Campaign Circular 178 Revised 1985 Certified Crop Varieties Suggested for Nebraska 1985, talks about the variations of crops in Nebraska such as small grains, sorghums, soybeans, legumes, grasses, corn

Anderson, B. E.

Dreier, A. F.

Foote, W. D.

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CC178 Revised 1985 Crop Varieties Suggested for
Nebraska 1985
A. F. Dreier
W. D. Foote
B. E. Anderson
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, banderson1@unl.edu
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Materials from University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension. 3172.
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R t-J Crop Varieties 
Suggested for 
NEBRASKA-1985 
(Experiment Station Releases) 
• SMALL GRAINS 
• SOYBEANS 
• ALFALFA 
• OTHER LEGUMES 
• GRASSES 
A. F. Dreier • DRY BEANS 
Extension Crops Specialist 
W. D. Foote 
c.c. 178 
Extension Grain Specialist 
B. E. Anderson • OTHER CROPS 
Extension Forage Specialist 
. . 
Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the { ·~ a U.S. Department of Agriculture. Leo E. Lucas, Director of Cooperative Extension Service, University of Nebraska, • 
Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. ·· ·····•' 
The Cooperative Extension Service provides information and educational programs to all people without regard to race , color, national origin , sex or handicap . 
Cropping 
District 
Northeast 
East 
Central 
Southeast 
South 
Central 
Central 
North 
Central 
West 
Southwest 
Crop 
Varz"etz"es for 
Nebraska zn 1985 
EXPERIMENT STATION RELEASES 
Many good privately developed varieties or closed pedigree 
hybrids are available. 
Winter Oats 
Wheat Early Mid-season 
Brule Bates 
Centura Lang Benson 
Larry Burnett Centurk 78 1 Ogle Kelsey 
Colt Otee Lancer 
Siouxland Stout 
Bennett Bates 
Brule Lang Larry Benson 
Centura Ogle Burnett 
Kelsey Centurk 78 Otee 
Colt Stout Lancer 
Siouxland 
Ark an Bates 
Bennett 
Centura 
Lang 
Larry 
Centurk 78 Ogle 
Homestead Otee 
Larned Stout 
Siouxland 
Bennett 
Brule Bates' 
Buckskin Lang' 
Centura Larry' 
Centurk 78 Ogle' 
Colt Otee' 
Larned Stout' 
Siouxland 
Brule 
Centura 
Bates' Centurk 78 
Lang' Colt 
Larry' Benson' Siouxland 
Ogle' Lancer' 
Otee' 
Agate Stout' 
Brule 
Centura Benson' 
Centurk 78 1 
Colt 
Kelsey' 
Lancer' 
Siouxland 
Agate Bates' 
Brule Lang 
Centura Larry Kelsey' 
Centurk 78 Ogle' Russell• 
Colt Otee 
Siouxland Stout 
Brule Bates' 
Buckskin Lang' 
Centura Larry' 
Centurk 78 Ogle' 
Colt Otee' 
Larned Stout' 
Siouxland 
Spring Barley 
Bowers 
Custer 
Hazen 
Steptoe 
Bower:; 
Custer 
Hazen 
Bowers 
Custer 
Hazen 
Bowers 
Custer 
Hazen 
Bowers 
Custer 
Hazen 
Steptoe 
Bowers 
Custer 
Hazen 
Steptoe 
Bowers 
Custer 
Hazen 
1L:ss winterhardy than Brule. 'For both irrigated and non-irrigated land. •For irrigated land. 4 Primarily for irrigated land. 
