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              MINNESOTA HARD RED SPRING WHEAT - 1995
 
                        R.H. Busch, USDA-ARS
 
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 Recommendations for hard red spring wheat varieties are no longer
 being made by Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station
 evaluators. The basis on which recommendations were made in the
 past are no longer considered appropriate because of the severity
 of the scab epidemics.
 
 The scab epidemics in hard red spring wheat growing areas have
 demonstrated the clear need to give greater weight to selecting
 varieties for their tolerance to this devastating disease.
 Consequently, only newly released varieties where reaction to
 scab has not been well documented, and older varieties with scab
 ratings better than susceptible, are tested and described. Those
 varieties with seed available, but found to be susceptible are
 2371, 2398, Bergen, Dalen, Gus, Krona, Minnpro, Norm, Prospect,
 Sonja, Vance, and Wheaton.
 
 Table 1 presents long term grain yield for varieties grown at
 various locations in Minnesota. Other important agronomic,
 disease and bread-making quality characteristics are in Table 2.
 
 Scab evaluations provide seventy ratings, based on visual spread
 of the disease on the spike, and tolerance scores, which reflect
 the variety's ability to maintain plump seed. The accompanying
 tables should be used in conjunction with each other to reduce
 risk of loss. Use of more than one variety is also highly
 recommended to reduce risk.
 
 Variety descriptions do not provide information on scab
 resistance. Table information should be used. Varieties are
 listed in maturity order.