WINTER WHEAT  VARIETY  DESCRIPTIONS

Resistance To 2

 

Quality  Factors

 
Variety

 
Origin1

 
Height

 
Maturity

Winter
Hardiness

 
Lodging

Stem
Rust

Leaf
Rust

Foliar
Disease

 

Test
Weight

Grain
protein

Abilene

AgriPro

v  short

early

poor

R

MR

S

NA

 

m  high

high

Agassiz

ND

tall

m late

good

MS

R

S

MR

 

 high

m high

Alliance

NE

short

early

good

R

NA

S

S

 

m high

low

Arapahoe

NE

medium

early

fair

MR

MR

MR

M

 

medium

medium

Big Sky

MT

tall

medium

good

MR

R

MR

R

 

high

medium

Bighorn

HybriTech

short

medium

poor

MR

MR

MS

MS

 

medium

m  high

Blizzard

ID

m  tall

late

fair

MS

MS

NA

M

 

m  low

medium

Crimson

SD

medium

medium

fair

MR

NA

MS

MR

 

high

medium

Elkhorn

ND

medium

medium

good

MS

MR

MR

M

 

medium

m  high

Erhardt

MT

medium

medium

good

MR

R

S

R

 

high

m  high

Harding

SD

medium

medium

good

MR

NA

MR

R

 

m high

medium

Judith

MT

medium

medium

fair

MS

S

S

M

 

m  low

m high

CDC Kestrel

Canada

m tall

medium

good

MS

S

S

MS

 

m  low

low

McGuire

MT

m  tall

m  early

fair

MR

R

S

M

 

medium

high

Morgan

CO

medium

m late

good

MR

NA

NA

M

 

medium

m high

Neeley

ID

medium

m  late

fair

MR

S

S

M

 

m  low

m  low

Nekota

SD/NE

v short

early

good

R

NA

MS

M

 

m high

m low

Norstar

Canada

tall

late

v  good

MS

S

S

R

 

high

 medium

Norwin

MT

v  short

m  late

fair

MR

MS

S

S

 

high

low

Quantum 542

HybriTech

m  tall

medium

poor

MS

S

S

M

 

medium

m  low

Rampart*

MT

medium

medium

poor

MR

R

S

M

 

medium

high

Ransom

ND

medium

m early

good

MS

NA

R

M

 

m high

m low

AC Readymade

AC

medium

medium

good

MR

S

S

S

 

medium

high

Roughrider

ND

tall

medium

v  good

MS

R

S

M

 

m high

medium

Tandem

SD

medium

early

fair

MS

NA

S

MR

 

high

medium

Tiber

MT

tall

m  late

fair

MS

S

S

MR

 

m high

medium

Windstar

NE

medium

early

fair

MS

NA

MS

MR

 

m high

m high



HARD WHITE WINTER WHEAT

Nuwest

MT/GM

medium

medium

good

R

MR

S

MR

 

m  low

medium

1  Refers to developer: AC = Agriculture Canada,  GM = General Mills.                            * Sawfly resistant
2
  R = resistant, MR = moderately resistant, M = intermediate, MS = moderately susceptible, S = susceptible, VS = very susceptible, NA = data not available.

 

Winter Rye Variety Descriptions


Variety

 
Origin

Year
Released

 
Height

Straw
Strength

 
Maturity

Seed
Color

Seed
Size

Test
Weight

Winter
hardiness

Dacold

ND

1989

med

good

v late

bl-grn.

med

low

good

Prima

Can

1984

tall

good

med.

blue

large

med.

v.good

Frederick

SD

1984

tall

fair

late

tan

med.

high

good

Musketeer

Can

1980

tall

good

m.early

blue

large

med.

v.good

AC Rifle

Can

1998

med

v good

late

blue

large

med

v good

 1  Under certain environments lodging has been observed.                       2  Varieties with fair winter hardiness should not be seeded on bare soil.

















 

Dryland Fallow Winter Wheat        Williston, ND

Yield

TW

        Protein   

Cultivar

2000

3 yr

2000

2000

  3 yr

 

- bus/a -

lb/b

-- % --

 Seward

75.4

65.1

62.6

13.9

11.6

 Norstar

70.0

64.0

61.5

13.4

13.3

 Morgan

69.6

61.7

61.6

14.0

-----

 Nuwest

69.6

61.2

60.8

14.6

-----

 Ransom

65.3

60.8

62.2

12.4

11.2

 CDC Kestrel

68.3

60.7

62.1

11.9

11.5

 Agassiz

65.4

59.5

62.5

15.2

14.3

 Alliance

67.8

58.3

62.1

10.9

 9.7

 Harding

64.8

57.7

61.6

13.5

12.7

 Elkhorn

67.2

57.6

62.4

13.4

12.7

 Roughrider

65.0

57.3

62.4

15.0

13.9

 Tandem

66.8

56.5

62.8

13.8

13.3

 Arapahoe

60.6

54.8

62.0

14.1

13.1

 Windstar

60.6

54.8

62.7

14.4

13.4

 Erhardt

61.5

54.4

62.7

15.3

14.4

 NeKota

56.5

53.3

62.8

13.2

12.2

 McGuire

56.5

51.2

61.8

16.2

14.9

 Crimson

46.0

49.7

62.5

15.1

13.2

 Rampart

56.2

41.3

62.1

15.0

14.2

 BigSky

72.7

-----

61.5

14.0

-----

LSD 5%

10.0

-----

  1.4

  0.6

-----

Plant: September 10, 1999    Harvest: July 24, 2000

 







Dryland Fallow Winter Rye     Williston, ND

 

TW

--------- Grain Yield ----------

Cultivar

2000

1998

1999

2000

3 yr

 

lb/b

--------- lbs/a -------

AC Rifle

55.0

76.8

79.5

70.8

75.7

Dacold

54.7

84.8

96.0

94.2

91.7

Prima

55.2

78.8

80.8

72.1

77.2

Roughrider (HRWW)

56.0

-----

-----

71.8

-----

LSD 5%

-----

  NS

 9.6

12.0

-----

Plant: September 10, 1999     Harvest: July 28, 2000

 

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