Cal Rojo is hard red spring wheat. It was released by Resource Seeds, Inc. in 2006. It was selected from the cross CMT1171-4//Pfau /Veery #5/3/Bonus. Its experimental designation was RSI 00WB80404. Cal Rojo is medium-early maturing (3 days earlier than Summit) and has excellent straw strength. Plant height is shorter than Blanca Grande by 12 cm and Summit by 8 cm. Foliage is blue-green at boot stage; the flag-leaf is erect and twisted. The stem has a waxy bloom, but no anthocyanin. The last internode of the stem is hairy, and the peduncle is erect. The stem has four nodes, and the internodes are hollow. The spikes are awned, inclined, mid-dense and tapering in shape, with tan 2 glumes that are long and wide, having shoulders that are narrow and elevated, and an acuminate beak. Seed is hard, red, elliptical, with a rounded cheek and medium brush, a crease that is narrow and shallow, and midsize germ. At the time of release it was resistant to stripe rust, leaf rust, and powdery mildew, moderately resistant to Septoria tritici leaf blotch, and moderately susceptible to BYD. It was evaluated as Entry 1478 in the UC Regional Cereal Testing program from 2005-present for late fall planting in the Central Valley and surrounding areas, the south-central coast, and the southern desert regions of California.

UC-Central Red is a Hard Red Spring bread wheat variety developed from the cross UC1107(Yr15, Glu-D1d, 2NS/2AS)/Expresso. This variety was developed by the University of California wheat-breeding program and was tested in Regional Yield trials as experimental line UC1817.

Yecora Rojo is a red seeded Yecora 70, short-statured, hard red spring wheat, 10-15 cm shorter than Anza. The spikes are white glumed, moderately lax with long spreading awns; spikes curved at maturity. Yecora Rojo is medium maturing, 2-3 days earlier than Cajeme 71 and should adapt to areas where Cajeme 71 is used. Quality Lab is Organic Yecora Rojo from 2020 Harvest.

Blanca Grande 515 is a hard white spring wheat. It was released by Resource Seeds, Inc in 2010. The stripe rust resistance genes Yr5 and Yr15 were introduced by four backcross generations into the susceptible cultivar Blanca Grande and then combined using marker assisted selection at UC Davis (project supported by Resource Seeds Inc.). Resource Seeds Inc. selected the best lines among BC4F2 lines homozygous for the two genes. This cultivar is very 6 similar to the original Blanca Grande but is resistant to prevalent races of the stripe rust pathogen present in California. It has medium early maturity, averages about 40 inches in plant height, and has fair straw strength. At the time of release it was resistant to stripe rust and leaf rust, moderately resistant to BYD, and susceptible to Septoria tritici leaf blotch. It subsequently became moderately susceptible to BYD and susceptible to powdery mildew. It was evaluated as Entry 1657 in the UC Regional Cereal Testing program from 2010-present for late fall planting in the Central Valley, surrounding areas, the south-central coast region, and southern desert areas of California.

Edison is a hard white spring wheat developed by retired English teacher and backyard breeder Merrill Lewis of Bellingham, Washington. Merrill gave his seed to Dr. Steve Jones at WSU Bread Lab for his team to include in their wheat trials. T

Patwin is a hard white spring wheat. It was developed by the University of California, Davis and released in 2006. It was selected from the cross Madsen/2*Express. Its experimental designations were UCD 03010/24 and UC 1419. It has short stature (average plant height is 38 in, similar to Blanca Grande and Clear White) and excellent straw strength. It is medium late maturing (flowers approximately 6 days later than Clear White and 10-12 days later than Blanca Grande). It has a 2NS/2AS translocation from Ae.ventricosum carrying leaf rust resistance gene Lr37, stripe rust resistance gene Yr17, and stem rust resistance gene Sr38. It has a semi-erect juvenile plant growth habit. Flag leaves are recurved and twisted. It has mid-dense, inclined strap shaped heads with white awns, and white glumes that are long and medium length with square shoulders and acuminate beaks. Kernels are oval, white, and hard. Seed has a midsize germ with a narrow crease, rounded cheeks, and a medium sized, non-collared brush. It contains the high molecular weight subunits 5+10 (Glu-D1). Patwin has high loaf volumes which are not significantly different from Blanca Grande but that are significantly larger than those observed for Clear White. All three cultivars have similar flour extraction rates. At the time of release it was resistant to stripe rust, leaf rust, and powdery mildew, moderately resistant to Septoria tritici leaf blotch, and susceptible to BYD. It subsequently became moderately resistant to leaf rust. It is resistant to the root-knot nematode due to the presence of the 2NS translocation from Ae.Ventricosum. It was evaluated as Entry 1419 in the UC Regional Cereal Testing program from 2004-present for late fall planting in the Central Valley, surrounding areas, the south-central coast region, and southern desert areas of California and in the Oregon Spring Wheat Elite Yield Trial conducted in cooperation with the UC Regional Cereal Testing program from 2007-2009 for spring planting in the intermountain region of northern California.

Sonora, a soft white landrace wheat, has a history here in the Southwestern United States, because it is a variety grown early by the agricultural Native Americans in Mexico. They used it to make their whole wheat tortillas, and apparently liked the way it could be ground to a whole wheat flour on their metate. Sonora wheat might be the very first wheat successfully introduced onto the American continent soon after Columbus’s famous journey of discovery in 1492. It was grown in the Southwest continuously until about 1960.

Durum-Iraq (PI 481581) is a landrace durum wheat from Iraq. It is a spring type and has long black awns and pale yellow seed color. It grows well in the Sacramento Valley and offers the possibility of a supply for whole wheat pasta makers as well as bakers who know how to make pleasing whole durum wheat breads.

KAMUT® khorasan is an ancient grain that has not been changed through modern breeding programs.

It is an ancient grain type. Khorasan refers to a historical region in modern-day Afghanistan and Iran in northeast and parts of Central Asia.