Wheat Varieties

26R10 was released by Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. It is a soft red winter wheat that has shown adaptation to the soft red winter wheat growing regions of the southeastern and mid-southern US, approximately south of the Ohio River. It has shown very good stripe rust resistance. It exhibits good resistance to leaf rust, soil-borne mosaic virus, and wheat spindle streak mosaic virus. It has shown slightly below average resistance to Fusarium head blight (scab). 26R10 has resistance to Biotype L of Hessian fly from the H13 resistance gene. It is a later maturity with an average of 122 days to heading. 26R10 has a semi-erect juvenile growth habit. Leaf color is green with a waxy present recurved twisted flag leaf at boot. It is an awned plant with an ovate seed shape. US PROTECTED VARIETY Variety Producers
26R33 (6035BR11-01) It is a soft red winter wheat. It has a medium-late maturity and a medium plant height. 26R33 has an awned head. It has good resistance to scab and leaf blight, and a moderate resistance to stripe rust and powdery mildew. It is also resistant to Hessian fly. Variety Producers
26R36 was released by DuPont Pioneer. It is a soft red winter wheat whose best adaptation has been shown to be in the Southern soft wheat regions. Has shown strong resistance to leaf rust, stripe rust, Fusarium head blight (scab) and soil-borne mosaic virus. Juvenile growth habit is semi-erect, leaf color at boot is green; flag leaf at boot is erect, twisted, with wax present. Anthocyanin is present. Plant height is 35-36 inches with awned heads and medium glume length that is white/amber. Variety Producers
26R41 was released by Pioneer Hi-Bred International. It is an awned soft red winter wheat with excellent resistance to stripe rust and very good resistance to powdery mildew and leaf rust. 26R41 is also resistant to straw lodging with good straw strength. It has high yield potential and high test weight. Well adapted to southern soft wheat growing regions. Average plant height is 33 inches. US PROTECTED VARIETY Variety Producers
26R45 was released by Pioneer Hi-Bred International. It is an apically awnletted soft red, winter wheat. 26R45 is a medium tall plant with an erect juvenile growth habit. The flag leaf is erect and twisted with a wax present, and the leaf color is green at boot growth stage. Head density is mid-dense, head shape is tapering, and head color is tan at maturity. 26R45 has excellent resistance to stripe rust and very good resistance to powdery mildew and leaf rust. It has excellent yield potential and test weight, and very good straw lodging resistance. 26R45 has shown adaptation to the southern soft wheat growing regions. US PROTECTED VARIETY. Variety Producers
26R59 was released by DuPont Pioneer. It is a soft red winter wheat. 26R59 has shown very good resistance to stripe rust and powdery mildew as well as better than average resistance to leaf rust and fungal leaf blights. It has shown best adaptation to the southern US soft wheat regions. Juvenile plant growth is semi-erect. At the boot stage it has green leaf color, wax is present and flag leaf is erect and twisted. Spike is mid-dense and tapering with an apically awnletted glume. US PROTECTED VARIETY. Variety Producers
26R94 is a high grain yielding, medium maturing, awned, excellent test weight, medium height line. Its maturity averages about 1 day later than AGS 2035. Juvenile plant growth is erect. At the boot stage, it is blue-green plant color with waxy stems and flag leaves are erect and twisted. 26R94 has good resistance to leaf rust, stripe rust, powdery mildew and wheat soil-borne mosaic virus resistance. 26R94 has good Hessian fly resistance to current predominate biotypes in Georgia. Phenol test indicated brown color US PROTECTED VARIETY. Variety Producers
AGS 3026 (GA10127-18E26) It is a soft red winter wheat. It has a plant height of 36 inches. The head is mid-dense; tapering, and awned. Juvenile plant growth is semi-erect; at boot, flag leaf is erect and plant color is blue. US PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION is expected to be applied for. Until official notice is received, the variety has no protection. It is the grower’s responsibility to determine current status of variety. Variety Producers
