About USDA Accession Numbers: ---------------------------- The presence of a seven or eight digit code in this category indicates that seed of this cultivar has been submitted to the USDA- National Small Grains Collection (NSGC), currently maintained at the National Small Grain Repository in Aberdeen, Idaho. Identity of wheat cultivars in the NSGC are maintained by use of a cereal investigation number for wheat ("CItr") or plant introduction number ("PI") assigned by the collection curator. Prior to 1930, CItr numbers were assigned to all wheats developed as cultivars, wheats included in USDA uniform testing nurseries or wheats received as foreign introductions. From 1930 to 1983, foreign introductions were assigned PI numbers, but not CItr numbers. In 1983, assignment of CItr numbers to cultivars and testing lines was discontinued by the collection curator. Since this time, all wheats submitted to the NSGC receive only PI number assignments.