The Georgia Agricultural
Experiment Station
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
The University of Georgia
Research Report Number 673
August 2001
Dr. J.W. Johnson, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Georgia Station, Griffin, Georgia
AGS 2000 is a high yielding, high test weight, medium maturing, and medium-tall soft red winter wheat cultivar. It is resistance to currently predominate races of powdery mildew, resistant to leaf rust and resistant to predominate biotypes of Hessian fly in the southeast. AGS 2000 will be marketed by AGSouth Genetics.
Horizon 314 is a full season winter oat cultivar that performed well for both grain and forage production in the southeast. It is high yielding, high test weight and excellent straw strength. It has good winter hardiness and good crown rot resistance. Horizon 314 is marketed by Plantation Seeds, Inc.
Several wheat cultivars have been released by private companies for production in Georgia: SS 518-R, Pioneer 26R61, Pioneer 26R38 and USG 3209.