Description:
‘Explorer’ (Reg. no. CV-915, PI 619086) is a hard white spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) developed and released in May 2001 by the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station. Explorer provides producers with a high protein hard white wheat with excellent baking quality to complement lower protein hard white wheats and the hard red spring wheat traditionally grown in the Great Plains of Montana.Explorer has seedlings with green coleoptiles, yellow anthers, and a flat, mostly erect flag leaf. Explorer has awned, inclined, oblong heads with tan-white straw and chaff. The kernels are ovate, mid-long, with a mid-sized germ. Kernels have a medium V-shaped crease with angular cheeks and a mid-sized brush with collar.
Creation:
Explorer was an F4 plant selection from the cross MT8182/ ‘Fortuna’)//‘Pondera’/MT8182. MT8182 has hard white seed and was a selection from the cultivar Yding (‘CIANO F67’/ ‘Penjamo T62’//‘Gallo’). Fortuna (Lebsock et al., 1967) is solid-stemmed hard red spring wheat, and Pondera (McNeal et al., 1980) is a hollow-stemmed hard red spring wheat. Single seed descent was used for advancement to the F4 generation, where plants were selected primarily for height, head type, maturity, and seed color for advancement to F5 rows. F5 rows were evaluated for the same characteristics along with uniformity, apparent yield potential, and kernel protein. Selected rows were advanced to a single row yield nursery in Bozeman in 1996 and evaluated for yield, other agronomic characters, and milling and baking quality. A selection from this nursery was designated ‘MTHW9710’.
Country:
USA
Yeld:
Yield of Explorer averaged 4475 kg ha-1

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