1999 Missouri Winter Wheat Performance Tests McKendry, Sweets, Wright, Tague, Salzman, Mattas New Variety Descriptions ------------------------ Brief descriptions of newly released varieties are derived from variety release statements provided by the originators and are included for information purposes only. Descriptions of branded varieties' are also provided when the true identity of the variety is provided. The inclusion of this information in this publication does not imply endorsement or exclusion of any commercially available wheat variety by the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station. AGRIPRO Gibson -------------- 'AGRIPRO Gibson' (M94-1069) is a soft red winter wheat developed and released by Agripro Seeds Inc. at Lafayette, IN. It is an awnletted, medium height, early variety with good straw strength and winter survival. AGRIPRO Gibson is considered moderately resistant to leaf and stem rust, Septoria leaf blotch, Stagonospora glume blotch, and wheat spindle streak. It is moderately susceptible to powdery mildew, soil borne mosaic virus, and Fusarium head blight. AGRIPRO Gibson has very good milling and good baking properties. In its first year of testing in the Missouri Wheat Performance Tests, AGRIPRO Gibson yielded slightly below location averages in most southern test locations and at or slightly above average in the northern three locations. Its test weight across the state was above the test average. Goldfield --------- 'Goldfield' (P89118RC1-9-3-3-1) is a soft red winter wheat developed and released by the Purdue University Agricultural Research Programs in cooperation with the USDA-ARS. It is an apically awnletted variety with yellow spikes and bright straw at maturity. Goldfield heads 3 days later than 'Patterson'. It was released for its low incidence of Fusarium head blight (scab), being consistently lower than most cultivars, except Ernie. It has moderate resistance to both Septoria leaf blotch and glume blotch. In addition, it has moderate resistance to leaf rust, powdery mildew, soil borne wheat mosaic virus, wheat yellow mosaic virus and take-all. Goldfield has very good soft wheat milling and baking qualities. It has been tested for two years in the Missouri Soft Wheat Performance Tests. In 1999, Goldfield was in the top yield group at Mt. Vernon but below average at most other southern locations. In northern Missouri locations, Goldfield yielded at approximately the test average. Across all locations, Goldfield's test weight was 1.3 lb/bu above the test average and just out of the top test weight group. Kaskaskia --------- 'Kaskaskia', tested as IL 90-7514 in the 1998 Missouri Performance Tests is a soft red winter wheat variety released by the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Illinois. Some noteworthy attributes of Kaskaskia are high yield potential, excellent test weight, and excellent winter hardiness. Kaskaskia heads several days earlier than Cardinal and is about the same height or slightly taller than Cardinal. Kaskaskia is bearded and has tan chaff at maturity. Because of very erect flag leaves and unique twisting and lengthwise curling of the flag leaves Kaskaskia has a very distinctive appearance after heading. Kaskaskia is moderately resistant to soil borne wheat mosaic virus and wheat spindle streak mosaic virus, and resistant to some races of leaf rust. Kaskaskia is susceptible to stem rust and powdery mildew. In the 1999 tests, Kaskaskia yielded at or above the location average at northern Missouri locations but below location averages in all southern locations except Mt. Vernon. Its test weight (59.0 lb/bu) was in the top group for the test, ranking third in the 7 location average, just behind NK Coker 9474 and Roane. KY 86C-61-8 ----------- 'KY 86C-61-8' is a soft red winter wheat developed and released by the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station. It is a white-chaffed, awnletted variety with mid-long spikes and intermediate kernel size. KY 86C-61-8 is early maturing with a heading date similar to Patterson'. It has intermediate height and winterhardiness similar to Patterson'. KY 86C-61-8 is moderately resistant to powdery mildew, Septoria leaf blotch and glume blotch and has resistance to some races of leaf rust. It is susceptible to barley yellow dwarf virus and to all biotypes of Hessian fly. KY 86C-61-8 has excellent milling quality with very high break flour yield. In the 1999 soft wheat test, the yield of KY 86C-61-8 was not significantly different from the location average for all test sites with the exception of Mt. Vernon where it was below average. Its test weight across 7 locations was 55.9 lb/bu, just below the test average.