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26R12 was released by Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc., A Dupont Company in 2003. It is a medium maturity variety with medium plant height. Stem color is tan, flag leaf is recurved and not twisted, and plant color is green at boot growth stage. Head density is mid-dense, head shape is tapering, and head color is tan at maturity. Head is awned. The variety is resistant to leaf rust, powdery mildew, and Septoria. It is tolerant to Hessian fly race E. US PROTECTED VARIETY - 1994 PVPA. Variety Producers
26R15 was released by Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. in 2003. It is a medium maturity wheat variety with medium-short plant height. Stem color is yellow, flag leaf is erect and twisted, and leaf color is green at boot growth stage. Head density is mid-dense, head shape is tapering, and head color is tan at maturity. Head is awned, with medium-long awn length. 26R15 is resistant to leaf rust, powdery mildew, soil borne wheat and wheat spindle streak mosaic viruses, Septoria blotch, and tan spot. US PROTECTED VARIETY – 1994 PVPA. Variety Producers
26R22 was released by Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc. It is a medium maturity wheat variety that has excellent resistance to stripe rust and good resistance to powdery mildew. The leaf color at booting is green and the flag leaf is erect, twisted, and has a slight waxy bloom. US PROTECTED VARIETY – 1994 PVPA. Variety Producers
26R24 was released by Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. It is a medium-early maturity, medium height, high yielding, excellent test weight wheat. 26R24 has very good overall disease resistance. US PROTECTED VARIETY – 1994 PVPA. Variety Producers
26R31 was released by Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc. in 2005. It is a medium maturity wheat variety. Plant height is medium. Flag leaf is erect and twisted, and leaf color is green at boot growth stage. Head shape is oblong. Head is apically awnletted. US PROTECTED VARIETY – 1994 PVPA. Variety Producers
26R61 was released by Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. It is an early maturity, high yielding, high test weight, moderately tall wheat. It has strong resistance to leaf blight, leaf rust, powdery mildew, and spindle streak mosaic virus. US PROTECTED VARIETY - 1994 PVPA. Variety Producers
26R87 is a soft red winter wheat. Plant height is short. It is early heading with resistance to soil borne wheat mosaic. It is susceptible to barley yellow dwarf virus. US PROTECTED VARIETY -1994 PVPA. Variety Producers
APPALACHIAN WHITE is a hard red winter wheat developed by USDA. It is awned, semi-dwarf, with white chaff. It heads on the average 115 days after January 1. It has good stalk strength, good winter hardiness. It averages 35 inches in height. It has moderate resistance to yellow dwarf virus, powdery mildew, Fusarium head blight, stagonospora nodorum head blight, and leaf rust. It has good Hessian fly resistance but is resistant to stripe rust. It has moderate susceptibility to stem rust. US PROTECTED VARIETY and can be sold only as a class of Certified Seed – 1994 PVPA. Variety Producers
BRANSON was released by AgriPro Coker. It is a soft red winter wheat that is awnless with a short/medium plant height. It has resistance to biotype E,O of the hessian fly. It has some level of resistance to leaf rust, powdery mildew, Fusarium, soilborne mosaic virus, leaf blotch. US PROTECTED VARIETY and can be sold only as a class of Certified Seed – 1994 PVPA. Variety Producers
COKER 9184 was released by Syngenta Seeds, Inc.. It is a medium maturity wheat variety that is medium short with apically awnletted heads. It has good straw strength and very high-test weight. It has moderate resistance to powdery mildew and leaf rust. US PROTECTED VARIETY and can be sold only as a class of Certified Seed – 1994 PVPA. Variety Producers
COKER 9312 was released by Syngenta Seeds Inc. in 2004. It is an early maturity wheat variety with medium short plant height. Flag leaf is erect and twisted and leaf color is green at boot growth stage. Head density is mid-dense, and head color is tan at maturity. Head is apically awnletted. The variety is moderately resistant to Septoria blotch, soil borne wheat and wheat spindle streak mosaic viruses. It is resistant to Hessian fly biotypes E and O. US PROTECTED VARIETY and can be sold only as a class of Certified Seed – 1994 PVPA. Variety Producers
