Description:
Spring, hard. Vida has middense and tapering heads with white awns and glumes. Glumes are acuminate and shoulders are elevated. Kernels are red, ovate, and have a medium brush. Kernels have a medium crease with rounded cheeks. Anthocyanin is absent in the coleoptile and the flag leaf is erect. Mature plant color is light tan. Grain protein of Vida over 30 location/years averaged 147 g kg–1 as compared with 149 and 150 g kg–1 for McNeal and Reeder, respectively. Flour yield for Vida averaged 69.3 g kg–1 as compared with 65.1 and 67 g kg–1 for McNeal and Reeder, respectively. Water absorption was 73, 77, and 72 g kg–1 for Vida, McNeal, and Reeder, respectively. Loaf volume was 1135, 1220, and 1118 cm3 for Vida, McNeal and Reeder, respectively.
Creation:
Vida was derived from an F4 plant selection from the cross ‘Scholar’ (Lanning et al., 2000)/‘Reeder’ (PI 613586).
Country:
Canada
Yeld:
Vida yielded 4468 kg ha–1

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