Description:
'Rawhide' (Reg. no. CV-772, PI 543893) is a hard red winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) developed cooperatively by the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station and the USDA-ARS. It was jointly released to seed producers in 1990 by the developing institutions and the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station. Rawhide is an awned, white-glumed cultivar. The foliage is blue-green, with a waxy bloom at anthesis. The spike is middense and mostly oblong. At maturity, the spike is inclined to nodding. The glume is midlong and midwide. The glume shoulder is narrow and sloping to square. The beak is acuminate and medium with a range of moderately short to long. Kernels are short, red colored, hard textured, and elliptical to ovate. Kernels have no collar, rounded cheeks,midsize germ, large brush, and a narrow and shallow crease.
Creation:
Rawhide was selected from the cross 'Warrior'*5/'Agent'//'Kavkaz'/4/'Parker'*4/Agent/
/'Beloterkovskaia 198Y'Lancer'/3/'Vona' made in 1977 by J. W. Schmidt. Rawhide is an increase of a F3-derived F4 line that was identified in 1983 and tested as NE83498.
Country:
USA
Yeld:
3420 kg ha-1

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