COKER 9436 was released by Syngenta Seeds Inc. in 2005. It is a medium maturity wheat variety. Plant height is medium short. Flag leaf is erect and twisted, and leaf color is green at boot growth stage. Head shape is tapering. Head is apically awnletted. It is moderately resistant to powdery mildew, leaf rust and soil borne mosaic virus. It is moderately susceptible to stripe rust. It is susceptible to wheat spindle streak virus. It is resistant to biotypes E and O of the Hessian Fly. US PROTECTED VARIETY and can be sold only as a Class of Certified Seed 1994 PVPA. Variety Producers
COKER 9553 was released by AgriPro. It is a medium maturity wheat variety. Plant height is medium with flag leaf that is erect and twisted. Head shape is strap, mid-dense and awned. It has shown moderate-to-good resistance to field races of Stripe Rust. US PROTECTED VARIETY and can be sold only as a class of certified seed - 1994 PVPA. Variety Producers
COKER 9663 was released by Novartis Seeds, Inc.. It is a tall, early to medium maturity variety. Foliage is blue green with a long, recurved, twisted flag leaf. Heads are light tan, mid dense, and awnletted. It is moderately resistant to leaf rust, Septoria, and stem rust. It is resistant to Hessian Fly. May have up to 1% taller or awned plants. US PROTECTED VARIETY and can be sold only as a Class of Certified Seed - 1994 PVPA. Variety Producers
COKER 9700 was released by AgriPro. It is an early maturity soft red winter wheat. Plant height is medium short with flag leaf at boot stage that is erect and twisted. Head shape is tapering and apically awnletted. It is moderately resistant to stripe rust. It is moderately resistant to field races of leaf rust in its adopted areas. US PROTECTED VARIETY and can be sold only as a class of Certified Seed – 1994 PVPA. Variety Producers
COKER 9804 was released by AgriPro. It is a medium maturity soft red winter wheat. Plant height is medium with a head shape that is strap and awned. It is moderately resistant to powdery mildew and moderately resistant to stripe rust. US PROTECTED VARIETY and can only be sold as a class of Certified Seed – 1994 PVPA. Variety Producers
DOMINION was released by Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. It is a soft red winter wheat that has a late maturity, short variety with awnletted heads. This variety is broadly adapted and has a high yield. It is resistant to powdery mildew, but moderately susceptible to stripe rust, Septoria leaf blotch, glume blotch, tan spot, wheat spindle streak mosaic virus and is moderately resistant to fusarium head blight. US PROTECTED VARIETY and can be sold only as a Class of Certified Seed – 1994 PVPA. Variety Producers
MAGNOLIA was released by AgriPro Coker. It is a soft red winter wheat that is medium-height with medium-early season heading. Flag leaf is erect and twisted. Head shape is strap and awned. It is moderately resistant to stripe rust and leaf rust. It is susceptible to powdery mildew in the southeast. It is moderately resistant to wheat spindle streak virus and is resistant to Biotype E of the Hessian fly. US PROTECTED VARIETY and can be sold only as a Class of Certified Seed – 1994 PVPA. Variety Producers
MASSEY was released by Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station. It is a medium maturity, medium height variety with moderately stiff straw. Massey has excellent yield with medium test weight and fair milling quality. It has good resistance to mildew and mosaic, but poor resistance to leaf rust. Variety Producers
McINTOSH was released by the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. and Florida Agricultural Experiment Station in 2005. It is a medium maturity wheat variety. Plant height is medium. Flag leaf is erect and is not twisted at boot growth stage. Leaf color is green at boot growth stage. Head shape is tapering, and head density is mid-dense. Head is apically awnletted. It is resistant to leaf rust and stripe rust. US PROTECTED VARIETY – 1994 PVPA. Variety Producers
NC YADKIN is similar to NC-Neuse with similar plant color, erect, recurved flag leaves, yellow anther color, mid-dense heads and absence of stem anthocyanin. It head is apically awnletted and heads 3 days earlier than NC-Neuse (both are classified as late). Plant height same as AGS2000. It has resistance to powdery mildew and leaf rust, tolerance to Barley Yellow Dwarf virus, and moderately resistant to Fusarium head blight. Variety Producers
