Joaquin Oro come from the variety Joaquin which is is a hard red spring wheat. WB-Joaquin Oro is a hard red spring wheat bred and developed by WestBred, a unit of Monsanto Company. It was released in 2011 WB-Joaquin Oro was selected for similarity to “Joaquin” for morphological, agronomic and quality traits. The breeding method was backcross. WB-Joaquin Oro is adapted to the wheat growing areas of the San Joaquin Valley in California. The primary use will be for flour to make raised loaf bread. WB-Joaquin Oro is resistant to the current field races of stripe rust in California. It is susceptible to Septoria tritici.

WB9229 is a hard red spring wheat bred and developed by WestBred, a unit of Monsanto Company. WB9229 was selected for resistance to stripe rust and high protein using a modified bulk breeding method. WB9229 is adapted to the wheat growing areas of the Central Valleys of California. The primary use will be for to make raised loaf bread. WB9229 is resistant to the current field races of stripe rust in California.

Patron is a medium maturing, awnless (beardless), Hard Red Spring forage wheat (plant in the fall-winter in milder climates) with very good feed quality, bred for the forage and dairy markets for the Southwest.

Hard Red Spring Forage Wheat

Desert King is a modern durum wheat variety. It was released by the University of California AES in 2005. It was developed by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in cooperation with the Mexican Ministry of Agriculture (INIA) and received for testing in California as the cross Inter-11.

Desert King HP (Desert King –High Protein) is a modern durum wheat. It was developed by the University of California, Davis and released in 2011. Marker assisted selection was used to introgress the linked genes Yr36 for resistance to stripe rust and Gpc-B1 which increases grain protein content by approximately 10% more than Desert King into Desert King (from the cross Inter-11). Its experimental designation was UCD 08201/18. It has very high yield potential and very good pasta quality. Maturity (medium late) and plant height (averages about 34 inches) are similar to Desert King. Desert King HP has good straw strength. Desert King HP is partially resistant to stripe rust so can be grown in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys. The introgression of the Gpc-B1 results in levels of protein that are compatible with high quality durum. Desert King HP shows lower levels of black point than other durum cultivars. The objective of this cultivar is to extend northward the durum growing region in California. At the time of release it was resistant to stripe rust, leaf rust, Septoria tritici leaf blotch, and BYD, and moderately susceptible to powdery mildew. It was evaluated as Entry 1627 in the UC Regional Cereal Testing program in 2009 and from 2011-present for late fall planting in the Central Valley and the Imperial Valley of California.

Pacheco Triticale is a winter active variety used primarily as a high yielding green chop -whole plant forage for the dairy industry or very high yielding cover crop.