NDSU RELEASES GRENORA DURUM
by ND Wheat Posted on 6/28/2005
Grenora is a new durum variety released by the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station. Development of the variety was funded in part with the checkoff paid by North Dakota wheat producers.
Genora offers advantages in end-use quality, kernel size, disease resistance and yield.
Leader of the NDSU durum breeding team, Dr. Elias Elias, indicates Grenora yielded almost 2 bushels per acre greater than Mountrail in test production at a number of North Dakota Research Extension Centers over several growing seasons. Mountrail is used as a benchmark of comparison because it has been the top yielder in trials in western growing regions, which pushed it to the second slot last year in terms of plantings in North Dakota.
Test weight of the two varieties is equal, but Grenora has a slightly larger kernel size than Mountrail. Grenora heads at the same time as Mountrail. Grenora is about 5 inches shorter and has a stronger straw than Mountrail. Leaf disease and fusarium head blight resistance is slightly better in Grenora than in Mountrail.
"Grenora has better end-use qualities than Mountrail," says Frank Manthey, director of durum quality research at NDSU. "When compared with Mountrail, Grenora has similar semolina protein content, but has much stronger dough properties. Pasta made from Grenora has better color and cooked firmness than pasta made from Mountrail."
Grenora is named after a community in northwest Williams County. Grenora will be allocated through the County Crop Improvement Associations next spring. The NDSU Research Foundation will apply for plant variety protection with Title V and assess research fees of 25 cents per bushel on registered and certified seed.
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