HARD RED SPRING WHEAT - 1982 HIGH PERFORMING VARIETIES - 1982 Butte - Awned, early to midseason, medium height. Released by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station and USDA-ARS in 1979. Advantages-Resistant to stem and leaf rust. Tolerant of loose smut and ergot. Very high yield and test weight with medium protein percent. Satisfactory milling and baking characteristics. Disadvantages- susceptible to black chaff and moderately susceptible to tan spot and lodging. Very tough threshing and may be erratic in yield. Era - Awned, late to midseason, medium height. Released by Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station in 1970. Advantages - Resistant to stem and leaf rust. Tolerant of loose smut and ergot. Medium lodging resistance. Very high yield and high test weight. Satisfactory milling. Disadvantages-Low protein percent and bake absorption. Because of later maturity, less suitable for late seeding in southern Minnesota. Kitt - Awned, late to midseason, semidwarf. Released by Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station and USDA-ARS in 1975. Advantages- Resistant to stem and leaf rust. Tolerant of tan spot and ergot. High yield and medium protein percent. Satisfactory milling and baking. Disadvantages-Low test weight, moderately susceptible to loose smut, shattering, and lodging. Len - Awned, midseason, semidwarf. Released by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station and USDA-ARS in 1979. Advantages- Resistant to stem and leaf rust. Moderately tolerant of loose smut and ergot. Good lodging resistance. High yield and test weight. Medium protein percent. Satisfactory milling and baking. Disadvantages-Moderately susceptible to tan spot and shattering. Olaf - Awned, midseason, semidwarf. Released by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station and USDA-ARS in 1973. Advantages- Resistant to stem and leaf rust. Moderately tolerant of ergot. Good lodging resistance. High yield and test weight. Medium protein percent. Satisfactory milling yield. Disadvantages- Susceptible to tan spot. Moderately susceptible to loose smut and shattering. Tendency to have long and strong dough mixing requirements. Solar - Awned, late to midseason, semidwarf, similar to Era. Released by Northrup King Co. in 1977. Seed sale regulated by U.S. Variety Protection Act. Advantages-Resistant to stem and leaf rust. Tolerant of loose smut and ergot. Medium lodging resistance. Very high yield and high test weight. Satisfactory milling. Disadvantages-Low protein percent and bake absorption. Because of later maturity, less suitable for late seeding in southern Minnesota. Wared - Awned, late to midseason, semidwarf. Selected at the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station. Released by Washington Agricultural Experiment Station and USDA-ARS in 1974. Advantages- Resistant to stem and leaf rust. Tolerant of loose smut and ergot. Good lodging resistance. High yield and test weight. Satisfactory milling. Disadvantages-Low to medium protein percent. Low bake absorption. Because of later maturity, less suitable for late seeding in southern Minnesota. VARIETIES NOT ADEQUATELY TESTED - 1982 Alex - Awnless, midseason, medium height. Released by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station and USDA-ARS in 198 1. Advantages-Resistant to stem and leaf rust. High yield and test weight. Medium protein percent. Satisfactory milling and baking. Disadvantages-Moderately susceptible to lodging, ergot, loose smut, and tan spot. Oslo - Awned, early to midseason, semidwarf. Released by North American Plant Breeders in 1981. Seed sale regulated by U.S. Variety Protection Act. Advantages-Moderately resistant to stem and leaf rust and moderately tolerant of ergot. Good lodging resistance. High yield and medium test weight. Satisfactory milling. Disadvantages-Low protein percent and bake absorption. Moderately susceptible to loose smut and tan spot. PR2360 - Awned, midseason, semidwarf. Released by Pioneer Hi-Bred in 1981. Seed sale regulated by U.S. Variety Protection Act. Advantages-Resistant to stem rust and moderately resistant to leaf rust. Good lodging resistance. High yield and test weight. Satisfactory milling. Disadvantages-Low protein percent and bake absorption. Walera - Awned, late to midseason, semidwarf. Released by Northrup King Co. in 1980. Seed sale regulated by U.S. Variety Protection Act. Advantages-Resistant to stem and leaf rust. Moderately resistant to loose smut and ergot. Medium lodging resistance. High yield and test weight. Satisfactory milling. Disadvantages-Low protein percent and bake absorption. 