| Millennium is a medium maturing, medium height variety and is well adapted throughout most of Nebraska dryland wheat production areas and adjacent states. It has been competitive in yield to Niobrara and Culver. It was tested under the designation NE94479. Millennium has fair to good winter hardiness, medium length coleoptile, very good tillering ability, and moderately strong straw (equal to 2137 and Windstar). It is resistant to Hessian fly; moderately resistant to stem rust; moderately susceptible to leaf rust; susceptible to soilborne mosaic and barley yellow dwarf viruses. Millennium ws developed by Nebraska and the USDA-ARS from the cross Arapahoe/Abilene/NE86488. US. Protected Variety (PVPA 1994) Certificate No. 200100236. Millennium can only be sold as a class of certified seed.
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