University of Minnesota Plant Pathologist Bryan Steffenson’s research is focusing on barley that will have greater resistance to fusarium head blight. After testing approximatly 28,000 varieties, the trial at the University of Minnesota-Crookston is focusing on the top eight varieties. “Next year, we’ll have the big population of those eight varieties that have been intercrossed in a very big field nursery where we hope to find the real winner.” Steffenson also said northern Minnesota may have a new variety of winter wheat available soon.
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