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                          Descriptions of Varieties
                                      
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 Bac-up - Awned, very early, normal height.  Resistant to stem rust and
 moderately resistant to leaf rust.  Low to medium yield and very high test
 weight.  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.
 
 Kulm - Awned, early, medium height. Resistant to stem rust and moderately
 resistant to leaf rust. High to medium yield and high test weight.
 Moderately susceptible to lodging. High protein percentage. Released by
 North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station in 1994. Seed sales regulated
 by the U. S. Plant Variety Protection Act, PVP(94).
 
 Forge - Awned, early, medium height. Resistant to stem rust and moderately
 resistant to leaf rust. High yield and test weight. Moderately susceptible
 to lodging. Moderately susceptible to foliar diseases. Medium percent
 protein. Released by South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station in 1997.
 Seed sale regulated by U.S. Plant Protection Act PVP(94).
 
 Sharp - Awned, early, medium height. Resistant to stem rust and moderately
 resistant to leaf rust. High yield and test weight. Moderately susceptible
 to lodging and black chaff. Medium protein percent. Best adapted south of
 1-94. Released by South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station in 1990.
 
 Sharpshooter - Awned, early, normal height. Resistant to stem rust and leaf
 rust. Medium to high yield and high test weight. Moderately susceptible to
 foliar disease complex and lodging. Similar to Sharp, selected from for
 possibly enhanced scab tolerance. Released by Western Plant Breeders in
 1996. Seed sale regulated by U. S. Plant Variety Protection Act.
 
 Butte 86 - Awned, early, medium height. Resistant to stem rust and
 moderately resistant to leaf rust. High yield and test weight. Moderately
 susceptible to lodging, foliar disease, and black chaff. Medium percent
 protein. Released by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station in 1986.
 
 Oxen - Awned, early-midseason, semidwarf. Moderately resistant to stem rust
 and leaf rust. Very high yield and medium test weight. Medium percent
 protein. Moderately susceptible to foliar diseases. Released by South
 Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station in 1996. Seed sale regulated by the
 U.S. Plant Protection Act PVP(94).
 
 Russ - Awned, early-midseason maturity, medium height. Moderately resistant
 to stem rust and leaf rust. High yield and medium test weight. Moderately
 susceptible to lodging. Susceptible to foliar diseases. Medium protein
 percent. Released by South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station in 1995.
 
 2375 - Awned, early, medium height. Resistant to stem rest and moderately
 susceptible to leaf rust. Very high yield and test weight. Tolerant to
 loose smut. Moderately susceptible to lodging, shattering and foliar
 diseases. Medium protein percent. Best adapted south of 1-94. Released by
 Pioneer Hi-Bred in 1988. Sold by North Dakota State University Research
 Foundation 1990. Seed sale regulated by U. S. Plant Variety Protection Act.
 
 Grandin - Awned, early, semidwarf. Resistant to stem rust and moderately
 susceptible to leaf rust. High yield and test weight, Moderate lodging
 resistance. Moderately tolerant to loose smut. Moderately susceptible to
 foliar diseases. High protein percent. Released by North Dakota
 Agricultural Experiment Station in 1989.
 
 Hamer - Awned, early-midseason maturity, semidwarf. Resistant to stem rust
 and moderately resistant to leaf rust. High yield and medium test weight.
 Good lodging resistance. Moderately resistant to foliar diseases. Medium to
 low protein percent. Released by AgriPro 1995. Seed sale regulated by the
 U. S. Plant Variety Protection Act, PVP(94).
 
 2370 - Awned, early, semidwarf. Moderately resistant to stem rust and
 moderately susceptible to leaf rust. High yield and medium test weight.
 Moderate lodging resistance. Medium protein percent. Released by Pioneer
 Hi-Bred in 1989. Sold by North Dakota State University Research Foundation
 in 1990. Seed sale regulated by U.S. Plant Variety Protection Act.
 
 Nora - Awned, midseason, semidwarf. Resistant to stem rust and moderately
 resistant to leaf rust. Medium to high yield. Moderately susceptible to
 lodging. Medium percent protein. Released by AgriPro in 1996. Seed sale
 regulated by U.S. Plant Variety Protection Act, PVP(94)
 
 AC Domain - Awnless, midseason-early, medium height. Resistant to stem rust
 and moderately resistant to leaf rust. Medium to high yield and test
 weight. Moderately susceptible to lodging and foliar diseases. High to
 medium percent protein. Released by Agriculture and Agri-Food, Manitoba,
 Canada, in 1993. Seed sale regulated by SeCan.
 
 Trenton - Awned, midseason, medium height. Moderately resistant to stem
 rust and moderately susceptible to leaf rust. High yield and test weight.
 Moderately susceptible to lodging. Moderately susceptible to foliar
 diseases. Medium-high protein percent. Recommended by North Dakota State
 University for western and central North Dakota. Released by North Dakota
 Agricultural Experiment Station in 1995. Seed sale regulated by the U.S.
 Plant Variety Protection Act, PVP(94).
 
 Verde - Awned, midseason-late maturity, semidwarf. Resistant to stem rust
 and moderately resistant to leaf rust. High yield and medium test weight.
 Good lodging resistance. Moderately resistant to foliar diseases. Medium to
 low protein percent. Released by Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station
 and USDA-ARS 1995. Seed sale regulated by the U. S. Plant Variety
 Protection Act, PVP(94).
 
 Lars - Awned, midseason, semidwarf. Resistant to stem rust and moderately
 resistant to leaf rust. High yield and low test weight. Good lodging
 resistance. Moderately resistant to foliar diseases. Low-medium protein
 percent. Released by AgriPro in 1995. Seed sale regulated by the U. S.
 Plant Variety Protection Act, PVP(94).
 
 Keene - Awned, midseason-late, tall. Resistant to stem rust and moderately
 resistant to leaf rust. Medium to high yield and test weight. Moderately
 susceptible to lodging. Medium percent protein. Released by North Dakota
 Agricultural Experiment Station in 1997. Seed sale regulated by the U.S.
 Plant Protection Act, PVP(94).
 
 AC Cora - Awnless, late, tall. Resistant to stem rust and moderately
 resistant to leaf rust. Medium to low yield and test weight. Susceptible to
 lodging. Moderately resistant to foliar diseases. High percent protein.
 Released by Agriculture and Agri-Food, Manitoba, Canada, in 1993. Seed sale
 regulated by SeCan.
 
 AC Majestic - Awnless, late, medium height. Resistant to stem and
 moderately resistant to leaf rust. Low to medium yield and test weight.
 Moderately susceptible to foliar disease. Released by Agriculture and
 Agri-Food, Manitoba, Canada to Cargill in 1996. Seed sale regulated by the
 U.S. Plant Protection Act. PVP(94).
 
 Gunner - Awned, late, normal height. Moderately resistant to stem rust and
 resistant to leaf 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.