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Chet

Hard Red Spring Wheat

Chet, a tall hard red spring wheat from Washington State University, is our best variety option for low-rainfall areas of eastern Washington and Oregon.

Chet has very good adult plant stripe rust resistance, Hessian fly resistance, excellent test weight, very good aluminum tolerance, tall plant height with good straw strength, and very good-to-excellent yield potential across low rainfall areas of the PNW. Chet should replace Hollis and Kelse acres in low rainfall areas due to superior yield, test weight, protein content, and stripe rust resistance.

Agronomics

Yield Potential is Very Good–Excellent

Test Weight is Excellent

Protein is Excellent

Maturity is Medium–Later

Height is Tall

Quality is Most Desirable

Straw Strength is Very Good

Disease Resistance

Stripe Rust is Very Good Adult Resistance1

Hessian Fly is Resistant

Aluminum Tolerance is Excellent

1Early season application of fungicides should be considered to limit seedling infection.

Bred to Dominate the Field

Two-Year Variety Testing Data from 2015-2016

C.V.%

LSD (0.05)

9

1

8

3

1

0.3

3

0.2

Variety <12″ Yield (BU/A) 12″-16″ Yield (BU/A) Test Weight (LBS/BU) Protein (%) Hessian Fly*
Chet 25 48 61.3 15.8 R
LCS Iron 25 55 60.0 14.3 S
Alum 25 54 60.9 15.0 R
Glee 25 48 61.0 14.9 R
Bullseye 25 45 57.7 14.7
SY Coho 24 51 58.9 14.9 S
SY Selway 24 50 60.8 15.2 R
SY Steelhead 24 48 59.7 15.8 S
Kelse 24 47 59.4 15.9 R
Hollis 24 39 58.9 15.6 R
WB9879CLP 24 39 58.9 15.6 S
WB9229 23 51 60.5 15.7 S
SY605 CL 23 38 60.8 16.1 S
WB9518 22 46 59.7 16.0 S
WP9668 22 44 60.8 17.6 R
LCS Buck Pronto 21 42 59.8 16.1 S

<12″ Precip (Bickleton, Horse Heaven, Lind) 2015-2016, 5 loc/years

12″-16″ (Almira, Endicott, Lamont, Reardan) 2015-2016, 3 loc/years

*Hessian fly ratings from the University of Idaho. R = Resistant, S = Susceptible.


Availability

Foundation seed of Chet is maintained by the Washington State Crop Improvement Association. For variety inquires, contact Washington Genetics or by phone at (509) 659-4020. U.S. Plant Variety Protection status for this cultivar is approved.

View WSU Variety Chet in pdf format (pdf).

Dryland Wheat Areas <14″ Annual Precipitation

Annual precipitation for dryland wheat areas with <14" of precipitation.


Support for the development of this variety was provided by Washington State University, the USDA, and the Washington Grain Commission. For more information please visit smallgrains.wsu.edu.

Washington State University