Introduction to the Characteristics and Traits of the Yangmai 16 Wheat Variety

Yangmai 16 (Yang 0-126) is a spring-type, medium-maturity @#@245@#@ variety bred by the Institute of Agricultural Sciences of the Lixiahe Region in Jiangsu through crossing Yang 91F138 and Yang 90-30.

The whole growth period of this variety is comparable to that of Yangmai 158. Long awns, white glumes, spindle-shaped spikes, red-skinned, hard-textured grains. Upright seedlings, relatively loose plant type. Plant height 90 cm, average fertilizer tolerance and lodging resistance. 260,000 effective spikes per mu, 38 grains per spike, 1000-grain weight 37 g. Inoculation identification shows moderate susceptibility to Fusarium head blight and sheath blight, with disease resistance comparable to Yangmai 158. The three-year average quality analysis results are: crude protein content 14.2%, wet gluten content 32.2%, stability time 4.3 minutes, belonging to the medium-gluten variety.

This variety participated in the Jiangsu Province regional trial from 2001 to 2003, with a two-year average yield of 336.1 kg per mu. In the 2003-2004 production trial, the average yield was 398 kg per mu. It is suitable for planting under medium-to-high fertility conditions in the Huainan wheat region of Jiangsu Province, with the sowing period preferably from late October to early November.