RESULTS OF SPRING WHEAT VARIETIES GROWN IN COOPERATIVE PLOT AND NURSERY EXPERIMENTS IN THE SPRING WHEAT REGION IN 1986 The year 1986 was the 58th in the history of the uniform regional testing program. Data summarized in this report were obtained from (1) the uniform regional hard red spring nursery, and (2) the uniform regional durum. nursery. NEW VARIETIES Hard Red Spring Wheat Butte 86 - (ND597) -- Awned early conventional height with fair lodging resistance. Resistant to stem and leaf rust. High yield and test weight. Medium protein percent. Released by North Dakota Agriculture Experiment Station. Celtic - (HS81-55) -- Awned, midseason semidwarf. Resistant to stem and leaf rust. High yield and test weight. Medium protein percent. Released by Agripro in 1985. Seed sale regulated by U.S. Variety Protection Act. Tammy - (WSMP 325) -- Awned midseason, semidwarf. Resistant to leaf rust and moderately susceptible to stem rust. High yield and low test weight. Medium protein percent. Released by World Seed, Inc. in 1986. Seed sale regulated by U.S. Variety Protection Act.