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Title: MINNESOTA WHEAT PRODUCTION, BREEDING, AND SCAB SCREENING

Author
item Busch, Robert - Bob
item HU, CHARLES - UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
item DILL MACKY, RUTH - UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

Submitted to: Wheat Newsletter
Publication Type: Other
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/11/1997
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Minnesota produced an estimated 101 million bushels (3.4 million metric tons) of wheat from 2.4 million acres (0.92 million hectares) in 1996. An average yield of spring wheat in 1996 was 42 bu/A compared to 32 bu/A in 1995 and 28 bu/A in 1994. Fusarium head blight (FHB) has been a problem in the 1990's with severe attacks in 1990 and 1991 and devastating attacks in 1993 and 1994. Severe FHB epidemics continued in 1995 but finally in 1996 much smaller areas was attacked. Many of the more popular and newer varieties were susceptible to FHB. 2375 from Pioneer was the most tolerant variety to FHB and has remained our most popular variety. Most newly released varieties now have some tolerance and may out yield 2375, but it remains one of the most tolerant varieties.