AGS 3040 (GA14E53) is a high grain yielding, awnletted, excellent test weight, and medium height line. It has a medium/late maturity with a semi-erect juvenile plant growth habit. At the boot stage, it is green plant color and flag leaves are not erect and not twisted. Spikes are oblong and mid dense. GA14E53 has good resistance to leaf rust, stripe rust, powdery mildew and wheat soil-borne mosaic virus resistance. GA14E53 has good Hessian fly resistance to current predominately biotypes in Georgia. US PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION APPLIED FOR. Variety Producers
AGS 4043 (GA12505B14-18LE23F) It is a soft red winter wheat. It has a plant height of 38 inches. The head is mid-dense; tapering, and awned. Juvenile plant growth is semi-erect; at boot, flag leaf is semi-erect and plant color is blue. US PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION is expected to be applied for. Until official notice is received, the variety has no protection. It is the grower’s responsibility to determine current status of variety. Variety Producers
AP 1987 (var. 16162712) was released by UniSouth Genetics. It is a medium maturity soft red winter wheat. It is an awned, medium height plant with excellent winter hardiness, standability, tillering and seeds per lb. It has good resistance to scab, powdery mildew, leaf rust, stripe rust, glume blotch, soil-borne mosaic virus, barley yellow dwarf virus, and septoria leaf blotch. It has excellent test weight, winter hardiness and standability. This variety is widely adapted in the wheat growing region. US Plant Patent
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AP 1995 (var.16162742) is a medium height and maturity, soft red winter wheat. Juvenile plant growth is semi erect; plant color at boot is green; flag leaf at boot is erect. It has an awned head with a lax head density, and has a strap head with an erect head curvature. Glume length is medium with white glumes. It has high adaptability for the Mid-Atlantic region. AP 1995 has great resistance to leaf rust, stripe rust, Septoria leaf blotch Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus, and powdery mildew. It has a low lodging risk and excellent test weight. Variety Producers
AP 2000 / DE2201263 is a soft red winter wheat. Juvenile plant growth is semi-erect and plant color at boot stage is green to blue-green. Flag leaf is recurved and not twisted with wax present. Plant height is 89 cm. The head is awned, mid-dense, strap, and erect to inclined. Glumes are white with oblique shoulders, narrow width, and have a short beak. Variety Producers
APPALACHIAN WHITE was released by USDA. It is a hard white winter wheat, awned, semi-dwarf, and with white chaff. It heads on the average 115 days after January 1. It has good stalk strength, good winter hardiness. It averages 35 inches in height. It has moderate resistance to yellow dwarf virus, powdery mildew, Fusarium head blight, stagonospora nodorum head blight, and leaf rust. It has good Hessian fly resistance but is resistant to stripe rust. It has moderate susceptibility to stem rust. Variety Producers
DYNAGRO 9701 was released by Dyna-Gro Seed. It is a soft red winter wheat. It has an awned head type with a medium-early maturity. The plant has a medium-tall plant height, excellent straw strength, winter hardiness, and very good test weight. It has excellent resistance to Hessian fly, leaf rust, septoria leaf blotch, strip rust, and fusarium head scab. It has good resistance to Stagonospora glume blotch and powdery mildew. It is widely adapted to the wheat growing region. Variety Producers
DYNAGRO 9811 was released by Virginia Tech. A soft red wheat, it is a broadly adapted variety with high yield potential, medium stature (34-38 inches), average straw strength, and good winter hardiness. Plant stem and spike color of Dynagro 9811 are green with spiked awns. Head emergence is average, similar to ‘Hilliard’ or four days earlier than ‘Shirley’. With the exception of stem rust, DynaGro 9811 has expressed moderate to high levels of resistance to diseases prevalent in the SRW wheat region. These include powdery mildew, leaf rust, stripe rust, leaf and glume blotch, soil-borne mosaic virus, wheat spindle streak mosaic virus, barley and cereal yellow dwarf viruses, Fusarium head blight, and Hessian fly (Biotypes B, C, and D). US PROTECTED VARIETY. Variety Producers
GP 348 (var. B16#04-8348) was released by Grow Pro Genetics. It is an early maturing, medium height, awnless soft red winter wheat. GP 348 has good resistance to powdery mildew and Septoria. It is very susceptible to soil borne mosaic virus, and moderately susceptible to Fusarium head blight and barley yellow dwarf virus. It has a great test weight and high falling number. US Plant Patent Variety Producers
