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RESEARCH: SUPER DWARF CULTIVAR STUDIES: WHEAT

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• What makes USU-Apogee unique?
  USU-Apogee is a full dwarf (45 cm tall), hard red spring wheat. It is similar to Veery-10, but there are many substantial differences, including:

• Resistant to chlorotic leaf tips, which are caused by calcium deficiency in Veery-10.

• Increased yield, particularly in high temperature environments.

• Flag leaf area is 2/3 of Veery-10 flag leaf area.

• Heads per m² and seeds per head are both about 20% greater than Veery-10.

• Average mass per seed is about 30% less than Veery-10 seeds.

• The heads grow about 15 cm above the flag leaf, compared to heads that are at or below the flag leaf in Veery-10.

• Heading is about 4 days earlier than Veery-10.

• Plant height is 5 to 10 cm less than Veery-10 in high temperature conditions (48 vs. 55 cm; late planting in the field), but about 3-cm taller than Veery-10 in cool temperature conditions (continuous 17^oC in growth chambers).

• More erect leaf orientation than Veery-10.

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