Table 5. Disease reactions of hard red spring wheat varieties.
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Scab
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Variety Leaf Stem Leaf Disease Grain
Rust 1 Rust 1 Diseases 1 Severity Soundness 2
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Forge MS R MS MR-MS 2.5
BacUp MS R S MR 1.5
Ingot MS R MS MR-MS 2.0
Walworth MR R MS MR-MS 2.5
Ember MS R MS MR 2.5
McKenzie R R MR MR-MS 2.5
Oxen MR-MS R MS MS-S 3.0
Russ MS R MS MR-MS 3.0
2375 MS R S MR-MS 2.5
Alsen R R MR-R MR 1.5
Hanna MR-MS R - - -
Keystone MR-MS R - - -
Norm R R MR-R S 5.0
Parshall MR-MS R MR-R MR-MS 2.0
Reeder MR-MS R MR-R MS 3.5
CDC Bounty - R - - -
Dandy MR-MS R MR MS 3.0
Gunner MS R MR MR-MS 2.5
HJ98 MR-MS R MS MS 3.0
Knudson R R - - -
Mercury MR R MR S 5.0
NorPro MR R MR-R MS 3.5
Amazon - R - - -
Aurora MR-MS R MR S 5.0
Ivan R R MR-R MS-S 4.0
Marshall MS R MS MS 3.5
Verde MR-MS R MR-R MS 3.5
McVey MR-MS R MR MR-MS 2.5
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1 R = resistant, MR = moderately resistant, MS = moderately susceptible,
S = susceptible.
2 Ability to maintain plump, sound kernels under scab epidemics: 1=good, 5=poor.