Winter Wheat Variety Synopsis, 2003

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Winter Wheat Variety Synopsis, 2003

Author:	Peter Johnson - Cereals Specialist/OMAFRA
Creation Date:	05 September 2003
Last Reviewed:	05 September 2003

Below are some quick summary notes on the current winter wheat varieties. The data on Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) and deoxynivalenol (DON) or vomitoxin differences has improved dramatically over the past 2 years. This is listed as strengths and weaknesses where appropriate. "Seed size?" is another criteria you may notice. This simply relates to seeding rates, as large seeded varieties will take more "pounds per acre" to reach the desired plant population. Not a huge factor, but with seed costs approaching $50.00 per acre another factor worth noting. Read on, and let me know what you disagree with!

**SOFT WHITE WINTERS (POOL A)**
Variety	Strengths	Weaknesses	Comments
25W60	Yield ! Sprout tolerance	FHB ! Lodging Winter Survival	Early Short
Superior	Yield Test weight	Sprout tolerance Seed size (?)	Late Adapted province wide
25W33	Yield (?) Lodging ! Sprout tolerance Seed size ?	Test weight ! FHB Winter survival	Short Rust tolerant
AC Ron	Yield (?) Winter survival	FHB Sprout tolerance Test weight	Tall
Caledonia	Yield (?)	FHB Sprout tolerance Winter survival Test weight	Short
AC MacKinnon	Yield (?)	FHB ! Sprout tolerance	Early
AC Essex	Yield (?) Winter survival	Test weight Sprout tolerance FHB
AC Mountain	Winter survival	Standability Test weight Sprout tolerance
Whitby		Test weight Lodging Seed size	Tall Late
AC Cartier	Winter survival Test weight	Yield ! FHB Seed size?	Tall Late

**SOFT RED WHEATS (POOL E)**
Variety	Strengths	Weaknesses	Comments
25R47 (test plot choice)	Yield !!! (Wow!) Winter survival	Test weight	Short Early Leaf rust tolerance BYDV tolerant
Vienna (test plot choice)	FHB ! Yield	Lodging	Harder to combine Powdery mildew tolerance
25R49 (test plot choice)	Yield	Winter survival FHB Seed size?	Early maturing
25R23 (test plot choice)	Yield Lodging !	Winter survival DON (?)
Webster (test plot choice)	Yield!	Test weight Lodging !!
Kristy	Yield (?)	Quality	Early Specialty class wheat
Whitney		Winter survival Lodging FHB !	Short
25R26	Lodging !	Winter survival Test weight ! Quality	Short No powdery mildew tolerance ! Specialty class wheat
Wisdom	FHB	Test weight Lodging	Early maturing Septoria and BYDV susceptible
Stealth	Lodging ! Test weight (?)	Winter survival	Powdery mildew susceptible
Warwick	Winter survival !	Lodging Seed size (?)	Early Leaf rust tolerant
Whitney		Lodging Winter survival FHB	Short
Wonder	FHB !!! Test weight	Lodging Seed size (?)	Early Leaf rust and BYDV susceptible
Pro 202SRW	Lodging !	Yield Test weight Winter survival	Early Short Septoria susceptible
Sisson	Test weight	Yield Lodging FHB	Early Short

**NON-PASTRY REDS (POOL B)**
Variety	Strengths	Weaknesses	Comments
Harvard (test plot choice)	Yield ! Test weight Winter survival	Seed size (?!)	Early BYDV susceptible Adapted province wide
Carlisle (test plot choice)	Yield Winter survival	FHB Seed size (?!!)	Extremely early Short Septoria susceptible
AC Morley	FHB	Lodging !	Tall ! Leaf rust tolerant
Maxine	Lodging (?)	Winter survival Seed size (?!)	Short
Warthog (test plot choice)	Test weight Winter survival FHB (?)
AC Sampson		Test weight ! FHB Seed size (?)	Late Leaf rust susceptible Area III wheat
Fundulea	Seed size (?)	Yield	Late BYDV susceptible
Platinum	Test weight Winter survival !! FHB (?)	Yield !Lodging (?)	Very late Tall Area III wheat

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