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                    DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES
 
 
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 PUBLICLY DEVELOPED VARIETIES
 
 BUTTE 86 - Awned, early, medium height.  Resistant to stem and
 moderately resistant to leaf rust.  High yield and test weight.
 Medium protein percent.  Moderately susceptible to tan spot,
 black chaff, and lodging.  Best adapted south of I-94.  Released
 by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station 1986.
 
 SHARP - Awned, early, medium height.  Resistant to stem rust and
 moderately resistant to leaf rust.  High yield and test weight.
 Medium protein percent.  Moderately susceptible to lodging and
 black chaff.  Best adapted south of I-94. Released by South
 Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station 1990.
 
 GRANDIN - Awned, early, semidwarf.  Resistant to stem rust and
 leaf rust.  High yield and test weight.  Good lodging resistance.
 Moderately tolerant to loose smut. Moderately susceptible to leaf
 spot. High protein percent. Released by North Dakota Agricultural
 Experiment Station 1989.
 
 NORM - Awned, midseason, semidwarf.  Resistant to stem rust and
 leaf rust.  Very high yield and test weight.  Good lodging
 resistance.  Tolerant to leaf spots. Moderately susceptible to
 loose smut.  Medium protein percent.  Satisfactory milling and
 baking characteristics. Released by Minnesota Agricultural
 Experiment Station and USDA-ARS 1992.  Seed sales regulated by
 U.S. Variety Protection Act.
 
 PROSPECT - Awned, midseason, semidwarf.  Moderately susceptible
 to stem and moderately resistant to leaf rust.  High yield and
 test weight.  Tolerant to loose smut.  Good lodging resistance.
 Low to medium protein percent.  Low bake absorption.  Moderately
 susceptible to leaf spotting diseases.  Released by South Dakota
 Agricultural Experiment Station 1984.
 
 STOA - Awned, midseason, medium height.  Resistant to stem rust
 and leaf rust.  Moderately tolerant to loose smut and ergot.
 Very high yield and medium test weight.  Medium protein percent.
 Higher potential for lodging.  Released by North Dakota
 Agricultural Experiment Station, 1984.
 
 MINNPRO - Awned, midseason, semidwarf.  Resistant to stem rust
 and leaf rust.  High yield and very high protein percent.  Low
 test weight.  Moderately susceptible to loose smut and lodging.
 Best adapted to northern Minnesota.  Released by Minnesota
 Agricultural Experiment Station and USDA-ARS, 1989.  Seed sale
 regulated by U.S. Variety Protection Act.
 
 GUS - Awned, midseason, semidwarf.  Resistant to stem rust and
 leaf rust.  High yield and test weight.  High protein percent.
 Satisfactory milling and baking.  Has higher potential for
 lodging.  Released by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment
 Station, 1989.
 
 VANCE - Awned, midseason, semidwarf.  Resistant to stem rust and
 leaf rust.  tolerant to loose smut.  High yield and medium test
 weight.  Medium protein percent.  Best adapted to northern
 Minnesota.  Released by Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station
 and USDA-ARS, 1989.  Seed sale regulated by U.S. Variety
 Protection Act.
 
 MARSHALL - Awned, midseason, semidwarf.  Resistant to stem rust
 and moderately susceptible to leaf rust.  Moderately tolerant of
 loose smut and ergot.  Good lodging resistance.  High yield and
 high test weight.  Low to medium protein percent.  Satisfactory
 milling.  Released by Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station
 and USDA-ARS, 1982.  Seed sale regulated by U.S. Variety
 Protection Act.
 
 WHEATON - Awned, midseason, semidwarf.  Resistant to stem rust
 and leaf rust.  Moderately tolerant of loose smut and ergot.
 Medium lodging resistance.  High yield.  Low protein percent.
 Low test weight.  Released by Minnesota Agricultural Experiment
 Station and USDA-ARS, 1983.
 
 
 PUBLIC VARIETY NOT ADEQUATELY TESTED
 
 KULM - Awned, early, medium height.   Moderately resistant to
 leaf rust and resistant to stem rust. High yield and high test
 weight.  High protein.  Moderately susceptible to lodging.
 Satisfactory milling and baking. Released by North Dakota
 Agricultural Experiment Station, 1994.
 
 
 PRIVATELY DEVELOPED VARIETIES
 
 2375 - Awned, early, medium height.  Resistant to stem rust and
 moderately susceptible to leaf rust.  Tolerant of loose smut.
 Very high yield and test weight.  Medium to high protein percent.
 Moderately susceptible to lodging and to shattering.  Best
 adapted to areas south of I-94.  Released by Pioneer Hi-Bred
 1988.  Sold by North Dakota State University Research Foundation,
 1990. Seed sale regulated by U.S. Variety Protection Act.
 
 2370 - Awned, early, semidwarf.  Moderately resistant to stem
 rust and leaf rust. High yield and high test weight.  Good
 lodging resistance.  Medium protein percent.  Released by Pioneer
 Hi-Bred, 1989.  Sold by North Dakota State University Research
 Foundation, 1990. Seed sale regulated by U.S. Variety Protection
 Act.
 
 DALEN - Awned, midseason, semidwarf.  Resistant to stem rust and
 leaf rust. High yield and medium test weight. Good lodging
 resistance.  Medium protein percent.  Released by AgriPro 1991.
 Seed sale regulated by U.S. Variety Protection Act.
 
 BERGEN - Awned, midseason, semidwarf.  Resistant to stem rust
 leaf rust. Very high yield and high test weight.  Low to medium
 protein percent.  Satisfactory Moderately tolerant of loose smut
 and ergot.  Good lodging resistance. milling.  Released by
 Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station and USDA-ARS 1982.
 Seed sale regulated by U.S. Variety Protection Act.
 
 2371 - Awned, midseason, semidwarf.  Resistant to stem rust leaf
 rust. Medium yield and low test weight.  Good lodging resistance.
 Medium protein percent.  Satisfactory milling and baking quality.
 Released by North Dakota State University Research Foundation
 1991.  Seed sale regulated by U.S. Variety Protection Act.
 
 SONJA - Awned, midseason, semidwarf.  Resistant to stem rust and
 leaf rust. High yield and medium test weight. Good lodging
 resistance. Low to medium protein percent.  Released by AgriPro
 1993. Seed sale regulated by U.S. Variety Protection Act.
 
 KRONA - Awned, midseason, semidwarf.  Resistant to stem rust and
 leaf rust. Good lodging resistance. High yield.  Low protein
 percent.  Low test weight. Released by AgriPro 1992. Seed sale
 regulated by U.S. Variety Protection Act.
 
 NORDIC - Awned, midseason, semidwarf.  Resistant to stem rust and
 moderately susceptible to leaf rust.  Moderately tolerant of
 loose smut. High yield and medium test weight.  Low protein
 percent. Medium lodging resistance.  Released by AgriPro 1986.
 Seed sale regulated by U.S. Variety Protection Act.