Oat
Varieties
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BROOKS was released by the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service. It is a medium early variety that has medium height, excellent yield, and fair lodging resistance. It has good winter hardiness. Brooks has tolerance to barley yellow dwarf virus and good resistance to soil-borne mosaic. It has poor resistance to Crown rust. This variety offers a new level of overall protein production; data indicates at least 25% advantage in pounds of protein per acre over most other varieties. Good smut resistance.
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RODGERS was released by North Carolina Agricultural Research Service in cooperation with USDA ARS.. It is a high yielding, mid-season oat cultivar that has good test weight, kernel size, plant height, straw strength, and tolerance to barley yellow dwarf virus. No Registered Class.
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SOUTHERN STATES 76-30 was released by Southern States Cooperative. It is a medium late winter oat variety that is medium tall. It is similar to Coker 716 in several plant characteristics and in reaction to several diseases. The variety is susceptible to Crown and stem rust, but is resistant to soil-borne mosaic and culm rot. It is generally adapted to the Piedmont and Coastal Plain.
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SS 76-40 is a late maturity oat variety exclusively marketed by Southern States Cooperative, Inc (experimental variety NC97-8885), released in 2005. Plant height is shorter than ‘Brooks’. Flag leaf droops at boot growth stage. Lodging is less than Brooks or Rodgers. SS 76-40 has superior test weight and more tolerance to freezing temperatures when compared to Brooks. SS 76-40 has greater resistance to barley yellow dwarf virus in comparison with Brooks. No Registered class. US VARIETY PROTECTION APPLIED FOR and can be sold only as a class of certified seed - 1994 PVPA.
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