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Germplasm & Cultivar Releases

For information on wheat, barley, soybean, and corn cultivars released by Virginia Tech prior to 1990, visit the History section of the site.

Barley

Soybean

Wheat

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

 

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.

 

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.


Wheat                                                                                           

Winter Wheat 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

Soft Red Winter Wheat Public Cultivars

  • 1990      Madison
  • 1990      Wakefield
  • 1993      Jackson
  • 1997      Pocahontas
  • 1998      Roane
  • 2000      Sisson
  • 2002      McCormick

 

Soft Red Winter Wheat Exclusive Cultivars

  • 1991      FFR 555W
  • 1994      FFR 558W
  • 1995      Featherstone 520
  • 1997      FFR 566W
  • 1999      USG 3209
  • 2000      SS 520
  • 2000      SS 550
  • 2000      Renwood 3260
  • 2001      SS 560
  • 2002      RC Strategy (Canada)
  • 2002      Tribute (U.S. and Canada)
  • 2003      SS MPV57
  • 2003      USG 3706
  • 2003      Armor 3015
  • 2004      Featherstone 176
  • 2005      Dominion

 

Specialty Strong Gluten Winter Wheat Cultivars

  • 2002     Tribute (U.S. and Canada)
  • 2003     Rachel
 

Soft White Winter Wheat Cultivars

  • 2001      Pearl
 

 

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