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OSU Wheat Breeder Brett Carver Looking at Game Changing Varieties to Help Wheat Producers Make Superior Returns
Sun, 13 Feb 2022 18:21:28 CST
The 17th Annual Meeting of Okahoma Genetics was held virtually this past Friday- and featured updates from several members of the Oklahoma State University's Wheat Improvement Team- including team leader Dr. Brett Carver, Regents Professor and holder of the wheat genetics chair at Oklahoma State University.
Dr. Carver updated participants about their work in bringing Coaxium wheat varieties to wheat producers from the OSU wheat variety pipeline- as well as what's ahead for Clearfield wheat varieties from OSU.
The third "C" that Carver talked about at length on Friday was CONVOY wheat. Dr. Carver told the audience that this concept is finally on our doorstep- and will be an opportunity to offer a value added income for wheat producers willing to pursue the niche market for high quality wheat with specific quality traits.
CONVOY is an acronym for Contracted Wheat Varieties Other Than for Yield. This is the not the first time that this concept has been raised at an OGI meeting- Oklahoma Farm Report Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays talked with Mark Hodges about this idea back in 2019- click here to hear what Mark was saying then.
As for here in 2022- Dr. Carver told the virtual gathering that he is working now and has some experimentals that are Hard Red Spring like HRW wheats and Hard Red Winter like SRW wheats. On the horizon- Dr. Carver sees what he calls "healthplus wheat" which might provide a high quality antioxident source for consumers and might also include an enhanced fiber, as well.
Dr. Carver has been working on wheats that have enhanced gluten strength and dough quality and the work he has done with Bx7oe cultivars may translate into that concept of a niche variety of wheat that may be grown on up to a million acres in the near future- to be sold as a blending wheat for commodity quality wheat to offer a superior bread making flour.
You can listen to his complete update from the OGI Annual Meeting on CONVOY wheats by clicking on the LISTEN BAR below.
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