Kansas, USA
July 20, 2009
Do you want a successful wheat
crop? Any thriving wheat grower will tell you that certified
seed is the best choice you can make. Insect and disease
resistance, soil condition tolerance, and maturity are some of
the traits provided with certified varieties. Certified seed has
been grown under specific conditions, inspected and tested by
Kansas Crop Improvement
Association, and cleaned by approved seed conditioners to
ensure varietal purity. This fall, several new certified seed
varieties will be out on the market for seed producers and
growers to take advantage of.
Kansas Wheat Alliance will be releasing Everest this fall for
seed production. Everest is a Hard Red Winter wheat with
excellent resistance characteristics. Everest is resistant to
leaf rust, stripe rust, barley yellow dwarf, and the Hessian
Fly. It also has a moderate resistance to Fusairum head blight.
Everest is best suited for the east and central areas of Kansas.
If white wheat is what you are looking for, another KWA variety,
Tiger, will be available as certified seed. Tiger is a Hard
White Winter wheat with characteristics including leaf rust,
stripe rust, and Hessian Fly resistance.
Recent WestBred variety releases include Armour and Hitch.
Armour, a Hard Red Winter wheat, is an early maturing wheat with
tolerance to low PH soils.
Disease characteristics include leaf rust and powdery mildew
resistance.
Hitch, also a Hard Red Winter, has leaf rust and stripe rust
resistance.
This wheat also has an excellent straw strength, and is late to
mature.
AgriPro's recent releases include Art, Jackpot, and AP503 CL2,
all Hard Red Winter wheat. If you are looking for a wheat with
characteristics like tolerance to leaf rust, barley yellow
dwarf, powdery mildew, and a better than average tolerance to
scab, then Art is for you. This wheat is also tolerant to acid
soils, and is early to mature. Jackpot, releasing as certified
seed, is also early to mature and has good stripe rust
tolerance.
This wheat has excellent winter hardiness, and is good for late
planting.
The last for AgriPro this fall is AP503 CL2. This wheat has good
leaf rust, stripe rust, and herbicide tolerance.
Remember to Look for the Blue Label when purchasing seed to
ensure you take advantage of certified seed benefits. For more
information on these varieties, please contact your local
certified seed dealer, which can be found in the Kansas Wheat
Book released by High Plains Journal with their August 3
edition.
For questions about seed certification, please contact the
Kansas Crop Improvement Association at 785-532-6118.
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