New Varieties and Germplasms
   
   The following is only a partial list of new wheat varieties and
   germplasms available in the region.  Included are those for
   which we have current information.  
   
   VARIETIES
   
   South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station announced the
   release of two hard red winter wheats in 1997:  Tandem'
   (PI601817) and  Crimson' (PI601818).  
   
       Tandem is an F5 derived line from the cross  Brule/Agate'
   and was tested in the NRPN from 1993 through 1995 as SD89119. 
   Tandem is a standard height wheat with a long coleoptile and
   medium straw strength.  It has excellent end-use quality
   characteristics with large kernels, high kernel weight, and high
   flour extraction.  Baking tests indicate high water absorption
   with average mixing time and good tolerance ratings.  Tandem is
   of medium maturity, 2 days earlier than Roughrider and similar
   to Arapahoe.  It is moderately resistant to prevalent races of
   stem rust and susceptible to leaf rust, tan spot, septoria
   tritici, and WSMV. Tandem is heterogeneous for resistance to the
   Great Plains biotype of Hessian fly.  
   
      Crimson is an F5 derived line from the cross  TAM-105/Winoka'
   and was tested in the NRPN from 1994 through 1996 as SD89153. 
   Crimson is a standard height wheat with  a long coleoptile.  It has
   exhibited very high and stable test weight characteristics over 
   test locations.  It has good end-use quality characteristics with 
   average kernel weight and flour extraction.  Baking tests indicate 
   high water absorption with average mixing time and tolerance ratings.
   Crimson is of medium-late maturity, 1 day earlier than Roughrider 
   and 1 day later than Arapahoe.  Crimson is moderately resistant to
   prevalent races of stem rust and susceptible to leaf rust and 
   Hessian fly.  It is resistant to South Dakota isolates of 
   septoria tritici and greenhouse seedling tests suggest a moderate 
   level of resistance to WSMV.  
   
   Agripro Seeds, Inc., recently announced the release of  Hondo'
   hard red winter wheat.  Hondo was derived from the cross  
   W84-179/W81-171/3/Sturdy/Hawk//W81-133-3' and was tested in the 1997
   WPRPN as W95-210.  It is also entered in the 1998 SRPN. Hondo is
   resistant to WSBMV and WSSVM and has very good tolerance to
   WSMV.  It has shown good resistance to prevalent races of leaf
   rust and good tolerance to tan spot and Septoria tritici.  Hondo
   is a medium- height semidwarf of medium maturity with a medium-long 
   coleoptile and good tolerance to acid soils.  It has shown
   good field tolerance to head scab.  Hondo is best adapted to
   production areas of Kansas, Nebraska, and north-east Colorado.  
   
   The Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station announced the
   release of two hard red winter wheats in 1997:  Prowers' and
    Yumar'.
   
      Prowers was derived from the cross  CO850060/PI372129
   //5*Lamar' and was tested in the 1997 Western Plains Regional
   Performance Nursery as CO940750.  It also was tested under the
   designation Lamar-R32.  Prowers is a medium-tall wheat, similar
   to Lamar in all aspects except that it is resistant to the
   Russian wheat aphid.  Prowers currently contains about 80% RWA-
   resistant plants.  Further purification for RWA-resistance is
   underway.
   
    Yumar was derived from the cross  Yuma/PI372129,F1//
   CO850034/3/4*Yuma' and was tested in the 1997 SRPN as CO940700. 
   Is also was tested under the designation Yuma-R21.  Yumar is a
   semidwarf wheat, similar to Yuma in all aspects except that it
   is resistant to the Russian wheat aphid and slightly taller. 
   Yumar contains essentially 100% RWA resistant plants.