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Plant Breeding New Variety Releases
AGS 2000- released in 1999 is
medium maturing, awned, white chaffed, medium tall soft red winter wheat.
It is resistant to currently predominant races of powdery mildew,
moderately resistant to leaf rust and resistant to the predominant
biotypes of Hessian Fly in the Southeast. It has a heavy wax on the plants
at heading which gives it a distinctive grayish blue-green plant color.
AGS 2000 will be marketed by AGSouth Genetics, a new marketing company
created to market selected new varieties developed by both Universities.
Horizon 314- released in 1999
is a new full season winter oat cultivar that has considerable potential
for both grain and forage production in the Southeast. In comparison to
Chapman it is higher yielding, has a heavier test weight, and is 3-6 days
later in heading, and 4 inches taller in height. It has good winter
hardiness, good crown rust resistance, tillers well and has a dark green
plant color. Horizon 314 has been released exclusively to Plantation
Seeds, Newton, Georgia for marketing and promotion. and is available for
the first time in the Fall of 2000.
Four additional wheat lines have been
released in recent years. Crawford was released to AgriPro Wheat in 2002,
SS 524 was released to Southern States Cooperative in 2001, AGS 2485 was
released to AGSouth Genetics in 2002, and USG 3592 was released to
UniSouth Genetics in 2003.
Two additional oat lines have also
been released - Horizon 474 was in 2002 and Horizon 321 in 2003 - both to
Plantation Seeds.
Two triticale lines were released in
2003 - one to Southern Wildlife Seeds. and another to Resource Seeds Inc.
but neither has been named as yet.
Two rye lines were released in 2003 -
one to AGSouth Genetics and another to Southern Wildlife Seeds but neither
has been named as yet.
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