GP 381 / B16#12-9381 was released by GrowPro Genetics, LLC. It is a medium-early maturity, medium-short in height, awnless soft red winter wheat. GP381 has performed best in the mid-Atlantic areas. Juvenile growth habit is semi-erect. Plant color at boot stage is green. Anther color is yellow. Auricle anthocyanin is absent. Flag leaf at boot stage is erect, twisted and wax is present. It has shown resistance to Hessian Fly biotype B and has shown excellent resistance to leaf rust. GP381 has shown good resistance to Fusarium Head Blight, powdery mildew, strip rust, Septoria triticci, and soil borne mosaic virus. GP381 has shown to have excellent winter hardiness and standability. US VARIETY PROTECTION APPLIED FOR Variety Producers
GP 747 / M15-64747# was released by Syngenta Crop Protection AG. It is a medium-late maturity, medium-tall in height soft red winter wheat bred. GY 747 has erect juvenile growth habit. Plant color at boot stage is green, with a flag leaf that is erect, twisted, and wax present. Anther color is yellow. Auricle anthocyanin is absent. Head shape is oblong and awned. Glumes are long in length. Glume shoulder shape is oblique with an acuminate beak. Seed shape is ovate. Seed cheeks are rounded. It has shown above average resistance to powdery mildew, soil borne mosaic virus, and bacterial streak. It is moderately susceptible to Fusarium. US PROTECTED VARIETY and can be sold only as a Class of Certified Seed. Variety Producers
HILLIARD was released by Virginia Tech. It is a soft red wheat that is a broadly adapted variety with high yield potential, medium stature (34-38 inches), later heading date, and excellent straw strength. Plant stem and spike color of Hilliard are green, and its spikes are tapering and awned. Hilliard is resistant to powdery mildew, Barley and cereal Yellow Dwarf Viruses and moderately resistant to leaf rust, leaf blotch caused by Septoria tritici and Stagnosopora nodorum, and glume blotch caused by S. nodorum. Hilliard is resistant to Hessian fly Biotypes B, C, and D, but susceptible to biotype O and L. US PROTECTED VARIETY and can be sold only as a class of Certified Seed. Variety Producers
LAVERNE was released by Virginia Tech. It is a soft red winter wheat line. It is a broadly adapted, early heading, semi-dwarf variety that is very short in plant height with very good straw strength. It expresses moderate to high levels of resistance to powdery mildew, leaf rust, stripe rust, stem rust, Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus, Wheat Spindle Streak Mosaic Virus, leaf blotch, leaf and glume blotch, and Fusarium Head Blight. Plant and spike color are green, and its awnletted spikes are strap in shape. US VARIETY PROTECTION APPLIED FOR and can be sold only as a Class of Certified Seed Variety Producers
NU-EAST was released by USDA. It is a hard red winter wheat. It is awned, semi-dwarf, with brown chaff. It heads on average 109 days after January 1. It has good stalk strength, good winter hardiness. It averages 35 inches in height. It has moderate resistance to stem rust, yellow dwarf virus, powdery mildew, Fusarium head blight, stagonospora nodorum head blight, and Hessian fly. It has good leaf rust resistance but is susceptible to stripe rust. Variety Producers
ROANE was released by Virginia Agricultural Research Station. It is a soft red winter wheat that is a full season, high yielding, awnletted variety with high-test weight. It is shorter than Jackson and is resistant to the prevalent field populations of powdery mildew, has intermediate resistance to soil-borne mosaic, wheat spindle streak, and leaf and glume blotch. It has resistance to some of the races of leaf rust, but has no resistance to stem rust. US PROTECTED VARIETY and can be sold only as a Class of Certified Seed. No Registered Class. Variety Producers
SH 4222 It is a soft red winter wheat. It has an awned head. Juvenile plant growth is semi-erect. Plant color at boot stage is green with an erect, twisted, wax absent flag leaf. Head is mid-dense, tapering, and inclined. Glumes are tan and short with oblique shoulders. Plant height is 90 cm. Variety Producers
SH 4400 is a medium height, medium-late maturing, awnless soft red winter wheat with excellent resistance to hessian fly. SH 4400 is moderately resistant to lodging and has high yield potential and test weight. SH 4400 is licensed to Meherrin Agricultural and Chemical Co. Variety Producers
