RESULTS OF SPRING WHEAT VARIETIES GROWN IN COOPERATIVE PLOT AND NURSERY EXPERIMENTS IN 
 THE SPRING WHEAT REGION IN 2000
 
 
 The year 2000 was the 72nd 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
 
 Alsen (ND716 )--Awned, early-midseason maturity, medium height.  Resistant to stem rust 
 and to leaf rust.  High yield and very high test weight.  Strong straw.  High protein 
 percent.  Released by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station in 2000.  Seed sales 
 regulated by U. S. Plant Variety Protection Act, PVP(pending).
 
 Dandy--Awned, early-midseason maturity, medium height.  Resistant to stem rust and 
 moderately susceptible to leaf rust.  Very high yield and high to medium test weight.  
 Very strong straw.  Medium protein percent.  Released by NorthStar Genetics in 1999.  
 Seed sale regulated by U. S. Plant Variety, Protection Act, PVP(pending).
 
 Aurora--Awned, midseason-late maturity, semidwarf.  Resistant to stem rust and moderately 
 resistant to leaf rust.  High to medium yield and low to medium test weight.  Moderately 
 strong straw.  Low to medium protein percent.  Released by NorthStar Genetics in 1999.  
 Seed sales regulated by U. S. Plant Protection Act, PVP(pending).