LIST OF WHEAT CULTIVARS
| TABLE 1 | Canadian spring wheat cultivars chosen for study with their release year and | |
| primary characteristics. | ||
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Cultivar |
Year |
Primary characteristics |
|
Red Fife |
1845 |
wide adaptation, good milling and bread-making quality |
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Ladoga |
1887 |
earlier maturing than Red Fife |
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Preston |
1895 |
earlier maturing than Red Fife |
|
Huron |
1900 |
earlier maturing than Red Fife |
|
White Fife |
1908 |
selection out of Red Fife |
|
Marquis |
1909 |
earlier maturing than Red Fife, good milling and bread-making quality |
|
Prelude |
1913 |
earlier maturing than Marquis |
|
Ruby |
1917 |
earlier maturing than Marquis |
|
Renfrew |
1924 |
later maturing selection out of Marquis |
|
Axminster |
1924 |
white kernel |
|
Garnet |
1925 |
earlier maturing than Marquis |
|
Montana King |
1925 |
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|
Red Bobs #222 |
1926 |
earlier maturing than Marquis |
|
Reward |
1928 |
early maturity, good test weight and quality |
|
Thatcher |
1935 |
stem rust resistant, wide adaptation, earlier maturity, quality |
|
Renown |
1937 |
leaf and stem rust resistant |
|
Coronation |
1937 |
disease resistance, adapted to eastern Canada |
| Rescue |
1946 |
resistant to wheat stem sawfly |
|
Saunders |
1947 |
earlier maturing than Thatcher |
|
Cascade |
1947 |
white kernels, disease resistance, grain yield |
|
Chinook |
1952 |
resistant to wheat stem sawfly |
|
Selkirk |
1953 |
resistant to leaf and stem rust |
|
Pembina |
1959 |
resistant to leaf and stem rust |
|
Canthatch |
1959 |
resistant to leaf and stem rust |
|
Cypress |
1962 |
resistant to wheat stem sawfly |
|
Manitou |
1965 |
resistant to stem rust, wide adaptation |
|
Neepawa |
1969 |
disease resistant, wide adaptation, high yield |
|
Canuck |
1973 |
resistant to wheat stem sawfly |
|
Chester |
1973 |
resistant to wheat stem sawfly |
|
Dundas |
1979 |
high yield for its maturity |
|
Vernon |
1979 |
high yield, resistant to powdery mildew |
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Columbus |
1980 | pre-harvest sprout resistant |
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Leader |
1981 |
resistant to wheat stem sawfly, pre-harvest sprout resistant |
|
Katepwa |
1981 |
disease resistant, wide adaptation |
|
Lancer |
1984 |
resistant to wheat stem sawfly, pre-harvest sprout resistant |
|
Belvedere |
1985 |
high yield, resistant to many diseases |
|
Laura |
1986 |
higher yield and protein than Neepawa |
|
Roblin |
1986 |
resistant to leaf and stem rust, earlier maturity, high protein |
|
CDC Makwa |
1990 |
resistant to diseases, high yield |
|
Pasqua |
1990 |
resistant to diseases, drought tolerant |
|
AC Minto |
1991 |
resistant to diseases, high yield |
|
CDC Teal |
1991 |
resistant to diseases, high yield in Parkland |
|
AC Eatonia |
1993 |
resistant to wheat stem sawfly, pre-harvest sprout resistant |
|
AC Barrie |
1994 |
high yield, resistant to many diseases, high protein |
|
AC Voyageur |
1994 |
high yield, resistant to many diseases |
|
AC Cadillac |
1996 |
high yield, resistant to many diseases |
|
AC Abbey |
1998 |
high yield, resistant to many diseases |