711 - Awned, midseason to early, semidwarf. Released by Northrup King Co. in 1980. Seed sale regulated by the U.S. Variety Protection Act. Advantages-Resistant to stem rust. Moderately tolerant to loose smut. Medium lodging resistance. High yield and test weight. Satisfactory milling. Disadvantages-Moderately susceptible to leaf rust, ergot, and tan spot. Low protein percent and bake absorption. OTHER VARIETIES - 1982 Aim - Awned, midseason, semidwarf. Released by Western Plant Breeders, Inc. in 1978. Seed sale regulated by U.S. Variety Protection Act. Advantages-Moderately resistant to leaf rust and loose smut. Good lodging resistance. Medium to high yield and medium to low test weight. Disadvantages Susceptible to stem rust and moderately susceptible to ergot and tan spot. Low protein percent and unsatisfactory milling and baking quality. Angus - Awned, bronze chaff, midseason, semidwarf. Released by Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station and USDAARS in 1978. Advantages-Resistant to stem and leaf rust. Tolerant of ergot, tan spot, and moderately tolerant of loose smut. Good lodging resistance. High test weight. Medium protein percent. Satisfactory milling and baking. Disadvantages - Susceptible to bacterial leaf blight and moderately susceptible to shattering and black chaff. Medium yield. Benito - Awned, midseason, medium height. Licensed by Agriculture Canada, Winnipeg in 1980. Production of certified seed limited to Canada. Advantages-Moderately resistant to stem and leaf rust. Tolerant of loose smut. High test weight and high protein percent. Satisfactory milling and baking. Disadvantages - Moderately susceptible to ergot and lodging. Medium to low yield. Chris - Awnless, midseason, medium height. Released by Minnesota Experiment Station and USDA-ARS in 1965. Advantages-Resistant to stem rust but ranges from resistant to moderately susceptible to leaf rust. Tolerant of ergot and moderately tolerant of loose smut. High test weight and protein percent. Satisfactory milling and baking. Disadvantages-Susceptible to lodging. Low to medium yield. Coteau - Awned, midseason to late, medium height. Released by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station and USDA-ARS in 1978. Advantages-Resistant to stem and leaf rust. High test weight. Very high protein percent. Satisfactory milling and baking. Disadvantages-Moderately susceptible to ergot, loose smut, and lodging. Medium to low yield. Eureka - Awnless, midseason to early, medium height. Released by South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station in 1978. Advantages- Resistant to stem rust. Moderately tolerant of ergot and loose smut. Medium to high yield and test weight. High protein percent. Satisfactory milling and baking. Disadvantages -Moderately susceptible to leaf rust, tan spot and lodging. Better adapted to west-central and southwest. James - Awned, early, medium height. Released by South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station in 1979. Advantages-Resistant to stem rust. High to medium yield. Medium test weight and protein percent. Satisfactory milling and baking. Because of early maturity, may be suitable for late seeding. Disadvantages- Moderately susceptible to leaf rust, loose smut, ergot, tan spot and lodging. World Seeds 1809 - Awnless, very early, semidwarf. Released by World Seeds, Inc. in 1970. Seed sale regulated by U.S. Variety Protection Act. Advantages-Resistant to stem rust and tolerant of ergot. Good lodging resistance. Medium test weight and protein percent. Satisfactory milling and baking. Disadvantages - Susceptible to loose smut and tan spot. Moderately susceptible to leaf rust. Low to medium yield. 715 - Awned, late to midseason, semidwarf. Released by Northrup King Co. in 1980. Seed sale regulated by U.S. Variety Protection Act. Advantages-Moderately resistant to loose smut. Medium lodging resistance. High yield. Disadvantages -Moderately susceptible to stem and leaf rust. Low test weight. Low to medium protein percent. Unsatisfactory milling and baking. 906R - Awned, very early, semidwarf. Released by Western Plant Breeders, Inc. in 1979. Seed sale regulated by U.S. Variety Protection Act. Advantages-Tolerant of loose smut and moderately tolerant to ergot. Good lodging resistance. Medium protein percent. Disadvantages-Susceptible to leaf rust and moderately susceptible to stem rust and tan spot. Medium yield and low test weight. Poor milling and low to medium baking.