CENTRAL PLAINS

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Introduction
Limagrain Cereal Seeds (LCS) provides a detailed guide for selecting optimal wheat varieties for the Central Plains, focusing on agronomic features, disease resistance, and quality scores as of January 2020. The guide highlights the importance of selecting varieties suited to specific climate, soil, and growing conditions.
Variety Overview
  • LCS Diesel: Offers excellent yield potential and disease protection, especially against Fusarium head blight, with good drought tolerance and straw strength.
  • LCS Julep: Known for large head size, good tillering, and higher than average test weight, with very good drought tolerance.
  • LCS Revere: Features excellent drought and heat tolerance, quick emergence, and good resistance to Fusarium head blight and stripe rust.
  • LCS Valiant: Provides consistent yield performance with excellent straw strength and stripe rust tolerance.
  • LCS Link: Developed with the University of Nebraska, it performs well under irrigation and dryland conditions, with excellent straw strength and stem rust tolerance.
  • LCS Chrome: Offers high yield potential with excellent leaf and stripe rust tolerance and superior straw strength.
Agronomic Features
Varieties are evaluated on features like acid soil tolerance, coleoptile length, drought tolerance, height, maturity, seed size, shattering, straw strength, test weight, tillering ability, winter hardiness, and yield potential, aiding farmers in selecting the best variety for their needs.
Disease Resistance
The guide provides disease resistance scores for each variety, covering diseases such as leaf rust, soil-borne mosaic, Fusarium head blight, and stripe rust, with scores ranging from resistant (1-3) to susceptible (7-9).
End-Use Quality
Varieties are assessed for overall quality, baking quality, dough properties, and milling quality, crucial for farmers concerned with end-use quality.
Conclusion
The 2020 Seed Guide by Limagrain Cereal Seeds offers insights into selecting the best wheat varieties for the Central Plains, helping farmers optimize yield and quality by considering agronomic features, disease resistance, and end-use quality.
CoAXium Wheat Production System
This system focuses on effective grassy weed control in wheat production, comprising Elite Germplasm, AXigen Trait, Aggressor Herbicide, and Stewardship. It emphasizes certified seeds, stewardship agreements, and strategic herbicide application to manage weed resistance.
Agronomic Features
The document compares wheat varieties like LCS Atomic AX, LCS Helix AX, LCS Photon AX, LCS Fusion AX, and LCS Yeti, highlighting traits such as acid soil tolerance, drought tolerance, maturity, and yield potential.
Disease Resistance
Disease resistance is categorized into Resistant (1-3), Intermediate (4-6), and Susceptible (7-9), covering diseases like Fusarium Head Blight, Leaf Rust, and Stripe Rust.
End-Use Quality
Wheat varieties are evaluated for baking quality, dough properties, and milling quality, classified into Most Desirable, Desirable, Acceptable, and Less Desirable.
Recommendations
Best practices for using the CoAXium system include crop rotation, herbicide mode rotation, and preventing weed escapes, stressing the importance of certified seeds and stewardship agreements.
Conclusion
The CoAXium Wheat Production System offers a comprehensive approach to wheat farming, combining superior genetics with effective weed management strategies to enhance yield and quality.
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CENTRAL PLAINS SUPERIOR GENETICS PREMIUM VARIETIES

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Wheat bred for your fields Limagrain Cereal Seeds (LCS) is proud to offer proven Central Plains varieties, including four CoAXium options for exceptional grassy weed control. We bring new genetics to market with your climate, soil and growing conditions in mind, and we look forward to helping you select the best varieties for your acres. See you in the field! COAXIUM HRWW HWWW FORAGE TRITICALE Your 24/7 resource for elite genetics Agronomic, disease resistance and quality scores in this guide are based on the most recent data available at the time of publication, January 2020. Visit LimagrainCerealSeeds.com...

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Power your yields Highly defensive Maximum yield disease protection Excellent standability for high potential in targeted area of adaption yield situations HARD RED WINTER WHEAT Very good Fusarium head blight tolerance AGRONOMIC FEATURES LCS Diesel Tolerant Drought Tolerance Very Good Very Good Very Good Very Good First Hollow Stem Later Than Most Later Than Most Seed Size Very Good Very Good Very Good Very Good Straw Strength Test Weight Very Good Very Good Tillering Ability Very High Winter Hardiness Very Good Very Good Very Good Yield Potential Coleoptile Length Acid Soil Tolerance DISEASE...

