Table 1. Characteristics of the new Ukrainian winter wheat cultivars from field trials in Kharkiv during 1996-97.

Cultivar	Days to heading	Winter hardiness	Resistance to Septoria	Plant height (cm)	Yield (g/m2)	1,000- kernel weight (g)	Density (heads /m2)	# grains per spike
Wheats of the Woodland region.
Nosivka Experimen tal Plant Breeding Station.
Zolotava Nosivs'ka	61.0	8.2	5.0	62	344	41.8	304	34.5
Zoryana	57.0	8.0	4.5	65	322	46.2	298	31.2
Institute of Land Use.
Polis'ka 1259	60.5	8.5	5.5	63	368	35.4	356	41.0
Polis'ka 29	60.0	8.7	6.0	70	427	44.2	299	35.8
Polis'ka 95	59.0	8.2	5.0	59	279	44.1	298	25.4
Institute of Land Use.
Polis'ka 1259	60.5	8.5	5.5	63	368	35.4	356	41.0
Polis'ka 29	60.0	8.7	6.0	70	427	44.2	299	35.8
Polis'ka 95	59.0	8.2	5.0	59	279	44.1	298	25.4
Wheats of the Forest- Steppe region.
V.Ya. Yur'ev Institute for Plant Production.
Mogutnya	52.0	8.3	2.5	58	350	40.4	412	21.2
Kharkivs' ka 96	57.5	7.9	4.1	71	390	43.3	380	29.0
Erythrosp ermum 689	55.5	8.2	5.0	65	372	41.0	380	29.7
Churaivna	62.5	8.2	5.9	79	424	38.0	464	27.3
Ivanivka Experimen tal Plant Breeding Station.
Sonyachna	60.0	8.9	5.4	72	414	38.2	408	34.2
Ivanivs'ka 19	55.0	8.4	3.2	71	431	40.5	382	31.8
Veselyi Podil Experimental Plant Breeding Station.
Veselopod il's'ka 203	54.5	8.7	4.0	61	422	47.0	450	21.2
Poltava Higher Educational Establishment for Agricult ure.
Ukrainka Poltavs'ka	56.5	8.2	3.4	64	392	44.3	378	24.5
Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics .
Kyivs'ka 6	59.5	7.7	5.0	63	306	34.3	320	35.2
Kyivs'ka 7	57.5	8.2	5.0	69	468	43.6	379	30.7
Tsyganka	63.5	5.0	6.0	63	189	32.8
National Agricult ural University.
Ukrainka 2	57.5	8.4	3.8	70	423	40.4	378	27.2
Bila Tserkva Experimen tal Plant Breeding Station.
Bilotserkivs'ka semidwarf	54.0	8.2	4.3	54	326	37.9	354	24.5
V.N. Remeslo Institute of Wheat in Myroniv ka.
Myronivs' ka 32	59.0	7.0	5.9	61	306	37.4	327	32.7
Myronivs' ka 33	63.5	6.5	7.4	61	351	33.0	315	42.0
Myronivs' ka 34	63.5	4.9	5.4	53	217	29.4	259	33.5
Myronivs' ka 64	59.0	4.7	5.5	54	193	33.8	246	36.4
Myronivs' ka 65	59.5	8.0	5.2	69	352	42.4	292	33.4
Myronivs' ka 66	64.0	6.5	5.4	66	254	37.0	292	35.2
Myrych	59.5	8.0	6.5	68	409	41.4	341	34.0
Myrkhad	68.5	6.0	6.0	58	244	28.0	258	39.7
Wheats of the Steppe region.
Lugans' k Regiona l Experimen tal Station.
Vytyaz'	57.5	8.2	3.9	75	375	48.0	354	27.8
Synel'n ykove Experimen tal Station.
Dniprovs' ka 117	58.0	8.4	4.7	70	448	46.9	409	30.4
Dniprovs' ka 167	60.0	8.4	3.7	70	400	43.4	370	28.7
Dniprop etrovs'k Agricult ural University.
Luna 3	57.5	7.4	4.0	54	293	43.1	296	30.4
Odesa Higher Educational Establishment for Agricult ure.
Plamya	59.0	6.7	3.9	61	210	35.0	320	33.2
Plant Breeding and Genetics Institute .
Khvylya	57.0	8.4	4.0	56	297	43.4	378	23.8
Lelya	54.0	8.2	3.4	55	370	41.0	320	28.8
Nikoniya	53.5	8.7	3.4	60	369	37.4	338	27.2
Victoria Odes'ka	56.5	8.7	3.8	64	362	40.5	402	27.8
Zoryanka Odes'ka	54.5	8.2	3.5	59	362	44.4	412	26.4
Lyubava Odes'ka	56.0	8.7	3.4	64	420	41.4	400	29.5
Lada Odes'ka	55.0	8.4	3.9	57	405	39.3	409	28.2
Institute of Land Use for Irrigation.
Bereslavka	55.0	8.2	2.9	56	303	43.4	288	26.5
Nakhodka 7	55.0	8.2	2.7	53	300	40.1	316	33.0
Crimea Regiona l Experimen tal Station.
Kazachka	58.5	8.2	3.9	65	371	40.9	422	27.8
Checks.
Al'batros odes'kyi	56.5	8.5	4.7	67	393	39.3	420	30.0
Donets'ka 46	56.5	8.6	3.3	66	394	37.7	388	28.8
Myronivs' ka 61	58.1	8.2	5.0	65	378	42.7	348	28.4