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Variety Resistance

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Hard Red Spring Wheat Durum Wheat Spring Barley Hard Red Winter Wheat Soft Red Winter Wheat - Northern Region Soft Red Winter Wheat - Southern Region Soft White Wheat Hard White Wheat

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Hard Red Spring Wheat

The following varieties have been identified, over multiple test years and locations, to have the most consistent and best level of resistance to Fusarium Head Blight (FHB=scab) currently available for this grain class. These varieties are moderately resistant to the disease. The identified links below provide further information on yield and quality characteristics of these varieties, as well as their levels of resistance to other wheat diseases.

Variety Source

Alsen North Dakota State University

Barlow North Dakota State University

Blade WestBred/Sabre

Brick South Dakota State University

Faller North Dakota State University

Freyr AgriPro

Glenn North Dakota State University

Tom University of Minnesota

Sabin University of Minnesota

AgriPro : http://www.agriprowheat.com/pdf/np/2010_np_comp.pdf

WestBred : http://www.westbred.com/pdf/Management%20Sheet.pdf

Minnesota : http://www.maes.umn.edu/vartrials/swht/index.asp

North Dakota : http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/variety/

South Dakota : http://plantsci.sdstate.edu/smallgrains/index.cfm

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