NEBRASKA CROPPING DISTRIC 
Soybeans 
Am cor• Mead 
Century Platte 
Corsoy 79 Weber 
Elgin 
Century Mead 
Corsoy 79 Platte 
Cumberland Pella 
Elgin Will 
Harper Williams 82 
Hobbit ' 
Century Platte 
Cumberland Pella 
Harper Will 
Hobbit' Williams 82 
Mead 
Century Mead 
Corsoy 79 Pella 
Cumberland Platte 
Elgin Will 
Harper Williams 82 
Hobbit' 
Amcor6 Hobbit' 
Century• Mead• 
Corsoy 79• Pella• 
Cumberland• Platte• 
Harper• Will• 
Century' Mead• 
Corsoy 79' Pella• 
Cumberland• Platte• 
Elgin• Will• 
Harper• 
&Primarily for irrigated land and/or high produai1 
~--------~----------------------------~------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alfalfa 
Baker 
Perry 
Wrangler 
Baker 
Perry 
Riley 
Wrangler 
Baker 
Perry 
Riley 
Wrangler 
Baker 
Perry 
Riley 
Wrangler 
Baker 
Perry 
Wrangler 
Baker 
Perry 
Riley 
Wrangler 
Circulars giving performance data for-alfalfa, corn, grain sorghum, proso, 
small grains, and soybeans are available from your County Agent. 
Know the Seed You Plant! Certified Seed 
Assures Purity and Quality 
Other Legumes 
Crop and 
Variety 
Area of State 
Adaptation 
Sweetclover 
Gold top 
Madrid 
Red Clover 
Ken land 
Ken star 
Birdsfoot Trefoil 
Car roll 
Dawn 
Empire 
Vetch 
Madison 
Crown vetch 
Emerald 
Penngift 
Cool-season: 
Grasses 
Smooth Brome 
Entire 
East and 
wel 
meadows 
East 
Entire 
East 
East 
Lincoln, Lyon , Rebound 
Orchardgrass - Napier , Sterling 
Reed Canarygrass - Rise , Vantage 
Wheatgrass: 
crested-Nordan, Ruff 
intermediate- Slate 
tall - Platte 
western - Barton , Flintock 
Creeping Foxtail - Retain, Garrison 
Warm-season: 
Moderately late maturing 
big bluestem-Champ 
indianagrass - Holt 
little bluest em - Camper 
prairie sandreed -Goshen 
sand bluestem - Goldstrike 
sand lovegrass - Nebr. 27 
side-oats gram a - Butte 
switchgrass - Nebr. 28 
Late maturing 
big bluestem - Kaw, Pawnee , Rountree 
little bluestem - Aldous, Blaze 
Cimmarron 
indiangrass - Nebr. 54, Oto 
side-oats gram a-Trail way 
switchgrass - Pathfinder, Cave-In-Rock 
Crop and 
Variety 
Great Northern 
Emerson 
Harris 
Star 
Tara' 
Valley 
UI 59 
1140/ 067 
Pinto 
Olathe 
Ul 111 
UI 114 
Dry Beans 
Area of State 
Adaptation 
W, SW &NC 
W , SW &NC 
W , SW &NC 
W, SW &NC 
W , SW &NC 
W, SW &NC 
W , SW &NC 
W , SW &NC 
W, SW &NC 
W , SW&NC 
Other Crops 
Pro so 
Cerise 
Dawn 
Rise 
Rye 
Cougar 
Rymin 
Spring wheat 
James 
Olaf 
Sudan 
Piper 
Wheeler 
Winter barley 
Dundy 
Hitchcock 
Entire 
Entire 
Entire 
Entire 
Entire 
West & NC 
West & NC 
Entire 
Entire 
SW, SC & SE 
SW , SC & SE 
~ mvironments and narrow rows. •For non-irrigated land and less productive environments. 'On lighter soils and sloping land. Plant euly. 
--
NEW VARIETIES 
Cave-In-Rock Switchgrau - selected in southern Illinois , developed and 
released by the USDA-Soil Conservation Service . Good seedling vigor and 
resistance to damping off and leaf spot in seedlings. Tall , stiff stemmed varie· 
ty with resistance to lodging. Forage and seed yields are high. Best adapted to 
south central and eastern Nebraska. 
