RESULTS OF SPRING WHEAT VARIETIES GROWN IN COOPERATIVE PLOT AND NURSERY
               EXPERIMENTS IN THE SPRING WHEAT REGION IN 1997
 
 The year 1997 was the 69th 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.
 
 
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                                NEW VARIETIES
                            Hard Red Spring Wheat
                                      
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 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 the U.S. Plant 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).
 
 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).