The Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
The University of Georgia
Research Report Number 666
August 2000
Small Grains Updates
Dr. J. W. Johnson, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Georgia Station, Griffin, GA 30223-1797
The Small Grains Breeding Program released a wheat cultivar which will be marketed as AGS 2000 (PVP applied for). AGS 2000 is medium maturing, awned, white chaffed, medium tall soft red winter wheat. It is resistant to currently predominant races of powdery mildew, moderately resistant to leaf rust, and resistant to the predominant biotypes of Hessian Fly in the Southeast. It has a heavy wax on the plants at heading which gives it a distinctive grayish blue-green plant color. This new cultivar available for the first time for the Fall 2000 planting season was tested experimentally as 89482E7. It has the following pedigree: Pioneer 2555 /PF84301 //Florida 302. AGS 2000 is broadly adapted and is high yielding with a high test weight. It was developed by the University of Georgia/University of Florida small grains breeding program. AGS 2000 will be marketed by AGSouth Genetics, a new marketing company created to market selected new varieties developed by both Universities.
The team has also released a new oat cultivar, Horizon 314 (PVP applied for). Horizon 314 (tested as FL92OHR31,314 and FLX499-1-B3-G6) is a new full season winter oat cultivar that has considerable potential for both grain and forage production in the Southeast. It was developed by the University of Florida and the University of Georgia. In comparison to Chapman it is higher yielding, has a heavier test weight, and is 3-6 days later in heading and 4 inches taller in height. It has good winter hardiness, good crown rust resistance, tillers well, and has a dark green plant color. At heading the flag leaves are more upright than most other varieties. Seed are white similar to Chapman and turn greyish if weathered. Horizon 314 has been released exclusively to Plantation Seeds, Newton, Georgia for marketing and promotion and is available for the first time in the Fall of 2000.
Several wheat cultivars have been released by private companies for production in Georgia. These include: FFR 518, Pioneer 26R61, and USG 3209.