Elgin Soybean- a Group II maturity soybean developed at the Iowa Agri· 
cultural Experiment Station. The Illinois , Nebraska , Ohio , South Dakota 
and Wisconsin Experiment Stations joined in the 1984 release of this variety. 
Maturity is comparable to Corsoy 79 . In Regional Trials, Elgin yielded more, 
lodged less, was 7 inches shorter and had a larger seed than Corsoy 79 . In 
Iowa trials , Elgin was susceptible to iron deficiency chlorosis, like Corsoy 79. 
Elgin is resistant to bacterial pustule . It is susceptible to phytophthora. 
Goshen Prairie Sandreed -a rhizomatous, perennial warm-season grass 
well adapted to sandy sites. Goshen has equal or better seedling vigor, forage 
yield , ability to spread, and winter hardiness than other available lines . Rela -
tively early in maturity, it is used primarily for summer and winter grazing on 
sandhill range. 
Harper Soybean - a group Ill maturity soybean developed at the Iowa 
Agricultural Experiment Station. The lllinois, Indiana , Kansas , Nebraska 
and Ohio Experiment Stations joined in the 1984 release of this variety. 
Harper averaged I day earlier than Cumberland and 2 days later than Pella 
in Regional trials . Harper is resistant to bacterial pustule . It is moderately 
resistant to purple stain and moderately tolerant to phytophthora rot . 
Hazen Spring Barley - a six-rowed spring barley released by the North 
Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station in 1984. The pedigree is 
Glenn/ 4/ Nordic/ / Dickson/ Trophy/ !!/ Azure. Hazen is medium early, mid-
tall and has strong straw. In North Dakota, it has exceeded Morex in yield, 
test weight, kernel plumpness and straw strength . Performance in Nebraska 
has been excellent. 
Hitchcock Winter Barley - released by Nebraska in 1984 . It was selected 
from the cross Dicktoo / Reno / / Shonan/ Randolph / !1 / 0AC WB 
2-11 / Decatur . It is about a day later than Kearney. Straw strength is 
moderate , similar to Dundy and much superior to Kearney. Winter survival 
has been slightly superior to that of Dundy. Straw strength and yield are 
similar to Dundy. Hitchcock has an upright head habit in contrast to the 
nodding type of Dundy and Paoli". This is a distinct advantage, especially in 
case of delayed harvest . 
Platte Soybean - a Group II soybean selected at the UNL Mead Field 
Laboratory from the cross Amsoy 71 x (Adelphia• x Mukden) . It has an inter-
mediate growth habit and is similar to Century in plant height. Lodging 
resistance is superior to Century. Platte is resistant to races 1 and 2 of phyto-
phthora . 
Rountree Big Bluestem - selected in Iowa and released by the USDA-SCS 
and Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station in 198!1 . It has a more rapid 
seedling growth rate and higher resistance to leaf rust than other varieties . 
Forage and seed yields are high and it resists lodging . Maturity is similar to 
Pawnee and is adapted to south central and eastern Nebraska. 
Siouxland Winter Wheat- developed cooperatively by the Nebraska Agri -
cultural Experiment Station and the USDA-ARS . Released in 1984. Sioux -
land was selected from the cross (Warrior* 51 Agent)*2 / / Kavkaz . It has a 
combination of resistance to septoria , mildew, tan spot , leaf rust and prob-
ably Cephalosporium stripe , not found in any other hard red winter wheat 
variety. Siouxland is of standard height and has good winter hardiness . It has 
a good yield record and should be of most value in eastern Nebraska where 
foliar diseases are most prevalent. 
Wrangler Alfalfa - a winterhardy persistant variety resistant to five 
diseases and !I insects. It was developed by the Nebraska and Minnesota Agri -
cultural Experiment Station and USDA . Wrangler has a high level of resis -
tance to phytophthora root rot and spotted alfalfa aphid , is resistant to pea 
aphid and bacterial wilt, and has moderate resistance to downy mildew, 
potato leafhopper yellowing, and verticillium wilt. It has demonstrated field 
resistance to anthracnose . Forage quality and yield is good. 
