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Tag: wheat varieties
Kentucky Wheat: Fusarium Head Blight Management Starts with Variety Selection Sep 21, 2022
The most consistent, problematic disease of wheat in Kentucky and the surrounding region is Fusarium head blight (FHB; also known as scab), caused by the fungus Fusarium graminearum. This disease can […]
Texas Wheat: AgriLife Extension Offers Variety ‘Picks’ as Planting Time Arrives Aug 30, 2022
Persistent drought conditions and forage shortages as well as strong prices for wheat silage and wheat hay have resulted in a large percentage of Texas wheat acres either failing, being […]
Mississippi Wheat: MSU Short List of Suggested Varieties Aug 30, 2022
Mississippi State University annually conducts Variety Trials of public and private wheat and oat varieties to evaluate grain yield: MAFES Wheat and Oat Variety Trials. These variety trials are grown at […]
Ohio Wheat: Performance Test Results Available Online Jul 27, 2022
Results from the 2022 Ohio Wheat Performance Test are now online by clicking HERE. The purpose of the Ohio Wheat Performance Test is to evaluate wheat varieties, blends, brands, and breeding […]
Tennessee Wheat: 2022 County Standardized Variety Trials Jul 24, 2022
This year’s County Standardized Trials Wheat data are in. In fall of 2021, we had 7 successful wheat variety test plots planted, with 13 varieties coming from 5 industry leading […]
Minnesota Wheat: Does It Make Sense to Switch to Earlier Maturing Varieties? May 20, 2022
Very little if any spring wheat has been seeded up until now. This will be a very late seeded crop and that begs the question of whether you should switch […]
Nebraska Wheat: Researchers Debut New Interactive Variety App Nov 24, 2021
Wheat growers have a techy new way to get the latest variety testing results. After two years of product development and testing, a team of researchers at University of Nebraska-Lincoln […]
Mississippi Wheat: 2021 MSU Short List of Suggested Varieties Sep 27, 2021
Mississippi State University annually conducts Variety Trials of public and private wheat and oat varieties: MAFES Wheat and Oat Variety Trials. These variety trials were grown at seven locations in cropping […]
Georgia: UGA Releases Three New Wheat Varieties for 2020 Oct 30, 2020
Three new wheat varieties released this year by the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences’ wheat breeding program are the product of more than a dozen years […]
Wheat: K-State Scientists Earn 2020 Gene Stewardship Award Oct 19, 2020
Two U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists working on the Kansas State University campus are part of a national team that has earned praise for its pioneering work in building sturdy […]
