Jochum J Wiersma

Extension Professor
[email protected]
318-281-8629

Northwest Research and Outreach Center
2900 University Avenue
Crookston, MN 56716
United States

Education

Ph.D.: Minnesota (1995)
Year Appointed: 1995
Rank: Extension Professor

Areas of Interest

Small grains production and management

Research

As Small Grains Specialist stationed at the Northwest Research & Outreach Center, my extension mission is to develop educational programs, to organize grower and industry meetings, and to handle inquiries and requests from the public.  The research mission is to develop the knowledge and solutions that meet the grower’s small grain production and management needs so small grain production remains profitable and sustainable.

Select Publications

Anderson J.A., J. J. Wiersma, S. K. Reynolds, R. Caspers, G .L. Linkert, J. A. Kolmer, Y. Jin, M. N. Rouse, R. Dill-Macky, M. J. Smith, L. Dykes and J.B. Ohm. 2019. Registration of ‘Shelly’ Hard Red Spring Wheat. Journal of Plant Registrations 13:199–206 (2019). doi:10.3198/jpr2018.07.0049crc

Heuschele, D.J., J. Wiersma, L. Reynolds, A. Mangin, Y. Lawley, P. Marchetto. 2019. The Stalker: An open source force meter for rapid stalk strength phenotyping. HardwareX 6:e00067. doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2019.e00067

Kaiser D.E., A.K. Sutradhar and J.J. Wiersma. 2019. Do Hard Red Spring Wheat Varieties Vary in Their Response to Sulfur? Agron. J. 111:2422–2434. doi:10.2134/agronj2018.12.0798

Zhong, B.H.W., J.J. Wiersma, C.C. Sheaffer, B.J. Steffensonc and K.P. Smith. 2019. Assessment of Winter Barley in Minnesota: Relationships among Cultivar, Fall Seeding Date, Winter Survival, and Grain Yield. Crop Forage Turfgrass Manage. 5:190055. doi:10.2134/cftm2019.07.0055

Anderson, J.A., J. J. Wiersma, G. L. Linkert, S. K. Reynolds, J. A. Kolmer, Y. Jin, M. Rouse, R. Dill-Macky, M. J. Smith, G. A. Hareland and J.-B. Ohm. 2018. Registration of ‘Bolles’ Hard Red Spring Wheat with High Grain Protein Concentration and Superior Baking Quality. J. Plant Reg. 12: 2: 215-221. doi:10.3198/jpr2017.08.0050crc

Anderson, J.A., J. J. Wiersma, G. L. Linkert, S.K. Reynolds, J. A. Kolmer, Y. Jin, M. Rouse, R. Dill-Macky, G. A. Hareland and J.-B. Ohm. 2018. Registration of ‘Linkert’ Spring Wheat with Good Straw Strength and Adult Plant Resistance to the Ug99 Family of Stem Rust Races. J. Plant Reg. 12: 2: 208-214. doi:10.3198/jpr2017.07.0046crc

Heuschele, D.J., D. Catalano. K. Martinson, and J.J. Wiersma. 2018. Consumer Knowledge and Horse Preference for Different Colored Oats. J. Equine Vet Sci. 71 (6): 6-12.

Jin Z. 1, J. Gillespie,, J. Barr 1, J.J. Wiersma, M. E. Sorrells, S. Zwinger, T. Gross, J. Cumming, G.C. Bergstrom, R. Brueggeman, R.D. Horsley, and P.B. Schwarz. 2018. Malting of Fusarium Head Blight-Infected Rye (Secale cereale): Growth of Fusarium graminearum, Trichothecene Production, and the Impact on Malt Quality. Toxins 2018 10(9): 369. doi.org/10.3390/toxins10090369

Anderson, J. A., J. J. Wiersma‡¶, G. L. Linkert, S. K. Reynolds, J. A. Kolmer, Y. Jin, M. Rouse, R. Dill-Macky, G. A. Hareland, and J. -B. Ohm. 2017. Registration of ‘Norden’ Hard Red Spring Wheat. J. Plant. Reg. 0. doi:10.3198/jpr2017.07.0045crc

Rines, H.W., Miller, M.E., Carson, M., Chao, S., Tiede, T., Wiersma, J.J. and Kianian S.F.   2017. Identification, introgression, and molecular marker genetic analysis and selection of a highly effective novel oat crown rust resistance from diploid oat, Avena strigose.  Theor Appl Genet (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-017-3031-0.