Alpowa, a soft white spring wheat, was developed at Washington State University cooperatively with the Oregon and Idaho Agricultural Experiment Stations and the United States Department of Agriculture.

Blanca Grande 515 is a hard white spring wheat. It was released by Resource Seeds, Inc in 2010. The stripe rust resistance genes Yr5 and Yr15 were introduced by four backcross generations into the susceptible cultivar Blanca Grande and then combined using marker assisted selection at UC Davis (project supported by Resource Seeds Inc.). Resource Seeds Inc. selected the best lines among BC4F2 lines homozygous for the two genes. This cultivar is very 6 similar to the original Blanca Grande but is resistant to prevalent races of the stripe rust pathogen present in California. It has medium early maturity, averages about 40 inches in plant height, and has fair straw strength. At the time of release it was resistant to stripe rust and leaf rust, moderately resistant to BYD, and susceptible to Septoria tritici leaf blotch. It subsequently became moderately susceptible to BYD and susceptible to powdery mildew. It was evaluated as Entry 1657 in the UC Regional Cereal Testing program from 2010-present for late fall planting in the Central Valley, surrounding areas, the south-central coast region, and southern desert areas of California.

A soft white winter wheat released in 1996 by Idaho AES. Dryland and irrigated yield potential of Brundage is excellent, as is the end use quality.

Clark's Cream was released in 1971. It is a tall beardless wheat with strong straw and tightly wrapped seeds.

Edison is a hard white spring wheat developed by retired English teacher and backyard breeder Merrill Lewis of Bellingham, Washington. Merrill gave his seed to Dr. Steve Jones at WSU Bread Lab for his team to include in their wheat trials. T

Foisy is a historical West Coast wheat variety that was selected originally in Oregon, in 1865.

India Jammu, a landrace soft white wheat variety, was selected to be an alternative to Sonora wheat, both from the agricultural and from the end use viewpoint. The yield is often lower than that of Sonora wheat. However, when grown in the San Joaquin Valley after planting early in the year and applying a small amount of irrigation in this arid region, India-Jammu produced well. It seems that India-Jammu needs a relatively warm growing season to yield well.

LCS Hulk is a Soft White Wheat bred and developed by Limagrain Seeds.

Patwin is a hard white spring wheat. It was developed by the University of California, Davis and released in 2006. It was selected from the cross Madsen/2*Express. Its experimental designations were UCD 03010/24 and UC 1419. It has short stature (average plant height is 38 in, similar to Blanca Grande and Clear White) and excellent straw strength. It is medium late maturing (flowers approximately 6 days later than Clear White and 10-12 days later than Blanca Grande). It has a 2NS/2AS translocation from Ae.ventricosum carrying leaf rust resistance gene Lr37, stripe rust resistance gene Yr17, and stem rust resistance gene Sr38. It has a semi-erect juvenile plant growth habit. Flag leaves are recurved and twisted. It has mid-dense, inclined strap shaped heads with white awns, and white glumes that are long and medium length with square shoulders and acuminate beaks. Kernels are oval, white, and hard. Seed has a midsize germ with a narrow crease, rounded cheeks, and a medium sized, non-collared brush. It contains the high molecular weight subunits 5+10 (Glu-D1). Patwin has high loaf volumes which are not significantly different from Blanca Grande but that are significantly larger than those observed for Clear White. All three cultivars have similar flour extraction rates. At the time of release it was resistant to stripe rust, leaf rust, and powdery mildew, moderately resistant to Septoria tritici leaf blotch, and susceptible to BYD. It subsequently became moderately resistant to leaf rust. It is resistant to the root-knot nematode due to the presence of the 2NS translocation from Ae.Ventricosum. It was evaluated as Entry 1419 in the UC Regional Cereal Testing program from 2004-present for late fall planting in the Central Valley, surrounding areas, the south-central coast region, and southern desert areas of California and in the Oregon Spring Wheat Elite Yield Trial conducted in cooperation with the UC Regional Cereal Testing program from 2007-2009 for spring planting in the intermountain region of northern California.

Patwin 515 is a hard white spring wheat. It was developed by the University of California, Davis. Foundation seed was produced in 2011/2012, with release planned for 2013. Stripe rust resistance genes Yr5 and Yr15 were introduced by five backcross generations into the UC Davis resistant cultivar Patwin (from the cross Madsen/2*Express) and then combined using marker assisted selection at UC Davis. This cultivar also has the Aegilops ventricosa 2NS translocation carrying resistance genes to stripe rust Yr17, leaf rust Lr37, stem rust Sr38, and root knot nematodes. Patwin 515 has very high yield potential in both the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys as well as excellent breadmaking quality (has one of the highest protein contents among current cultivars). It is very similar to the original Patwin, with medium-late maturity and excellent straw strength, but has additional sources of stripe rust resistance. It is resistant to stripe rust and leaf rust, moderately resistant to Septoria tritici leaf blotch and BYD, and moderately susceptible to powdery mildew. It was evaluated as Entry 1680 in the UC Regional Cereal Testing program from 2011-present for late fall planting in the Central Valley, surrounding areas, the south-central coast region, and southern desert areas of California and in the Oregon Spring Wheat Elite Yield Trial conducted in cooperation with the UC Regional Cereal Testing program from 2011-present for spring planting in the intermountain region of northern California.

Patwin-515HP is a Hard White Spring hexaploid wheat variety developed by the University of California wheat breeding program and tested in Regional Yield trials as experimental line UC1743.

SY Dayton is a Soft White Wheat developed by Syngenta Seeds, Inc.

SY Ovation is a Soft White Winter wheat bread and developed by Syngenta Seeds, Inc.

Sonora, a soft white landrace wheat, has a history here in the Southwestern United States, because it is a variety grown early by the agricultural Native Americans in Mexico. They used it to make their whole wheat tortillas, and apparently liked the way it could be ground to a whole wheat flour on their metate. Sonora wheat might be the very first wheat successfully introduced onto the American continent soon after Columbus’s famous journey of discovery in 1492. It was grown in the Southwest continuously until about 1960.

UC Amarillo has a restored yellow pigment gene from an older variety that increases lutein content but that was bred out of modern wheat varieties in favor of whiter flour.

Varietal mixture, as its name implies, is a mixture of wheat varieties. This might be done either by the farmer or miller to accomplish a specific quality consistency or distinct flavor profile, or both.

Wit Wolkoring (white woolly wheat) was selected as an alternative to Sonora wheat, from a similar climate region in South Africa, and has proved to be quite similar to the Sonora. The difference is most readily seen in the field. The heads of Wit Wolkoring are cream colored like the straw, whereas those of the Sonora are bronze. Like the Sonora the heads are also woolly, or velvety, in appearance.

Yamhill was developed in Oregon in 1969. Beardless, standard height, cold tolerant winter variety.