concentration even a positive trend was observed on-farm.