CONTENTS PAGE Cooperating Agencies, Stations and Personnel 1 New Varieties 3 The 1998 Crop 4 The Uniform Regional Hard Red Spring Wheat Nursery 5 Table 1 - Location and Comparative plot management data 7 Table 2 - Parts 1-17 - Agronomic data 8 Table 3 - Part 1 - Mean Yields and Bushel Weights in 1998 25 Part 2 - Mean Yields and Bushel Weights in 1997-1998 26 Part 3 - Stability Parameters 27 Table 4 - Part 1 - Adult stem rust reactions 28 Part 2 - Adult leaf rust reactions 29 Part 3 - Seedling stem rust reactions Part 4 - Fusarium head blight reactions, 31 St. Paul and Morris, MN