In 1995, Colorado State University entered into a unique and innovative agreement with the Colorado Seed Growers Association and the Colorado Wheat Research Foundation to handle the release of new wheat varieties developed by the CSU Wheat Breeding and Genetics Program. Several varieties have been released under this agreement including the following:

• Thunder CL (fall 2008) - medium-early, medium-short, hard white Clearfield* winter wheat with high dryland and irrigated yields, good test weight, excellent stress tolerance, moderate resistance to WSMV and stripe rust, and excellent milling and baking quality.
  
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• Bill Brown (fall 2007) - medium-height, medium maturity, RWA-resistant (biotype 1) hard red winter wheat with high dryland yields, exceptional irrigated yields, high test weight, excellent stress tolerance, leaf and stripe rust resistance, and good milling and baking quality.
  
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• Ripper (fall 2006) - medium-short, early semidwarf, RWA-resistant (biotype 1) hard red winter wheat with high dryland yields, excellent milling and baking quality, excellent high temperature and drought stress tolerance, and good shattering tolerance.
  
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• Hatcher (fall 2004) - medium height, medium maturity, RWA-resistant (biotype 1) hard red winter wheat with high dryland yields, excellent milling and baking quality, good fall and spring growth characteristics, and good shattering tolerance.
  
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• Bond CL (fall 2004) - medium-tall, medium-early, RWA-resistant (biotype 1) hard red winter wheat with tolerance to Beyond herbicide (Clearfield™ wheat) with high dryland yields, good fall and spring growth characteristics, good shattering tolerance, and improved baking quality relative to Above winter wheat.
  
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• Ankor (fall 2002) - a Russian wheat aphid (RWA) resistant backcross derivative of the popular variety 'Akron'. Ankor carries the same RWA resistance gene (Dn4) as other CSU variety releases (e.g., Halt, Yumar, Prowers, Prairie Red, Prowers 99) while preserving the desirable features of Akron, including good fall and spring growth characteristics, excellent row closure, good shattering tolerance, and high dryland yields.
  
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• Above (fall 2001) - the first publicly developed Clearfield™ winter wheat variety, carrying tolerance to Beyond herbicide. Clearfield™is a unique production system from BASF Corporation that involves an herbicide-tolerant variety and the new imazamox-based herbicide, Beyond (not yet registered), for selective control of jointed goatgrass, cheat grass, feral rye and other tough grasses, as well as many broadleaf weeds.
  
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• Avalanche (fall 2001) - the first hard white winter wheat variety released by CSU for production in eastern Colorado. Hard white wheat is the newest wheat market class in the U.S. and promises to become a mainstay of central Great Plains winter wheat production.
  
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