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Wheat you can bet on Large head size Very good and good tillering for maximum yield Higher than average test weight drought tolerance HARD RED WINTER WHEAT Good Fusarium head blight tolerance in a medium maturity AGRONOMIC FEATURES LCS Julep Fusarium Head Blight Very Good Very Good Fall Ground Cover First Hollow Stem Later Than Most Later Than Most Seed Size Drought Tolerance Coleoptile Length Acid Soil Tolerance DISEASE RESISTANCE Very Good Very Good Very Good Leaf Rust All available public and private data used in compiling scores END-USE QUALITY Overall Quality Baking Quality Dough Properties...

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Wheat you can depend on Excellent drought Quick emergence HARD RED WINTER WHEAT Good tolerance to Fusarium head blight and WSMV Very good stripe rust tolerance AGRONOMIC FEATURES LCS Revere Fusarium Head Blight All available public and private data used in compiling scores END-USE QUALITY Overall Quality Baking Quality Dough Properties Milling Quality Less Desirable Data obtained from LCS Quality Laboratory Very Good Fall Grazing Potential Fall Ground Cover First Hollow Stem Seed Size Very Good Very Good Straw Strength Very Good Test Weight Tillering Ability Drought Tolerance Coleoptile Length...

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Let your yields soar Consistent Very good yield performance HARD RED WINTER WHEAT straw strength stripe rust tolerance AGRONOMIC FEATURES LCS Valiant Fusarium Head Blight Very Good Very Good Very Good Fall Grazing Potential Very Good Fall Ground Cover First Hollow Stem Later Than Most Seed Size Very Good Very Good Very Good Straw Strength Test Weight Tillering Ability Very High Very High Winter Hardiness Very Good Very Good Yield Potential Drought Tolerance Coleoptile Length Acid Soil Tolerance DISEASE RESISTANCE Very Good All available public and private data used in compiling scores END-USE...

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Strengthen your legacy Bred in collaboration with Very good performance under irrigation and dryland Excellent straw strength with stem rust tolerance HARD RED WINTER WHEAT variety in west-central Nebraska over 3 years AGRONOMIC FEATURES LCS Link Very Good Very Good Very Good Very Good Fall Grazing Potential Very Good Fall Ground Cover First Hollow Stem Later Than Most Seed Size Very Good Very Good Very Good Straw Strength Drought Tolerance Coleoptile Length Acid Soil Tolerance DISEASE RESISTANCE Barley Yellow Dwarf All available public and private data used in compiling scores END-USE QUALITY...

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Bred for the long haul Proven top-end yield potential Very good protein stripe rust tolerance with broad adaptation HARD RED WINTER WHEAT straw strength AGRONOMIC FEATURES LCS Chrome Very Good Very Good Very Good Fall Grazing Potential Very Good Fall Ground Cover First Hollow Stem Later Than Most Later Than Most Seed Size Very Good Very Good Straw Strength Test Weight Very Good Tillering Ability Drought Tolerance Coleoptile Length Acid Soil Tolerance DISEASE RESISTANCE Very High Very High Fusarium Head Blight All available public and private data used in compiling scores END-USE QUALITY Overall...

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LCS Mint Almost as good as a license to print money! HARD RED WINTER WHEAT HARD RED WINTER WHEAT T158 Dependable on-farm performance AGRONOMIC FEATURES AGRONOMIC FEATURES Coleoptile Length Coleoptile Length Drought Tolerance Very Good Very Good Drought Tolerance Very Good Straw Strength Straw Strength Very Good Test Weight Very Good Test Weight All available public and private data used in compiling scores All available public and private data used in compiling scores DISEASE RESISTANCE 7–9: Susceptible DISEASE RESISTANCE Fusarium Head Blight Fusarium Head Blight All available public and private...

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CoAXium Wheat Production System Untreated downy brome Created by wheat farmers for wheat farmers, the CoAXium Wheat Production System provides costeffective, superior control of annual and perennial yield-robbing grassy weeds. Find out more at CoAXium.com Treated with Aggressor Treated with Aggressor CoAXium stewardship delivers cleaner fields and higher yields 1 USE CERTIFIED SEED Saving seed for replanting or reuse is not permitted. The required use of Certified seed ensures the presence and purity of the AXigen trait, which confers tolerance to Aggressor brand herbicides. Four pillars of the...

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Very good top-end Two-gene resistance HARD RED WINTER WHEAT LCS Zoom | HRWW Atomic AX  |  HRWW Earliest CoAXium yield potential to Aggressor brand herbicides straw strength AGRONOMIC FEATURES LCS Atomic AX Leaf Rust All available public and private data used in compiling scores END-USE QUALITY Overall Quality Baking Quality Dough Properties Milling Quality Most Desirable Less Desirable Data obtained from LCS Quality Laboratory Very Good First Hollow Stem Seed Size Very Good Very Good Very Good Straw Strength Very Good Tillering Ability Winter Hardiness Very Good Very Good Yield Potential Fusarium...

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