RESULTS OF SPRING WHEAT VARIETIES GROWN IN COOPERATIVE PLOT AND NURSERY EXPERIMENTS IN THE 
 SPRING WHEAT REGION IN 1976
 
 The year 1976 was the 48th 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, (2) the uniform regional durum nursery, (3) the international sawfly yield nursery and 
 (4) the secondary sawfly yield nursery.
 
 NEW VARIETIES
 
 Three hard red spring wheat varieties were named and released that have not been 
 previously reported.
 
 BUTTE - Awned, early to midseason, medium height and lodging resistance. Resistant to stem 
 and leaf rust. High yield and very high test weight. Milling characteristics are satisfactory. 
 Protein content and bake absorption are lower than Chris but better that Era. Selected from 
 crosses involving ND480, Polk and Wisc261. Released by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment 
 Station in 1977.
 
 WARED - Awned, midseason to late semidwarf with high lodging resistance. Resistant to stem 
 and leaf rust. Tolerant of Septoria, bunt, and ergot. High yield and high test weight. Milling 
 and baking characteristics are slightly higher that Era but are lower than Kitt, Olaf, and 
 World Seeds 1809. Selected from crosses involving Frontana, Thatcher, Mida, Kenya 117A, Kenya 
 58, Lee, Newthatch, Pembina, and Polk 'sib' at the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station. 
 Released by the Washington Agricultural Experiment Station and ARS-USDA in 1974.
 
 W. S. 25 - Awned, early semidwarf with high lodging resistance. 
 Resistant to stem and leaf rust. High yield and medium test weight. Dough handling 
 and mixing characteristics are poor. Grain protein content and bake absorption are 
 much lower than Olaf, Kitt, and World Seeds 1809.  Developed by World Seeds Inc. Oceanside, CA 
 and approved for certification in 1976.  Seed sale regulated by U. S. Variety Protection Act.