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Oats

This oat has good grain and forage yield and is highly resistant to crown rust and stem rust. It is short with strong straw, early maturity, good uniformity, and good winterhardiness. This line was derived from a single plant selection of unknown origin made in 2001. Seed multiplication was “fast-tracked” because of excellent foliage disease resistance. TX01CS RH Sel 1 was extensively tested in 2003 throughout Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Grain yield and forage yields are equal or better than existing varieties and disease resistance is superior. The primary target area for TX01CS RH Sel 1 is central and south Texas where stem rust and crown rust race changes have severely reduced grain and forage yields of existing varieties.

TX96D093 is a high grain and forage yielding winter oat for Texas. It has similar winter hardiness to Dallas. TX96D093 has good crown rust resistance, but is susceptible to stem rust. The area of adaptation for TX96D093 is north of interstate 10 to southern Okalahoma. Seed yields and test weight for the 2004 harvest were excellent in the area of adaptation. The suggested name will be TAMO 600.

Wheat

TX98V9628 has a very high grain and forage yield and has good milling and baking characteristics. It is widely adapted and had a superior grain yield in regional trials from central Texas to southern Nebraska in both irrigated and rainfed environments. It is resistant to greenbug, possessing the same resistance genes as TAM 110. Although it is resistant to the prevalent races of leaf rust, new races which are virulent on Lr 41 (the gene present in TX98V9628) are present in Texas and may increase in prevalence. It is susceptible to stripe rust. Due to its limited rust resistance, TX98V9628 will be recommended for the High Plains.

This early maturing semi-dwarf has a high grain yield and good foliar disease resistance. It is moderately resistant to both leaf rust and stripe rust. Test weight is greater than TAM 302 but is lower than most currently grown hard winter wheat varieties. The primary target area for TX98D1170 is the blacklands, where most currently available hard winter wheat varieties are susceptible to the prevalent foliar diseases.

TX01M5009 is an early maturing, beardless, semi-dwarf. It has good grain and forage yield and excellent disease resistance. It is highly resistant to leaf rust, stripe rust, and leaf spotting foliar pathogens. It is also resistant to prevalent biotypes of Hessian fly. It will be targeted to grain and grazing systems where foliar pathogens and Hessian fly are production constraints and beardless wheat is desired. In 2002, this line was mixed for bread quality characteristics. It has been purified and selections are being extensively tested in 2004.

‘Devine’ little burr medic
Proposed for release in 2005

"Devine" little burr medic is a prostrate-growing winter annual legume that is adapted to central Texas from about I-20 on the north to south of San Antonio. The plant was originally collected from a pasture near Devine, TX. It has performed well along both sides of I-35 on high pH soils. It has greater winter hardiness than ‘Armadillo’ burr medic. As the common name implies, the plant is smaller than most other annual medic species. However, it can produce a deceiving amount of forage, as the canopy is dense. This winter annual legume germinates in the autumn, and grows through the winter with flowering starting in February or early March. The flowering habit is indeterminate with flowering continuing until just before the plant matures and dies in May. Devine seldom exceeds 8 to 10 inches in height. Flowers are yellow, developing into multi-seeded coiled pods with long soft spines. Pods form in clusters of 2 to 5 pods per cluster. Pods drop from the plant when mature. Devine has about 500,000 seed per pound and the natural hard seed content is near 100%. The pods have longer and softer spines, and each pod is much lighter in weight than ‘Armadillo’ burr medic. The forage of Devine little burr medic is relished by white tailed deer as well as domestic livestock. It will produce a good seed crop even under heavy grazing.