The information presented herein is supplied with the 
understanding that no discrimination is intended, nor 
endorsement implied, by the Nebraska Cooperative 
Extension Service. 
PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION 
The U.S. Plant Variety Protection Act became law in 1970. It 
gives the originating plant breeder or owners the right to pro-
tect (by controlling marketing) new varieties of sexually repro-
duced crops. This gives rights similar to those granted to inven-
tors under the Patent Act. It covers plants that are reproduced 
from seed . Asexually reproduced (from cuttings, etc.) were pro-
tected under Patent since 1930. First generation h ybrids are 
exempt from this Act. 
Protection of new products o f plant breeding ass ut·es seed 
users that the improved varieties are clearly identifiable. This 
also prevents varieties from being so ld under another name. 
Plant breeders would receive more credit for their develop-
ments. They would also have a greater opportunity to recove r 
their costs of varie tal research. This is of prima ry importance to 
private plant breeders. 
In order to be protected a variety must be nove l. In order to 
be novel a varie ty by definition must be; distinct, uniform , and 
stable. Developers have one year to apply for protection . The 
p rotection period is for 18 years. 
Two types o f p ro tection are offered under the law. Under 
the first option the owner may exclude o the rs from se lling seed 
of a var.ie ty without his permission , through licensing or royalty 
agreements. He can enforce viola tions by suits in court to recov-
er damages . Under the second option, the owner specifies that 
the varie ty can only be sold as a class of ce rtified seed. Viola tions 
are subject to prosecution under the Federal Seed Act and Neb-
ras ka Seed Law. 
T he regulations do not a ffect the ma rketin g o f grain tha t is 
not intended for planting as seed. Farmers can saYe seed of a 
protected va riety from their production for use on their own 
farms. 
The Nebras ka Agricultural Ex perimell! Sta tio n has pro-
tected recent wheat variety re leases and they can be so ld only as 
a class of ce rtified seed. Ma ny p rivate plant breed e rs ha,·e 
elected to protect their mate ria ls under the ce rtification opt ion. 
Protected varieties (or those for which protection has been 
applied) listed in this circular a re as fo llows: 
Winter Wheat Soybeans Alfalfa 
Agate Amcor Baker 
Arkan Century Riley 
Bennett Cumberland Wrangler 
Bucksin Elgin Barley 
Centura Harper Bowers 
Centurk 78 Hobbit 
Colt Pella Oats 
Homestead Platte Benson 
Siouxland Weber Stout 
Grasses 
Red Clover Rebound 
Kenstar Retain 
Dry Bean Vantage 
Harris Spring Wheat 
Olathe James 


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University of Nebraska - LincolnDigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - LincolnHistorical Materials from University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Extension1-1985CC178 Revised 1985 Crop Varieties Suggested forNebraska 1985A. F. DreierW. D. FooteB. E. AndersonUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln, banderson1@unl.eduFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/extensionhistThis Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Extension at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted forinclusion in Historical Materials from University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University ofNebraska - Lincoln.Dreier, A. F.; Foote, W. D.; and Anderson, B. E., "CC178 Revised 1985 Crop Varieties Suggested for Nebraska 1985" (1985). HistoricalMaterials from University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension. 3172.http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/extensionhist/3172v u JANUARY, 1985 A~ri s 5~~.~ Ala.