Idaho, USA
January 19,. 2010

University of Idaho wheat breeders followed their spring 2009 release of the Hessian fly resistant UI Winchester with fall 2009 release of two soft white winter wheat varieties—Bruneau and UICF-Brundage—and two hard white winter wheat varieties—UICF-Grace and UI Silver.

UICF-Brundage and UICF-Grace are CLEARFIELD® wheat varieties that carry a gene for herbicide resistance and can be used as part of a grassy-weed management plan. UICF-Brundage is similar to grower favorite Brundage in agronomic performance and end-use quality.

Both UICF-Grace and UI Silver offer high yield potential, good bread and noodle quality for domestic and overseas customers, good resistance to stripe rust and dwarf bunt, and adaptation to Idaho’s intermediate and low
rainfed regions. UI Silver is also one of only a handful of U.S. wheat varieties that carry the SrTmp gene, conveying resistance to a globally threatening race of stem rust called TTKS.

Bruneau combines high yield potential, good stripe rust resistance, adaptation to high rainfed and irrigated growing conditions, and end-use quality that’s similar to Brundage.
 

Website: http://www.uidaho.edu

Published: January 19, 2010