New wheat varieties hit the market

By Bob Freebairn
December 9 2019 - 5:00am
AGT senior wheat breeder Dr Meiqin Lu, releases the new variety Sunchaser at the 2019 Narrabri spring field day. Sunchaser is a more reliable, higher yielding, more disease resistant APH variety suited to main season sowing.
AGT senior wheat breeder Dr Meiqin Lu, releases the new variety Sunchaser at the 2019 Narrabri spring field day. Sunchaser is a more reliable, higher yielding, more disease resistant APH variety suited to main season sowing.

Several new wheat varieties have been released for growing in 2020, again adding to improved yield potential, improved disease protection and sometimes added other desirable traits. Not that many years ago a new wheat variety was only released every few years, but these days we get at least a few released every year.

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