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WHEATHard Red Spring Wheat Varieties with Proven Results

MN-WashburnLang-MN

ShellyBolles

Linkert

M N - W A S H B U R N‘MN-Washburn’ is a hard red spring wheat that combines straw strength, yield, and disease resistance.

A medium maturity variety, it has shown promising yields and very good lodging resistance in state and regional testing. MN-Washburn has an excellent combination of overall disease resistance, including very good ratings for Bacterial leaf streak and Fusarium head blight, and excellent ratings for leaf rust and stripe rust. In addition, MN-Washburn contains the bdv2 gene for resistance to Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV)—perhaps the only line in the region with this gene.

Height and days to heading are in keeping with industry standards and straw strength is very good.

MN-Washburn has acceptable protein, average test weight, and is resistant to pre-harvest sprouting, all contributing to good overall end-use quality characteristics.

The variety is named after the Washburn A flour mill. Key characteristics of MN-Washburn include:

n High yields and good straw strengthn Resistant to pre-harvest sproutingn Carries BYDV resistance gene

F O R M O R E I N F O R M A T I O N

about HRSW varieties and the University of Minnesota wheat breeding program contact Jim Anderson, University of Minnesota wheat breeder at 612-625-9763 or Jochum Wiersma, University of Minnesota Extension Agronomist at 218-281-8629.

For a complete listing of all varieties in the annual Minnesota Field Crop Trials visit maes.umn.edu.

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C E R T I F I E D S E E D

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L A N G - M N

‘Lang-MN’ is a hard red spring wheat that combines yield, quality, and disease resistance. In addition to a good combination of overall disease resistance, Lang-MN has high protein, very good test weight, and is resistant to pre-harvest sprouting, all contributing to good overall end-use quality characteristics. n Scab resistancen Good protein and yieldn High test weight

B O L L E S

‘Bolles’ is a hard red spring wheat that combines very high grain protein content with excellent pre-harvest sprouting resistance to provide outstanding milling and baking quality. Well suited to Minnesota and North Dakota, it is a medium maturity variety, with good straw strength and competitive grain yields. Bolles also has excellent leaf rust resistance.n Superior proteinn High baking qualityn Leaf rust resistance

Variety

Disease

Leaf Rust

Stripe Rust1 BLS2 Scab3

1-9 1-9 1-9 1-9

Bolles 2 1 5 4Lang-MN 1 1 3 3 Linkert 3 1 5 5MN-Washburn 1 2 3 4Prosper 6 5 4 4Shelly 3 1 6 4SY Ingmar 2 2 3 4SY Valda 1 2 3 4WB-Mayville 3 3 7 8*1-9 scale where 1 = most resistant, 9 = most susceptible.1Based on natural infection in 2015.2BLS = Bacterial Leaf Streak. 3Scab = Fusarium Head Blight.

Variety

State Yield as % of Mean Days to

Heading in 2019

Straw Strength

2019 2-Yr 3-Yr 1-91

Bolles 96 94 95 57.8 4Lang-MN 102 102 101 57.3 5Linkert 93 92 95 55.2 2MN-Washburn 101 100 103 56.8 3Prosper 104 107 108 56.5 6Shelly 106 106 107 57.4 5SY Ingmar 99 100 99 55.8 4SY Valda 109 109 111 54.6 5WB-Mayville 97 96 98 52.7 3

Mean (Bu/A) 70.6 73.4 78.7LSD (0.10) 3.0 2.2 1.9No. Env. 39 27 1411-9 scale in which 1 = the strongest straw and 9 = the weakest.

Grain quality of hard red spring wheat varieties in Minnesota

University of Minnesota wheat varieties are released by the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station. Licenses are required for seed production and all listed varieties are PVP(94) Title V.

Agronomic characteristics of hard red spring wheat varieties in Minnesota

Disease reactions* of hard red spring wheat varieties in Minnesota

Hard Red Spring Wheat

S H E L L Y

‘Shelly’ is a high yielding variety well adapted to the hard red spring wheat growing regions of Minnesota, and North and South Dakota. It possesses a good disease resistance package including excellent resistance to stripe rust. A medium maturity variety, Shelly has good test weight and pre-harvest sprouting resistance. n High yieldsn Good test weightn Stripe rust resistance

L I N K E R T

‘Linkert’ is a hard red spring wheat with excellent straw strength that has performed well across Minnesota and the Dakotas. A medium-early maturity variety, Linkert has high protein and good test weight. It is moderately susceptible to Fusarium head blight and moderately resistant to leaf rust. Linkert is resistant to pre-harvest sprouting and has very good end-use quality. n Very strong strawn High proteinn Good yields

Variety

Quality

Test Wtlbs/Bu

Protein %

Pre-Harvest Sprouting

2-Yr 2-Yr 1-91

Bolles 59.2 16.1 1Lang-MN 60.6 14.8 1Linkert 59.9 15.4 1MN-Washburn 59.8 14.0 1Prosper 59.7 13.7 1Shelly 59.4 14.1 1SY Ingmar 60.1 15.1 2SY Valda 60.0 14.0 2WB-Mayville 59.8 15.4 311-9 scale in which 1 = best and 9 = worst. Values of 1-2 should be considered as resistant.