| AGS 2000 is a
high yielding, high test weight soft red winter wheat
variety in the medium maturity group. It originated from
a cross made in 1989 at the University of Georgia’s
Agricultural Experiment Station in Griffin GA. Its
pedigree includes Pioneer 2555, Florida 302, and PF84301,
which is an experimental line from Passo Fundo, Brazil.
Agronomic evaluations of AGS 2000 were conducted in 1996
in Elite Nursery trials and during 1997 and 1998 in the
Small Grain Performance |
trials for
Georgia. In 1998 it was also evaluated in the Uniform
Southern Wheat Nursery and in other states’
performance trials. AGS 2000 is medium maturing, awned,
white chaffed, medium tall, with good straw strength. It
matures on average one day earlier than Georgia Gore. It
is moderately resistant to currently predominant races of
powdery mildew, moderately resistant to leaf rust and
resistant to the predominant biotypes of Hessian Fly in
the Southeast. |
AGS 2000 was
developed by Dr. Jerry Johnson and Dr. Ronald D. Barnett.
Dr. Johnson is a plant breeder at the University of
Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station in Griffin GA,
and Dr. Barnett is a plant breeder at the University of
Florida’s North Florida Research & Education
Center in Quincy FL. AGS 2000 is a PVP protected wheat
variety that can only be sold as a class of certified
seed and only by individuals licensed by the Georgia Seed
Development Commission (GSDC) under guidelines
established in conjunction with the University of Georgia
Research Foundation (UGARF). |
