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
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
26R820/ 6035DR64-01 was released by Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. It is an awned soft red winter wheat. 26R820 has an erect juvenile growth habit and its leaf color is green with a twisted leaf type. Its seed shape is ovate. 26R820 has moderate resistance to leaf rust, stripe rust, fusarium head blight (scab), and soilborne mosaic virus. US PROTECTED VARIETY Variety Producers
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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 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
DYNAGRO 9533 (var. DE2401394) was released by KWS Lochow GmbH. It is a soft red winter wheat. It is an apically awnless, semi-dwarf plant with a semi-erect juvenile growth habit. Plant color at boot is blue-green and the flag leaf at boot is erect, not-twisted, and wax is present. Head shape is tapering and mid-dense. Glumes are long and white with the shoulder being oblique. It has excellent resistance to powdery mildew, Fusarium Head Blight (scab), and Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV). It has ultra high yield potential.US PROTECTED VARIETY 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 325 (var. SS19JK314325) was released by Grow Pro Genetics, LLC. It is a medium-tall, awnless, medium maturing soft red winter wheat. GP 325 exhibits average test weight with good straw strength. It shows a high level of resistance to barley yellow dwarf virus.
GP 325 shows average resistance to leaf rust, stripe rust, and powdery mildew. It has a moderate susceptibility to fusarium head blight. GP 325 is well adapted to the Delta region of the mid-South and the piedmont and coastal plains of the Carolinas and Virginia.
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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 369 (var. SS19JK314369) was released by Grow Pro Genetics, LLC. It is a medium-short, awnless, medium maturing soft red winter wheat. GP 369 is adapted to the Delta region of the mid-South and the piedmont and coastal plains of the Carolinas and Virginia. It exhibits very good test weight with good straw strength. GP 369 has a high level of resistance to barley yellow dwarf virus, leaf rust, and powdery mildew. It has an average resistance to stripe rust, fusarium head blight, and soil-borne mosaic. PATENT PENDING 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 543 (var. 17NSVZ310543) was released by Grow Pro Genetics. It is a medium tall, medium early soft winter wheat variety. GP 543 has a semi-erect juvenile growth habit, a blue-green leaf color at boot. Flag leaf at boot is erect, twisted and waxed, with a yellow anther color. It is apically awnletted, short beak length, medium shoulder width and red seed color. It has moderate levels of native resistance to Fusarium Head Blight and Barley Yellow Dwarf, good levels of resistance to leaf rust, stripe rust, and powdery mildew. Moderately susceptible to Septoria leaf blotch. US PATENT PROTECTED VARIETY. Variety Producers
GP 944 (var. NS19VX311944) was released by Grow Pro Genetics, LLC. It is a medium maturing, medium plant height, smooth soft red winter wheat. GP 944 has good resistance to Fusarium Head Blight (scab), powdery mildew, and barley yellow dwarf virus. It has moderate susceptibility to leaf and stripe rust. It has an average test weight and east coast driven. PATENT PENDING 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
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 5123 is a soft-red winter wheat. Juvenile plant growth habit is upright and plant color at boot is green. Flag leaf at boot stage is erect, twisted. It has an awnletted head with dense head density and has a strap head shape with straight head curvature. Glume color is white. Plant height is 91 cm. 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
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
SOUTHERN HARVEST 555 (5550) 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. Southern Harvest 555 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
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 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 3354 var. 17NSVZ310543 was released by Grow Pro Genetics. It is a medium tall, medium early soft winter wheat variety. GP 543 has a semi-erect juvenile growth habit, a blue-green leaf color at boot. Flag leaf at boot is erect, twisted and waxed, with a yellow anther color. It is apically awnletted, short beak length, medium shoulder width and red seed color. It has moderate levels of native resistance to Fusarium head blight and Barley Yellow Dwarf, good levels of resistance to leaf rust, stripe rust, and powdery mildew. Moderately susceptible to septoria leaf blotch. US PATENT PROTECTED VARIETY. 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 (6PZRK73B) 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 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 3673 was released by UniSouth Genetics, Inc. Plant height is medium, straw strength and winter hardiness are great, and grain heads are smooth. Maturity is medium and test weight is one pound higher than average in breeder trials. USG 3673 is resistant to Hessian fly biotypes C and D. It has excellent resistance to Fusarium Head Blight (scab) and leaf rust. USG 3673 has good resistance to Septoria leaf blotch and stripe rust. US VARIETY PROTECTION APPLIED FOR Variety Producers
USG 3884 was released by Uni-South Genetics. It is a medium-late maturing, medium-tall soft red winter wheat. It has an awned head. Juvenile growth habit is semi-erect and is green at boot stage. Head shape is strap, curvature is inclined, and density is mid-dense. Glumes are tan, have a short to short medium length, and shoulders are oblique. It has good resistance to Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus, stripe and leaf rust, glume blotch, soil-borne mosaic virus, powdery mildew, scab, and septoria leaf blotch. Variety Producers
VT PITMAN var. 15VDH-FHB-MAS25-15 is a high-yielding, early, short semi-dwarf (Rht2) SRW wheat primarily adapted to the mid-Atlantic region with high test weight and moderate milling and baking quality. VT-Pitman expresses high levels of resistance to Fusarium head blight, leaf rust, and Barley yellow dwarf virus, as well as moderately high resistance to powdery mildew. VT Pitman showed higher than average susceptibility to stripe rust. It has tapered, awned blue-green heads, an erect twisted waxy green flag leaf, yellow anthers, yellow straw, and white chaff. Mean head emergence of VT Pitman in Virginia is on average similar to ‘SY Viper’, and one day earlier than Hilliard, three days earlier than ‘Shirley’ (PI 656753), and one day later than VA17W-75 (EPIX 1375). Mean plant height is shorter at 34 inches, similar to that of ‘Shirley’, 3 inches shorter than ‘Hilliard’, and 4 inches taller than ‘Laverne’. Straw strength is average. Variety Producers