~.l J(. c. "'2.. R t-J Crop Varieties Suggested for NEBRASKA-1985 (Experiment Station Releases) • SMALL GRAINS • SOYBEANS • ALFALFA • OTHER LEGUMES • GRASSES A. F. Dreier • DRY BEANS Extension Crops Specialist W. D. Foote c.c. 178 Extension Grain Specialist B. E. Anderson • OTHER CROPS Extension Forage Specialist . . Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the { ·~ a U.S. Department of Agriculture. Leo E. Lucas, Director of Cooperative Extension Service, University of Nebraska, • Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. ·· ·····•' The Cooperative Extension Service provides information and educational programs to all people without regard to race , color, national origin , sex or handicap . Cropping District Northeast East Central Southeast South Central Central North Central West Southwest Crop Varz"etz"es for Nebraska zn 1985 EXPERIMENT STATION RELEASES Many good privately developed varieties or closed pedigree hybrids are available. Winter Oats Wheat Early Mid-season Brule Bates Centura Lang Benson Larry Burnett Centurk 78 1 Ogle Kelsey Colt Otee Lancer Siouxland Stout Bennett Bates Brule Lang Larry Benson Centura Ogle Burnett Kelsey Centurk 78 Otee Colt Stout Lancer Siouxland Ark an Bates Bennett Centura Lang Larry Centurk 78 Ogle Homestead Otee Larned Stout Siouxland Bennett Brule Bates' Buckskin Lang' Centura Larry' Centurk 78 Ogle' Colt Otee' Larned Stout' Siouxland Brule Centura Bates' Centurk 78 Lang' Colt Larry' Benson' Siouxland Ogle' Lancer' Otee' Agate Stout' Brule Centura Benson' Centurk 78 1 Colt Kelsey' Lancer' Siouxland Agate Bates' Brule Lang Centura Larry Kelsey' Centurk 78 Ogle' Russell• Colt Otee Siouxland Stout Brule Bates' Buckskin Lang' Centura Larry' Centurk 78 Ogle' Colt Otee' Larned Stout' Siouxland Spring Barley Bowers Custer Hazen Steptoe Bower:; Custer Hazen Bowers Custer Hazen Bowers Custer Hazen Bowers Custer Hazen Steptoe Bowers Custer Hazen Steptoe Bowers Custer Hazen 1L:ss winterhardy than Brule. 'For both irrigated and non-irrigated land. •For irrigated land. 4 Primarily for irrigated land. NEBRASKA CROPPING DISTRIC Soybeans Am cor• Mead Century Platte Corsoy 79 Weber Elgin Century Mead Corsoy 79 Platte Cumberland Pella Elgin Will Harper Williams 82 Hobbit ' Century Platte Cumberland Pella Harper Will Hobbit' Williams 82 Mead Century Mead Corsoy 79 Pella Cumberland Platte Elgin Will Harper Williams 82 Hobbit' Amcor6 Hobbit' Century• Mead• Corsoy 79• Pella• Cumberland• Platte• Harper• Will• Century' Mead• Corsoy 79' Pella• Cumberland• Platte• Elgin• Will• Harper• &Primarily for irrigated land and/or high produai1 ~--------~----------------------------~------------------------------------------------------------------------Alfalfa Baker Perry Wrangler Baker Perry Riley Wrangler Baker Perry Riley Wrangler Baker Perry Riley Wrangler Baker Perry Wrangler Baker Perry Riley Wrangler Circulars giving performance data for-alfalfa, corn, grain sorghum, proso, small grains, and soybeans are available from your County Agent. Know the Seed You Plant! Certified Seed Assures Purity and Quality Other Legumes Crop and Variety Area of State Adaptation Sweetclover Gold top Madrid Red Clover Ken land Ken star Birdsfoot Trefoil Car roll Dawn Empire Vetch Madison Crown vetch Emerald Penngift Cool-season: Grasses Smooth Brome Entire East and wel meadows East Entire East East Lincoln, Lyon , Rebound Orchardgrass - Napier , Sterling Reed Canarygrass - Rise , Vantage Wheatgrass: crested-Nordan, Ruff intermediate- Slate tall - Platte western - Barton , Flintock Creeping Foxtail - Retain, Garrison Warm-season: Moderately late maturing big bluestem-Champ indianagrass - Holt little bluest em - Camper prairie sandreed -Goshen sand bluestem - Goldstrike sand lovegrass - Nebr. 27 side-oats gram a - Butte switchgrass - Nebr. 28 Late maturing big bluestem - Kaw, Pawnee , Rountree little bluestem - Aldous, Blaze Cimmarron indiangrass - Nebr. 54, Oto side-oats