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Hard Red Spring Wheat (Triticum aestivum )
Crop Information
Description:

This is the wheat class Canada is famous for. The term "hard' refers to kernel texture. Hard wheats usually (but not necessarily) have a vitreous endosperm. The top grades of Canadian Western Red Spring (1CWRS and 2CWRS) wheats are characterized by hard texture, high protein and high gluten content. CWRS wheat is purchased by 0.1 % units of protein. This is the wheat that the lightest, most moist, high rise loafs of bread are made from.

About half of the acres sown to Canada Western Red Spring type cultivars are located in the brown and dark brown soils. The probability of obtaining top grades of CWRS is highest in these types of soils and weather conditions. As long as there is a market demand for top grades of CWRS wheat and a price premium for number 1 CWRS over other classes of wheat, then CWRS wheat cultivars will be produced in the brown and dark brown soils zones.

 

Hard Red Spring Wheat Distributor(s):
  AAFC, Cereal Research Centre, Winnipeg,  AgPro,  Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization, Lacombe Research Centre, Lacombe,  Alliance Seed Corporation,  Canterra Seeds,  Canterra Seeds and Cargill,  Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon,  Quality Assured Seeds ( Choose FarmPure),  SeCan,  Stock Seed Distribution Committee,  University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon,  Viterra,  Viterra/Proven Seed,  to be determined

Characteristics
Performance:
Variety
 
Data by Geographical Region
Comp.
Mat. Days
Test Yield Category 
1
2
3
4
5&6 
IRR 
Low
Med
High
 
Yield as % of AC Barrie
 
Yield as % of test mean 
AC Barrie❀
100
100
100
100
100
100
106
99
96
95
5602HR ❀
110
110
103
108
97
123
2
100
101
102
AC Abbey❀† 
103
100
92
105
103
96
-1
96
102
105
AC Cadillac❀
100
98
96
97
95
87
0
99
96
97
AC Eatonia ❀
91
93
91
93
97
89
1
89
95
92
AC Elsa❀
101
109
100
104
107
90
0
102
105
105
AC Intrepid❀
100
103
96
107
105
93
-2
102
102
104
AC Splendor ▲
94
94
93
99
96
94
-3
94
95
98
Alikat † 
94
94
93
97
100
82
-1
98
94
95
Alvena ▲
94
104
97
104
102
113
0
97
98
99
CDC Abound ▲
108
113
108
113
109
131
2
104
109
108
CDC Alsask ❀
107
111
101
107
111
110
0
105
104
103
CDC Bounty 
106
104
100
109
103
102
-1
103
105
103
CDC Go 
124
114
106
110
108
139
-1
102
109
114
CDC Imagine ❀
105
104
100
108
104
109
-1
102
103
103
CDC Osler
134
107
102
107
100
118
-1
101
103
103
CDC Teal 
100
99
91
104
101
100
-2
97
100
101
Goodeve ▲
97
108
103
106
103
XX
1
104
100
99
Harvest ❀
102
104
106
102
97
111
0
98
102
99
Infinity ❀
112
100
101
101
105
108
0
102
100
99
Journey❀
109
104
96
93
97
108
1
95
99
96
Kane ❀
96
104
97
102
97
XX
0
94
97
98
Katepwa 
100
98
94
100
100
97
0
97
94
91
Lillian ❀
120
104
101
98
102
119
-1
107
98
99
Lovitt ❀
102
92
99
99
98
94
-1
97
95
96
McKenzie 
107
103
101
103
102
109
-1
106
102
105
Park
101
94
86
101
95
104
-2
91
94
90
Peace
108
102
94
98
99
109
-1
97
95
97
Prodigy
104
100
104
107
105
93
0
106
105
104
Roblin 
92
89
91
95
98
104
XX
94
95
95
Snowstar ❀
96
103
101
97
102
111
-3
99
99
95
Somerset ❀
95
104
95
97
102
106
1
101
96
94
Superb ❀
116
112
106
116
112
121
1
108
109
106
Waskada ▲
97
130
104
115
104
XX
-1
101
100
105
Remarks: AC Abbey, AC Eatonia  and Lillian - adapted to sawfly areas. AC Abbey has semi-dwarf stature.  Varieties having a rating of fair (F) or  poor (P) to loose smut or bunt  require a systemic fungicide seed treatment.  C.W. Red Spring Wheat grown under irrigation tends to have lower grades.  Alikat - special adaptation to acid soils. CDC Imagine and CDC Abound are Clearfield tolerant.  BW365, BW388, BW859, BW867 and Unity VB, insufficient data to describe.

