Crop Genetics at Virginia Tech

Barley                                                                                          

Winter Barley Cultivars Developed and Released by Virginia Tech since 1990. To request seed for research and testing, and inforamtion on partnering with the VT Barley Breeding Program, Email Dr. Carl A.Griffey

Traditional Hulled Barley Cultivars

• 1991     Nomini
• 1993     Pamunkey
• 1993     Starling
• 1994     Callao
• 2002     Price
• 2003     Thoroughbred

Hulless Barley Cultivars

• 2003      Doyce
• 2007      Eve

Soybean                                                                                      

Historical conventional variety releases from the soybean breeding program include 'Essex', 'Hutcheson' and 'Teejay'.  Food-grade variety releases for natto, tofu and other uses include 'MFL-159', 'MFS-511', 'MFS-591', 'MFS-553'.  These varieties were developed by Dr. Glenn Buss, who is now retired.

Click Here for certified seed of Virginia Tech varieties.

Presently, the Virginia Tech Soybean Breeding program has germplasm with enhanced attributes available for testing and under consideration for release.  Traits include high protein, sucrose, low linolenic acid and mid oleic acid modified oil soybeans, and soybeans for tofu and edamame.  Click here to download an information sheet.

• To request seed for research and testing, and inforamtion on partnering with the VT Soybean Breeding Program, e-mail Dr. Katy Martin Rainey.
  

• Virginia Variety Evaluation Tests have yield information for 'Teejay' and other advanced lines.

Anticipated future releases of breeding lines and varieties from the soybean breeding program include low stachyose breeding lines with in various maturity groups, low stachyose varieties in MG 4 and MG 5, low linolenic MG 4 and MG 5 lines for commercial production, sulfonylurea-tolerant soybeans (STS) and STS/RR stacked adapted to Virginia, and high yielding MG 4 and MG 5 conventional soybeans adapted to Virginia.