| Wesley is a moderately early maturing, moderately short height variety with excellent straw strength. It was tested as N95L158. Wesley is bronze chaffed similar in color to Jagger. Compared to 2137, it has similar adaptation and yield on optimum production soils and sites in the central and northern Great Plains. Wesley is more winter hardy, about 2 days later heading, slightly shorter, with similar protein and test weight patterns, and a lower level of protection to some foliar diseases. It is genetically complementary to most varieties being grown in Nebraska. Wesley was derived from the cross Sumner sib (Plainsmen V/Odesskaya 51)//Colt/Cody. It was developed by the USDA-ARS in cooperation with Nebraska and co-released by those institutions with South Dakota. |