RESULTS OF SPRING WHEAT ENTRIES GROWN IN COOPERATIVE PLOT AND
      NURSERY EXPERIMENTS IN THE SPRING WHEAT REGION IN 1996
 
 The year 1996 was the 68th in the history of the uniform regional testing
 program. Data summarized in this report were obtained from (1) the uniform
 regional hard red spring wheat nursery, and (2) the uniform regional durum
 nursery.
 
                                NEW CULTIVARS
                            Hard Red Spring Wheat
 
 Sharpshooter (F994-601 - Awned, early, normal height. Leaf and stem rust
                       resistant. Medium to high yield and high test
                       weight. Moderately susceptible to foliar disease
                       complex and lodging. Similar to Sharp, selected from
                       the cross of Sumai #3/Sharp. Released by Western
                       Plant Breeders in 1996.
 
 
 Gunner (N92-2031) --  Awned, late, normal height. Leaf rust resistant and
                       moderately resistant to stem rust. Medium yield and
                       high test weight. Moderately susceptible to foliar
                       disease complex and lodging. Tolerance to scab. High
                       protein content. Released by AgriPro in 1996.
 
 
 
 BacUp (MN2535) --   Awned, very early, normal height. Leaf and stem rust
 resistant. Low to medium yield and very high test weight. Moderately
 susceptible to foliar disease complex and lodging. High tolerance to scab.
 Very high protein content. Specialty variety release for scab tolerance
 with recommendation that it not be used on over 15-20% of acreage. Released
 by USDA-ARS and Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station in 1996