Description
Parentage:
- Griffon/BW876//Carberry
Features:
- AAC Starbuck VB is a very high yielding semidwarf CWRS with good lodging tolerance and is
rated MR to FHB resistance. AAC Starbuck VB is
also tolerant to the orange wheat blossom midge - AAC Starbuck VB is well-adapted to the wheat
growing regions across the western Canadian
Prairies. - Certified seed of AAC Starbuck VB will be sold as a
varietal blend made up of 90% AAC Starbuck and
10% AAC Brandon. Blending with the midge
susceptible variety AAC Brandon provides a refuge
area for non-virulent midge to survive at low levels,
thereby extending the useful life of the Sm1 midge
tolerant gene.
Strengths:
- 114% of the grain yield of AC® Carberry
- Semi-dwarf with height similar to AC® Carberry
- Moderately resistant to FHB, low DON
accumulation. - Moderately resistant to leaf rust, stripe rust and
loose smut.
Breeder:
- Dr. Richard Cuthbert
Swift Current Research and Development Centre
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Swift Current, SK
