WINTER WHEAT  VARIETY  DESCRIPTIONS

 

 

 

 

 

Resistance To 2

 

Quality  Factors

 

Variety

 

Origin1

 

Height

 

Maturity

Winter

Hardiness3

 

Lodging

Stem

Rust

Leaf

Rust

Foliar

Disease

 

Test

Weight

Grain

protein

 

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

Crimson

SD

medium

medium

fair

MR

NA

MS

MR

 

high

medium

Culver

NE

medium

m early

fair

MR

NA

NA

NA

 

medium

m low

Elkhorn

ND

medium

medium

good

MS

MR

MR

M

 

medium

m  high

Erhardt

MT

medium

medium

good

MR

R

S

R

 

high

m  high

Expedition

SD

medium

medium

fair

R

MS

R

NA

 

low

medium

CDC Falcon

WPB

short

medium

fair

R

MR

MR

NA

 

medium

medium

Harding

SD

medium

medium

good

MR

NA

MS-MR

NA

 

medium

m high

Jerry

ND

medium

medium

good

MR

R

MR

NA

 

medium

m high

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

Millenium

NE/SD

m short

medium

fair

MR

NA

NA

NA

 

medium

m low

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

Paul

MT

short

m late

good

R

R

MS

MR

 

m low

m low

Ransom

ND

medium

m early

good

MS

NA

R

M

 

m high

m low

CDC Raptor

Canada

m short

medium

fair

R

MR

MR

NA

 

medium

m low

AC Readymade

AC

medium

medium

good

MR

S

S

S

 

medium

high

Roughrider

ND

tall

medium

v  good

MS

R

S

M

 

medium

high

Tandem

SD

medium

early

fair

MS

NA

S

MR

 

high

medium

Tiber

MT

tall

m  late

fair

MS

S

S

MR

 

m high

medium

Wahoo

NE/WY

medium

medium

fair

MR

S

R

NA 

 

medium

m high

Wesley

NE/SD/WY

short

m early

poor

MR

NA

NA

NA

 

medium

high

Windstar

NE

medium

early

fair

MS

NA

MS

MR

 

m high

m high

HARD WHITE WINTER WHEAT

Gary

ID

medium

m late

fair

MR

NA

NA

NA

 

medium

low

Golden Spike

UT/GM

medium

late

fair

MR

NA

NA

NA

 

low

low

NuFrontier

GM/AgriPro

m short

early

fair

MR

NA

NA

 NA

 

medium

low

NuHorizon

GM/AgriPro

short

early

poor

R

NA

NA

NA

 

medium

low

Nuplains

NE

short

medium

poor

MR

NA

NA

NA

 

high

m high

NuSky

MT

medium

m late

good

R

MR

S

MR

 

medium

medium

Nuwest

MT/GM

medium

medium

good

R

MR

S

MR

 

m  low

medium

                             

1 Refers to developer: AC = Agriculture Canada,  GM = General Mills, WPB = Western Plant Breeders., ID = Idaho                           * Sawfly resistant

   2  R = resistant, MR = moderately resistant, M = intermediate, MS = moderately susceptible, S = susceptible, VS = very susceptible, NA = data not available.

   3  Varieties with fair winter hardiness should not be seeded on bare soil.

Winter Rye Variety Descriptions

 

Variety

 

Origin

Year

Released

 

Height

Straw

Strength

 

Maturity

Seed

Color

Seed

Size

Test

Weight

Winter

hardiness

Dacold

ND

1989

med

v 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


 

 

Dryland Fallow* Rye                     Williston, ND

 

 

Yield

TW

Protein

Cultivar

2002

3 yr

2002

2002

3 yr

 

- bus/a -

lb/b

-- % --

Dacold

64.1

80.6

52.2

15.9

--

Prima

54.7

64.5

53.8

16.5

--

AC Rifle

49.4

64.4

52.9

17.4

--

Norstar WWa

32.5

46.6

58.7

15.0

--

LSD 5%

  7.1

--

  1.8

  1.2

--

Planted: Sept. 19, 2001               Harvested: August 1, 2002

*Recrop in 2001               a Roughrider in 2000