gram a-Trail way switchgrass - Pathfinder, Cave-In-Rock Crop and Variety Great Northern Emerson Harris Star Tara' Valley UI 59 1140/ 067 Pinto Olathe Ul 111 UI 114 Dry Beans Area of State Adaptation W, SW &NC W , SW &NC W , SW &NC W, SW &NC W , SW &NC W, SW &NC W , SW &NC W , SW &NC W, SW &NC W , SW&NC Other Crops Pro so Cerise Dawn Rise Rye Cougar Rymin Spring wheat James Olaf Sudan Piper Wheeler Winter barley Dundy Hitchcock Entire Entire Entire Entire Entire West & NC West & NC Entire Entire SW, SC & SE SW , SC & SE ~ mvironments and narrow rows. •For non-irrigated land and less productive environments. 'On lighter soils and sloping land. Plant euly. --NEW VARIETIES Cave-In-Rock Switchgrau - selected in southern Illinois , developed and released by the USDA-Soil Conservation Service . Good seedling vigor and resistance to damping off and leaf spot in seedlings. Tall , stiff stemmed varie· ty with resistance to lodging. Forage and seed yields are high. Best adapted to south central and eastern Nebraska. Elgin Soybean- a Group II maturity soybean developed at the Iowa Agri· cultural Experiment Station. The Illinois , Nebraska , Ohio , South Dakota and Wisconsin Experiment Stations joined in the 1984 release of this variety. Maturity is comparable to Corsoy 79 . In Regional Trials, Elgin yielded more, lodged less, was 7 inches shorter and had a larger seed than Corsoy 79 . In Iowa trials , Elgin was susceptible to iron deficiency chlorosis, like Corsoy 79. Elgin is resistant to bacterial pustule . It is susceptible to phytophthora. Goshen Prairie Sandreed -a rhizomatous, perennial warm-season grass well adapted to sandy sites. Goshen has equal or better seedling vigor, forage yield , ability to spread, and winter hardiness than other available lines . Rela -tively early in maturity, it is used primarily for summer and winter grazing on sandhill range. Harper Soybean - a group Ill maturity soybean developed at the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station. The lllinois, Indiana , Kansas , Nebraska and Ohio Experiment Stations joined in the 1984 release of this variety. Harper averaged I day earlier than Cumberland and 2 days later than Pella in Regional trials . Harper is resistant to bacterial pustule . It is moderately resistant to purple stain and moderately tolerant to phytophthora rot . Hazen Spring Barley - a six-rowed spring barley released by the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station in 1984. The pedigree is Glenn/ 4/ Nordic/ / Dickson/ Trophy/ !!/ Azure. Hazen is medium early, mid-tall and has strong straw. In North Dakota, it has exceeded Morex in yield, test weight, kernel plumpness and straw strength . Performance in Nebraska has been excellent. Hitchcock Winter Barley - released by Nebraska in 1984 . It was selected from the cross Dicktoo / Reno / / Shonan/ Randolph / !1 / 0AC WB 2-11 / Decatur . It is about a day later than Kearney. Straw strength is moderate , similar to Dundy and much superior to Kearney. Winter survival has been slightly superior to that of Dundy. Straw strength and yield are similar to Dundy. Hitchcock has an upright head habit in contrast to the nodding type of Dundy and Paoli". This is a distinct advantage, especially in case of delayed harvest . Platte Soybean - a Group II soybean selected at the UNL Mead Field Laboratory from the cross Amsoy 71 x (Adelphia• x Mukden) . It has an inter-mediate growth habit and is similar to Century in plant height. Lodging resistance is superior to Century. Platte is resistant to races 1 and 2 of phyto-phthora . Rountree Big Bluestem - selected in Iowa and released by the USDA-SCS and Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station in 198!1 . It has a more rapid seedling growth rate and higher resistance to leaf rust than other varieties . Forage and seed yields are high and it resists lodging . Maturity