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Title: Registration of ‘Jamestown’ Wheat

Author
item GRIFFEY, C - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item THOMASON, W - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item PITMAN, R - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item BEAHM, B - Foundation Seed Farm
item PALING, J - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item J, CHEN - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item FANELLI, J - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item KENNER, J - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item DUNAWAY, D - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item BROOKS, W - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item VAUGHN, M - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item HOKANSON, E - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item BEHL, H - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item CORBIN, R - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item CUSTIS, J - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item WALDENMAIER, C - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item STARNER, D - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item GULICK, S - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item ASHBURN, S - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item WHITT, D - Virginia Crop Improvement Association
item Souza, Edward
item Bockelman, Harold
item Long, David
item Jin, Yue
item Chen, Xiaoming
item Cambron, Sue

Submitted to: Journal of Plant Registrations
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 10/1/2009
Publication Date: 1/1/2010
Citation: Griffey, C.A., Thomason, W.E., Pitman, R.M., Beahm, B.R., Paling, J.J., J, C., Fanelli, J.K., Kenner, J.C., Dunaway, D.W., Brooks, W.S., Vaughn, M.E., Hokanson, E.G., Behl, H.D., Corbin, R.A., Custis, J.T., Waldenmaier, C.M., Starner, D.E., Gulick, S.A., Ashburn, S.R., Whitt, D.L., Souza, E.J., Bockelman, H.E., Long, D.L., Jin, Y., Chen, X., Cambron, S.E. 2010. Registration of ‘Jamestown’ Wheat. Journal of Plant Registrations. 2010 4:28-33.

Interpretive Summary: Jamestown soft red winter wheat is a new wheat cultivar released by the Virginia Polytechnical Institute for wheat growers in the mid-Atlantic region of the eastern US. The Soft Wheat Quality Laboratory provided quality evaluations and interpretation of the appropriate uses of this wheat cultivar.

Technical Abstract: ‘Jamestown’ (Reg. No. CV-, PI 653731) soft red winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) was developed and released by the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station in March 2007. Jamestown was derived from the cross ‘Roane’ (PI 612958)/Pioneer Brand ‘2691’ (PI 590941 PVPO) and was tested under the experimental number VA02W-370. Jamestown is an early heading, awned, short stature, semidwarf (Rht2) cultivar possessing resistance to the predominant insect and disease pests in the eastern soft wheat region. Jamestown most notably has resistance to Hessian fly [Mayetiola destructor (Say)], stripe rust (Puccinia striiformis Westend.) and fusarium head blight [caused by Fusarium graminearum (Schwabe)]. In USDA-ARS uniform nursery trials conducted at 27 locations in 2005 and at 26 locations in 2006, Jamestown produced average grain yields of 5496 and 5563 kg ha-1, respectively, in comparison to nursery mean yields of 4959 kg ha-1 in 2005 and 4878 kg ha-1 in 2006. Milling and baking quality of Jamestown exceeds that of ‘USG 3209’ (PI 617055 PVPO) having higher break flour yield (30.5% versus 28.3%), softer flour texture (softness equivalent score 58.1% versus 55.1%), lower sucrose retention capacity (93.8% versus 104%), and larger cookie diameters (17.0 cm versus 16.8 cm).