| Wheat
Varieties |
| BRAVO: (Released in
1999) |
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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.
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| HONEY: (Released in
2000) |
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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.
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| ROSCO: |
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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.
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| LISBO: |
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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.
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| VICAR: |
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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.
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| LASER : |
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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.
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| EAGLE, IVORY & ALPHA
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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%.
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| VALOR : |
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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.
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| HUSKY : |
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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.
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| DAISY : |
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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.
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| TOTEM : |
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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.
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| DARBY : |
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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.
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| JIFFY : |
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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
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| Harpo : |
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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.
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| Tatoo--a hard red winter wheat
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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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