NC-NEUSE was released by North Carolina Agricultural Research Service in 2003.. It is a late maturity variety with medium plant height. Flag leaf is semi-erect at boot growth stage. Head density is mid-dense, head shape is tapering, and head color is white at maturity. Head is awnletted. The variety is resistant to leaf rust and Fusarium head blight. It is resistant to Hessian fly race C and tolerant to Hessian fly race L. US PROTECTED VARIETY and can be sold only as a class of certified seed - 1994 PVPA. Variety Producers
NU-EAST is a hard red winter wheat developed by USDA .It is awned, semi-dwarf, with brown chaff. It heads on the average 109 days after January 1. It has good stalk strength, good winter hardiness. It averages 35 inches in height. It has moderate resistance to stem rust, yellow dwarf virus, powdery mildew, Fusarium head blight, stagonospora nodorum head blight, and Hessian fly. It has good leaf rust resistance but is susceptible to stripe rust. Variety Producers
OAKES was released by by AgriPro Coker. It is a soft red winter wheat that is medium-height with medium maturity. Its head shape is tapering and apically awnletted. It is moderately resistant to stripe rust, leaf rust, Wheat Spindle Streak virus, Soil Borne Mosaic virus, and Septoria tritici. It is susceptible to powdery mildew and Hessian fly. US PROTECTED VARIETY and can be sold only as a class of Certified Seed – 1994 PVPA. Variety Producers
OGLETHORPE was released by University of Georgia. It is a medium maturing soft red winter wheat. It has a medium-short plant height and an awnless head. It is resistant to both leaf and stripe rust. It is also resistant to all known biotypes of Hessian Fly. The variety will be marketed by Crop Production Services, Galesburg, Illinois. US PROTECTED VARIETY - 1994 PVPA. Variety Producers
PANOLA is a medium early maturity wheat variety produced and marketed by Syngenta Seeds, Inc., released in 2005. Plant height is medium. Flag leaf is erect and twisted, and leaf color is green at boot growth stage. Head shape is blocky, and head density is mid-dense. Head is awned. It is moderately resistant to powdery mildew and field races of stripe rust. US PROTECTED VARIETY and can be sold only as a class of certified seed - 1994 PVPA. 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 – 1994 PVPA. No Registered Class. 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. Variety Producers
USG 3209 was released by UniSouth Genetics, Inc. in 1999. Plant height is short, straw strength is moderate, and grain heads are apically awned. Maturity is early, test weight is average, and yield potential is excellent. USG 3209 is resistant to powdery mildew and stem and leaf rust. It is moderately resistant to wheat spindle streak virus, leaf and glume blotch, and barley yellow dwarf. USG 3209 is resistant to Hessian fly biotypes GP, B, and E. US PROTECTED VARIETY and can be sold only as a Class of Certified Seed - 1994 PVPA. No Registered Class. Variety Producers
USG 3409 is an early wheat, awnless, and medium plant height. It has excellent leaf rust, stripe rust, powdery mildew, and leaf blotch resistance. It has excellent test weight and winter hardiness. It has excellent lodging resistance. Variety Producers
USG 3555 was released by UniSouth Genetics, Inc. It is an early heading, soft red winter wheat. The head is awnless and the plant is short. It has good to excellent resistance to Stripe Rust, Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus, Stem Rust, and Powdery Mildew and Biotype E Hessian Fly. US PROTECTED VARIETY – 1994 PVPA. Variety Producers
USG 3592 was released by UniSouth Genetics, Inc. in 2004. It is a medium maturity, medium height wheat variety. Flag leaf is erect and not twisted, and plant color is green at boot growth stage. Head density is mid-dense, head shape is strap and erect at maturity. Head is apically awnletted. USG 3592 is resistant to leaf rust, soil-borne wheat mosaic virus, Septoria blotch, and Hessian fly. It is moderately resistant to powdery mildew. US PROTECTED VARIETY - 1994 PVPA. Variety Producers
USG 3665 was released by UniSouth Genetics, Inc.. Plant has a early maturity with medium height. The head is awnless and the variety has shown very good test weight. It is resistant to stripe and leaf rust and moderate resistance to powdery mildew, glume blotch and barley yellow dwarf. Variety Producers
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