SH 5550 (GA 041293-11E54) is a high grain yielding, medium maturing, awnless, excellent test weight, medium height line. It has good Hessian fly resistance. Its maturity averages about 2 days later than AGS 2035. Juvenile plant growth is erect. At the boot stage, it is blue-green plant color with waxy stems and flag leaves are erect and twisted. GA 041293-11E54 has good resistance to leaf rust, stripe rust, powdery mildew and wheat soil-borne mosaic virus resistance. GA 041293-11E54 has good Hessian fly resistance to current predominately biotypes in Georgia. US PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION APPLIED FOR. Exclusive license has been granted to Meherrin Agricultural and Chemical Co. Variety Producers
SH 7200 was released by Dr. Carl Griffey from the Virginia Tech small grains breeding program. It is a soft red winter wheat cultivar. It is broadly adapted, high yielding, early heading, medium height, awned, white glumes, and straw without anthocyanin. ‘SH7200’ is resistant to powdery mildew, speckled leaf blotch, leaf rust (except race TCRKG), stripe rust (adult plant only: PSTv-14 and PSTv-40), Barley yellow Dwarf Virus, and Hessian Fly (Biotypes B, C, D, L, and O). It is moderately resistant to Glume Blotch but moderately susceptible to Wheat Soil Borne Mosaic Virus. US PROTECTED VARIETY and can be sold only as a Class of Certified Seed. Exclusive license has been granted to Meherrin Agricultural and Chemical Co. Variety Producers
SH 7222 (13VTK429-3) was released by Virginia Tech small grains breeding program. It is a broadly adapted, high yielding, full-season, awned soft red winter wheat. It has moderate to high resistance to powdery mildew, leaf rust, stripe rust, Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus, leaf blotch, leaf and glume blotch, and Fusarium Head Blight. PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION APPLIED FOR. Variety Producers
SH 9520 (var.16121717) is a medium height, medium-late maturing, awned soft red winter wheat with excellent resistance to Fusarium Head Blight (scab). SH 9520 has a semi-erect juvenile plant growth, green plant color at boot stage, and the flag leaf is erect, twisted with wax present at boot stage. Heads are mid-dense, tapering in shape, and with an inclined curvature. Anthers are purple and glumes are white in color. SH 9520 is adapted to the mid-Atlantic wheat region and has high yield potential and test weight. SH 9520 is licensed to Meherrin Agricultural and Chemical Co. Variety Producers
SHIRLEY was released by by DynaGro. It is a broadly adapted, high yielding, short stature, full-season soft red winter wheat. It has resistance to powdery mildew, leaf rust, stem rust, Barley Yellow Dwarf virus, wheat spindle streak mosaic virus, Septoria tritici leaf blotch, Stagnospora nodorum leaf blotch, glume blotch, and Fusarium head blight. It has resistance to Biotype C of Hessian fly. US PROTECTED VARIETY and can be sold only as a class of Certified Seed. Variety Producers
SY RICHIE was released by Syngenta Seeds, Inc. It is a medium maturity, medium height soft red winter wheat bred and developed by Syngenta Participations AG. SY Richie performs best in the mid to south Delta and across into the eastern Atlantic coastal plain areas. Juvenile growth habit is erect. Plant color at boot stage is green. Anther color is yellow. Auricle anthocyanin is absent. Flag leaf at boot stage is recurved, twisted and wax is absent. Head shape is oblong and apically awnletted. Glumes are medium in length. Glume shoulder shape is oblique with an acute beak. Chaff color is white at maturity. Seed shape is ovate. Seed cheeks are rounded. It has shown resistance to the current races of powdery mildew, stripe rust and leaf rust but is known to be susceptible to Hessian fly. US PROTECTED VARIETY and can be sold only as a Class of Certified Seed. Variety Producers
SY VIPER was released by Syngenta Seeds, Inc. It is a medium to medium-tall, semi-dwarf variety. It is medium to medium-early in maturity with white chaff and heading date almost three and one-half days earlier than “Oakes”. SY Viper has shown broad adaptation with very good yield performance and test weight across the major wheat growing areas. Juvenile growth habit of SY Viper is semi-erect. Plant color at boot stage is blue green. Anther color is yellow. Auricle anthocyanin is absent. Flag leaf at boot stage is erect and twisted and wax is present. Head shape is tapering and awnletted. Glumes are mid-long in length. Glume shoulder shape is oblique with an obtuse beak. Chaff color is white at maturity. Seed shape is ovate. Brush hairs on the seed are mid-long in length and occupy a medium area of the seed tip. Seed cheeks are rounded. It has shown moderate resistance to the current races of powdery mildew and moderate susceptibility to the current races of leaf rust in these areas. Milling and baking characteristics are equivalent to those of soft wheat variety, Jamestown, and SY Viper is intended for grain production. US PROTECTED VARIETY and seed can only be sold as a Class of Certified Seed. Variety Producers
