Volante

Volante

Natural Wheat Class
Proprietary

Proprietary

UCD Preferred Variety List for Quality

Acceptable

Habit

Spring

Seed Color

Amber

Volante is a modern durum wheat, released by Resource Seeds Inc in 2008. It was selected from the cross Aldura/881//CND. It is awned, has medium maturity, averages about 34 inches in plant height and has good straw strength. At the time of release it was resistant to 11 Septoria tritici leaf blotch, moderately resistant to stripe rust and BYD, and susceptible to powdery mildew. It was evaluated as Entry 1431 in the UC Regional Cereal Testing program from 2004-present for:

Late Fall Planting

Particularly suited for:

Central Valley

Imperial Valley

*Lab data below is an average from 2020 harvest


Lab Information

Grain Quality

Protein
10.2
Moisture
7.7

Whole Grain Flour

Ash
1.62
Protein
10.2
Gluten Strength
3
Color
Semolina b value = 32.8
Flavor Profile
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