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Wheat Varieties
BRAVO: (Released in 1999)

A beardless white chaff variety, it is a very early heading cultivar with excellent test weight; averaging 2 lbs/bu above 'Hopewell'. Bravo is similar to Hopewell in plant height but has improved straw strength. Bravo has returned excellent milling and baking scores, has shown good resistance to leaf rust and excellent resistance to powdery mildew. Bravo is a solid overall variety.


HONEY: (Released in 2000)

A bearded white chaff variety, Honey has averaged three days earlier than Hopewell but two days later than Bravo. It therefore should be classified as a medium early type. It is slightly shorter than either Hopewell, Bravo, or Pioneer 2540. Honey has very good leaf rust resistance and excellent mildew resistance. It has shown excellent milling and baking scores. It has excellent winter hardiness and has an average test weight which is 1 lb/bu above Hopewell.


ROSCO:

A beardless, white chaffed variety, Rosco has excellent straw strength and winter hardiness and is medium early. Rosco has slightly out yielded Honey in three years of replicated tests. It has excellent milling and baking quality. Rosco has excellent leaf rust resistance and moderately good mildew resistance.


LISBO:

Beardless and white chaffed, Lisbo has better test weight than Rosco and Hopewell, close to that of Honey. Lisbo is slightly shorter than Rosco and a day or so later than Rosco in heading. It has excellent mildew and leaf rust resistance.


VICAR:

Beardless and white chaffed, Vicar is medium early line, very short and stiff with an excellent field appearance and excellent disease resistance. Milling and baking quality are acceptable. Test weight is good averaging 1 lb/bu above Hopewell.


LASER :

Beardless and white chaffed. Laser is an extremely early heading line with high yield potential and very high test weight. It appears to be a quick ripener. It has good milling and baking quality. Laser is a newer experimental line not yet tested extensively but shows excellent promise.


EAGLE, IVORY & ALPHA :

These three lines are the newest, extremely promising lines emanating from our breeding pipeline. They showed extremely high straw strength and yield in 2002 trials; out yielding our best check varieties by 10-15%.


VALOR :

A soft red winter wheat variety developed by sunbeam extract co. And made available for nonexclusive licensing and branding by various companies. Valor, therefore may be available to the public under several different names. Valor has exhibited extremely high yield potential under most environments tested except in the mid-south. It has excellent powdery mildew resistance, is midseason in maturity and medium in height. This beardless variety has excellent winter hardiness and straw strength.


HUSKY :

Beardless medium height, but has shown some unevenness has has excellent "field appeal" and a robust growth habit with large heads. It is medium in height and midseason in maturity. Heads have almost no tip awn at all. Is moderately resistant to powdery mildew. Has excellent yield and test weight record.


DAISY :

A soft red winter wheat variety developed by Sunbeam Extract Co. and recently licensed exclusively to Central Ohio Seed Testing, Inc. (a subsidiary of Ohio Seed Improvement Assoc.) The variety may be renamed for marketing. Daisy is a high yielding variety with excellent resistance to lodging. It is beardless and averages 2 days earlier in maturity than Hopewell and is about 1 inch shorter in stature. Daisy has among the best milling and baking qualities of all varieties.


TOTEM :

Beardless, very erect and short. Totem is very early, has good powdery mildew resistance and excellent straw strength. It is blue green in foliage color. Still in early stages of testing, but looks to be a very promising new line.


DARBY :

Beardless, but with long tip awns. Yellow-green, very large heads with purplish anthers. Though slightly tall it has excellent straw strength. Brown chaffed at maturity.


JIFFY :

Jiffy is a very early maturing variety being offered to private seed companies for branding. It has the same maturity as Patterson and is about one inch shorter, but has considerably higher yield potential. This beardless variety has excellent test weight, straw strength, winter hardiness and is moderately resistant to powdery mildew


Harpo :

Beardless, slightly tall and shows moderate height variation even thought it appears pure. Has shown little spindle streak mosaic virus or mildew. Maturity is very similar to Honey and Daisy: several days earlier than Hopewell. Usually high in test weight. Straw strength appears very good. Has exhibited acceptable milling and baking quality, but does not rate high in these categories.


Tatoo--a hard red winter wheat :

Beardless, slightly tall , blue green foliage, long tip awns, has appeared very pure and uniform in nurseries. Has shown little mildew or scab. Heading date a little later than Hopewell.


 

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