is similar to Pawnee and is adapted to south central and eastern Nebraska. Siouxland Winter Wheat- developed cooperatively by the Nebraska Agri -cultural Experiment Station and the USDA-ARS . Released in 1984. Sioux -land was selected from the cross (Warrior* 51 Agent)*2 / / Kavkaz . It has a combination of resistance to septoria , mildew, tan spot , leaf rust and prob-ably Cephalosporium stripe , not found in any other hard red winter wheat variety. Siouxland is of standard height and has good winter hardiness . It has a good yield record and should be of most value in eastern Nebraska where foliar diseases are most prevalent. Wrangler Alfalfa - a winterhardy persistant variety resistant to five diseases and !I insects. It was developed by the Nebraska and Minnesota Agri -cultural Experiment Station and USDA . Wrangler has a high level of resis -tance to phytophthora root rot and spotted alfalfa aphid , is resistant to pea aphid and bacterial wilt, and has moderate resistance to downy mildew, potato leafhopper yellowing, and verticillium wilt. It has demonstrated field resistance to anthracnose . Forage quality and yield is good. The information presented herein is supplied with the understanding that no discrimination is intended, nor endorsement implied, by the Nebraska Cooperative Extension Service. PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION The U.S. Plant Variety Protection Act became law in 1970. It gives the originating plant breeder or owners the right to pro-tect (by controlling marketing) new varieties of sexually repro-duced crops. This gives rights similar to those granted to inven-tors under the Patent Act. It covers plants that are reproduced from seed . Asexually reproduced (from cuttings, etc.) were pro-tected under Patent since 1930. First generation h ybrids are exempt from this Act. Protection of new products o f plant breeding ass ut·es seed users that the improved varieties are clearly identifiable. This also prevents varieties from being so ld under another name. Plant breeders would receive more credit for their develop-ments. They would also have a greater opportunity to recove r their costs of varie tal research. This is of prima ry importance to private plant breeders. In order to be protected a variety must be nove l. In order to be novel a varie ty by definition must be; distinct, uniform , and stable. Developers have one year to apply for protection . The p rotection period is for 18 years. Two types o f p ro tection are offered under the law. Under the first option the owner may exclude o the rs from se lling seed of a var.ie ty without his permission , through licensing or royalty agreements. He can enforce viola tions by suits in court to recov-er damages . Under the second option, the owner specifies that the varie ty can only be sold as a class of ce rtified seed. Viola tions are subject to prosecution under the Federal Seed Act and Neb-ras ka Seed Law. T he regulations do not a ffect the ma rketin g o f grain tha t is not intended for planting as seed. Farmers can saYe seed of a protected va riety from their production for use on their own farms. The Nebras ka Agricultural Ex perimell! Sta tio n has pro-tected recent wheat variety re leases and they can be so ld only as a class of ce rtified seed. Ma ny p rivate plant breed e rs ha,·e elected to protect their mate ria ls under the ce rtification opt ion. Protected varieties (or those for which protection has been applied) listed in this circular a re as fo llows: Winter Wheat Soybeans Alfalfa Agate Amcor Baker Arkan Century Riley Bennett Cumberland Wrangler Bucksin Elgin Barley Centura Harper Bowers Centurk 78 Hobbit Colt Pella Oats Homestead Platte Benson Siouxland Weber Stout Grasses Red Clover Rebound Kenstar Retain Dry Bean Vantage Harris Spring Wheat Olathe James 

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