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Wheat (SRW)/(HRW)/(HWW)
Hilliard - Released by VA Tech.It is a soft red wheat that is a broadly adapted variety with high yield potential, medium stature (34-38 inches), later heading date, and excellent straw strength. Plant stem and spike color of Hilliard are green, and its spikes are tapering and awned. Hilliard is resistant to powdery mildew, Barley and cereal Yellow Dwarf Viruses and moderately resistant to leaf rust, leaf blotch caused by Septoria tritici and Stagnosopora nodorum, and glume blotch caused by S. nodorum. Hilliard is resistant to Hessian fly Biotypes B, C, and D,
USG 3118 - is an early maturity wheat with short height, tip-awned head, and excellent test weight. This variety has excellent winter hardiness, excellent standability and tillering. USG 3118 is widely adaptable. It has excellent resistance to Hessian fly, leaf rust, powdery mildew, stripe rust and leaf blotch. It has good resistance to stem rust, and glume blotch.
VT Pitman - New release from VA Tech. More information to come.
NuEast - A Hard Red Winter wheat that is awned, semi dwarf, with brown chaff. It heads on average 109 days after January 1. It has good stalk strength, good winter hardiness. It averages 35 inches in height. It has moderate resistance to stem rust, yellow dwarf virus, powdery mildew, Fusarium head blight, stagonospora nodorum head blight, and Hessian fly. It has good leaf rust resistance but is susceptible to stripe rust.
Appalachian White - A Hard White Winter wheat that is awned, semi dwarf, with white chaff. It heads on the average 115 days after January 1. It has good stalk strength, good winter hardiness. It averages 35 inches in height. It has moderate resistance to yellow dwarf virus, powdery mildew, Fusarium head blight, stagonospora nodorum head blight, and leaf rust. It has good Hessian fly resistance but is resistant to stripe rust. It has moderate susceptibility to stem rust.
SS 76-30 - It is a medium late winter oat variety that is medium tall. It is similar to Coker 716 in several plant characteristics and in reaction to several diseases. The variety is susceptible to Crown and stem rust, is resistant to soil-borne mosaic and culm rot. It is generally adapted to the Piedmont and Coastal Plain.
Brooks - It is a medium early variety that has medium height, excellent yield, and fair lodging resistance. It has good winter hardiness. Brooks has tolerance to Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus and good resistance to soil-borne mosaic. It has poor resistance to crown rust. This variety offers a new level of overall protein production; data indicates at least 25% advantage in pounds of protein per acre over most other varieties. Good smut resistance.
Rodgers - a high yielding, mid-season oat cultivar that has good test weight, kernel size, plant height, straw strength, and tolerance to Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus
Oats
VT Beahm - released by VA Tech. Is a six-row, medium-tall, moderately early heading winter awnless hulled barley having good forage yield potential with high to moderate resistance to leaf rust, net blotch, and Fusarium head blight and low Deoxynivalenol (DON) accumulation.
Nomini - released by VA Tech. is an early maturing, medium tall, high yielding six-row winter barley with compact spikes. It is resistant to powdery mildew, Septoria, and barley yellow dwarf virus. Nomini is moderately susceptible to leaf rust and is not very winter hardy.