Agronomic Data:

Variety Ht Kn. Wt. Protein Te. Wt.
  (cm) (g/1000) (%) (lb/bu)
5600 HR 89 37 0.5 63
5602HR 91 37 0.5 63
AC Abbey 85 35 -1.2 62
AC Barrie 89 37 14.4 63
AC Cadillac 98 39 0.2 64
AC Eatonia 92 35 -0.1 62
AC Elsa 89 35 -0.4 62
AC Intrepid 91 39 -0.5 62
AC Splendor 90 38 0.4 61
Alikat 87 36 -0.4 63
Alvena 91 36 0.2 63
CDC Abound 84 39 -0.1 63
CDC Alsask 93 37 0.1 62
CDC Bounty 94 37 -0.4 64
CDC GO 85 42 14.4 61
CDC Go 85 42 0.0 61
CDC Imagine 84 38 -0.2 60
CDC Osler 86 35 0.0 61
CDC Teal 89 36 -0.2 62
Goodeve 90 36 0.1 62
Harvest 84 37 0.2 62
Infinity 89 34 -0.3 61
Journey 83 36 0.6 61
Kane 87 36 0.2 64
Katepwa 93 35 -0.3 62
Lillian 87 38 -0.1 61
Lovitt 89 35 -0.3 61
McKenzie 89 34 -0.9 62
Park 91 35 0.0 62
Peace 93 38 0.2 63
Prodigy 94 35 0.3 63
Roblin 87 36 0.1 62
Somerset 97 36 -0.2 62
Superb 85 42 -0.4 62

Abbreviations Used:
Ht = Height (cm) ;  Kn. Wt. = Kernel Weight (g/1000) ;  Te. Wt. = Test Weight (lb/bu)

Disease Data:

Variety Bunt, common Comm Rt. Rot Fusarium Head Blight Leaf Spot Loose Smut Stripe Rust
5600 HR F P F P G P
5602HR G --- G F VG F
AC Abbey F F VP P F F
AC Barrie F F F P G P
AC Cadillac VG F F F VG F
AC Eatonia G F P F F
AC Elsa F F P G G
AC Intrepid G F P F F G
AC Splendor F F P F F F
Alikat F F P G
Alvena G --- P G
CDC Abound F --- P P F
CDC Alsask G F P P G
CDC Bounty F F F P G
CDC GO G F P P
CDC Go G --- F P P
CDC Imagine G F VP P G F
CDC Osler G --- VP G
CDC Teal F F VP P F F
Goodeve P --- VP P G
Harvest F F VP P G
Infinity F --- VP P G P
Journey G F P P F F
Kane F --- F F P
Katepwa G F F P G P
Lillian G F VP P F G
Lovitt F F VP G P
McKenzie VG F F F P P
Park F VP P G
Peace VG --- VP VG
Prodigy G F VP P F
Roblin VP F VP VP G
Somerset F --- P P VG
Superb G F P P F P

Abbreviations Used:
Comm Rt. Rot = Common Root Rot Resistance: VG = Very Good, G = Good, F = Fair, P = Poor, VP = Very Poor, S = Susceptible

Environment Data:

Variety Ldg. Shat. Sprouting
5600 HR G
5602HR G G F
AC Abbey F G P
AC Barrie G G G
AC Cadillac F G F
AC Eatonia P G G
AC Elsa G G F
AC Intrepid G G P
AC Splendor F G F
Alikat F G F
Alvena G F
CDC Abound G G
CDC Alsask F G F
CDC Bounty F G F
CDC GO P P
CDC Go G G P
CDC Imagine G G F
CDC Osler G G F
CDC Teal G G P
Harvest VG G VG
Infinity G G G
Journey VG G G
Katepwa F G F
Lillian G G G
Lovitt G VG
McKenzie F G VG
Park F G G
Peace G G P
Prodigy G F F
Roblin G G F
Somerset G F
Superb G G G

Abbreviations Used:
Ldg. = Lodging Resistance: VP = Very poor, P = Poor, F = Fair, G = Good, VG = Very good, EX = Excellent ;  Shat. = Shattering - Resistance: EX = Excellent, VG = Very Good, G = Good, F = Fair, P = Poor, VP = Very Poor
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Last Modified: February 24, 2009
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