Norwest 553

Friday, 31 July 2009 08:52

Description: Norwest 553 is a common hard red winter wheat variety developed by Oregon State University and Nickerson U.K. in cooperation with USDA-ARS. It is an awned, short statured, semidwarf variety with high-yeld potential and good milling and baking quality. Norwest 553 is a resistant to stripe rust and tolerant to Fusarium crown rot (dryland foot rot). Norwest 553 is moderately resistant to Cephalosporium stripe, powdery mildew, and Septoria leaf blotch. Norwest 553 is a susceptible to strawbreaker (eyespot) footrot. Norwest 553 is a mid-season maturing variety. Creation: Norwest 553 was derived from the cross 95B343/Isengrain made in 1996 by the Vernuil Company, FR. Norwest 553 was developed as a doubled haploid from an F1 plant in the 1997-1998 growing season and given the selection designation 00B553 Country: USA Yeld: 114,7 bu/acre Go to Tables of wheat varietes

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