Soft White Club Wheat
Castella is a tall, awnless soft white club wheat, developed by the USDA-ARS and WSU from a diverse pedigree. Castella combines better stripe rust resistance than ARS Crescent with better test weight and higher grain yields than Bruehl. Castella has good club wheat quality, high test weight, and good resistance to low falling numbers, similar to ARS Crescent. Castella is earlier maturing than other current club wheat cultivars and combines unique resistance to Hessian Fly with aluminum tolerance. Castella is competitive in central WA where early maturity is an advantage.
Agronomics
Yield Potential is Excellent
Protein is Good
Test Weight is Medium
Maturity is Moderately early
Height is Tall for Semi-dwarf
Quality is Excellent
Disease Resistance
Stripe Rust is Resistant
Strawbreaker Foot Rot is Susceptible
Snow Mold is Susceptible
Cephalosporium Stripe is Moderate Resistance
Hessian Fly is Resistant
Aluminum is Resistant
Falling Numbers is Resistant
Four-Year Variety Testing Data from 2016-2019
| LSD (0.05) | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Variety *Club type |
<12″ Yield (BU/A) | 12-16″ Yield (BU/A) | 16-20″ Yield (BU/A) | >20″ Yield (BU/A) | Test Weight (LBS/BU) | Protein (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castella* | 65 | 96 | 111 | 119 | 58.6 | 10.1 |
| Pritchett* | 65 | 96 | 115 | 118 | 58.8 | 10.1 |
| ARS Cresent* | 61 | 103 | 111 | 123 | 58.7 | 10.4 |
| Bruehl* | 61 | 101 | 112 | 126 | 58.2 | 10.8 |
| Coda* | 61 | 102 | 106 | 121 | 60.5 | 11.3 |
| M-press | 68 | 107 | 98 | 112 | 59.9 | 9.9 |
| Norwest Duet | 65 | 93 | 117 | 125 | 59.5 | 10.6 |
| Otto | 61 | 107 | 112 | 120 | 59.7 | 11.0 |
| Puma | 61 | 106 | 110 | 115 | 59.8 | 10.8 |
<12″ Precip Zone (Connell, Harrington, Horse Heaven, Lind, Ritzville, St. Andrews), 2016-2019
12-16″ Precip Zone (Almira, Anatone, Creston, Dusty, Lamont, Reardan), 2016-2019
16-20″ Precip Zone (Dayton, Mayview, St. John, Walla Walla), 2016-2019
>20″ Precip Zone (Colton, Fairfield, Farmington, Pullman), 2016-2019
Availability
For seed inquiries please call Washington Genetics at (509)-659-4020 or contact your local seed dealer.
U.S. Plant Variety Protection status for this cultivar is pending.
Signed grower agreements are required.
Dryland Wheat Areas <15″ Annual Precipitation
