CONTENTS
 
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 Cooperating Agencies, Stations and Personnel                     1
 New Varieties                                                    3
 The 1997 Crop                                                    4
 The Uniform Regional Hard Red Spring Wheat Nursery               5
      Table 1 - Location and Comparative plot management data     7
      Table 2 - Parts 1- 18 - Agronomic data                      8
      Table 3 - Part I - Mean Yields and Bushel Weights in 1997  26
           Part 2 - Mean Yields and Bushel Weights in 1996-1997  27
           Part 3 - Stability Parameters                         28
      Table 4 - Part I - Adult stem rust reactions               29
           Part 2 - Adult leaf rust reactions                    30
           Part 3 - Fusarium head blight reactions, 
                    St. Paul and Morris, MN                      31
           Part 4 - Foliar and head disease observations, 
                    Langdon, ND                                  32