USG 3118 was released by UniSouth Genetics, Inc. It is an early maturity wheat with short height, tip-awned head, and excellent test weight. This variety has excellent winter hardiness, excellent standability and tillering. USG 3118 is widely adaptable. It has excellent resistance to Hessian fly, leaf rust, powdery mildew, stripe rust and leaf blotch. It has good resistance to stem rust, and glume blotch. US PROTECTED VARIETY. Variety Producers
USG 3329 / WJ032015 was released by UniSouth Genetics, Inc. It is a medium early maturing variety with a medium height and great test weight. It has awned heads, excellent standability, winter hardiness and tillering. It is widely adaptable and has excellent scab and stripe rust resistance. It has good resistance to glume blotch and leaf blotch. US PATENT APPLIED FOR Variety Producers
USG 3352 / 6PGNQ068 was released by UniSouth Genetics. It is a medium-early maturity soft red winter wheat. It is an awned, medium-tall height plant with a semi-erect juvenile growth and an erect, twisted flag leaf at boot stage that has max present. Head shape is tapering and mid-dense. It has good resistance to powdery mildew, leaf rust, stripe rust, glume blotch, and septoria leaf blotch. It has excellent test weights, winter hardiness and standability. This variety is widely adapted in the wheat growing region. US Plant Patent and US VARIETY PROTECTION APPLIED FOR Variety Producers
USG 3451 / L11919 was released by UniSouth Genetics, Inc. It is a medium early maturity soft red winter wheat. It is an awnless, medium height plant with excellent resistance to stripe rust and to powdery mildew. It has shown good resistance to leaf rust. It has excellent winter hardiness and field tillering with good standability. US PLANT PATENT Variety Producers
USG 3472 (var. 16162712) was released by UniSouth Genetics. It is a medium maturity soft red winter wheat. It is an awned, medium height plant with excellent winter hardiness, standability, tillering and seeds per lb. It has good resistances to scab, powdery mildew, leaf rust, stripe rust, glume blotch, soil-borne mosaic virus, barley yellow dwarf virus, and septoria leaf blotch. It has excellent test weights, winter hardiness and standability. This variety is widely adapted in the wheat growing region. US Plant Patent Variety Producers
USG 3536 / WJ102014 was released by UniSouth Genetics, Inc. It is a medium early maturity soft red winter wheat. It is an awned, medium tall plant with great resistance to stripe rust, and scab. It also has good resistance to powdery mildew, leaf rust, glume blotch, soil-borne mosaic virus, Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus, and Hessian fly bio type L. It has excellent test weights, winter hardiness and standability. This variety is widely adapted in the wheat growing region. US PLANT PATENT Variety Producers
USG 3661 (var. SR1421) was released by UniSouth Genetics. It is a medium maturity soft red winter wheat. It is an apically awnletted, medium short plant with an erect juvenile growth habit. Plant color at boot is green and the flag leaf at boot is erect, twisted, and is present. Head shape is tapering and mid-dense. Glumes are long and white in color with the shoulder being oblique. It has excellent resistance to leaf rust and powdery mildew. It also has good resistance to stripe rust, glume blotch, and Fusarium Head Blight (scab). It has excellent test weights, winter hardiness and standability. This variety specializes on the east coast wheat growing region but is adapted to the mid-south as well. The variety shows excellent stress tolerance. US VARIETY PROTECTION APPLIED FOR Variety Producers
USG 3783 / 6PTAR09B is a soft red winter wheat with an average plant height of 89 cm. The head is awned, mid-dense, tapering, and inclined. Juvenile plant growth is semi-erect. Plant color at boot stage is green and flag leaf is erect and twisted, with wax present. Glume color is tan, shoulders are rounded, and length is medium. Variety Producers
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