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Form ST-470-006 

Exhibit C (Wheat)

Form Approved OMB NO 0581-0055 

Expiration Date: 01/31/2022

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION OFFICE 

EXHIBIT C 

OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION OF VARIETY 

The following statements are made in accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a) and the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995. 

Application is required in order to determine if a plant variety protection certificate is to be issued (7 U.S.C. 2421). Information is held confidential until 

certificate is issued (7 U.S.C. 2426). OMB Collection #0581-0055 

NAME OF APPLICANT (S) TEMPORARY OR EXPERIMENTAL 

DESIGNATION 

VARIETY NAME 

Wheat 

(Triticum spp.) 

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid 

OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 0581-0055. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 1.81 hours 

per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of 

information. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, 

marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or part of an individual’s income is derived from any 

public assistance program (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large 

print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). 

To file a complaint of discrimination, write to USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or 

(202) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. 

Instructions: 

- Please answer as many fields as possible. Missing information may be requested by the Plant Variety Protection Office. 

Significant omissions could delay or inhibit certificate of protection issuance. 

- Data for quantitative plant characters should be based on a minimum of 100 plants. 

- Royal Horticultural Society or any recognized color standard may be used to determine plant colors; designate system used: 

Location: 

Breeding Location Latitude (Decimal Degrees) Longitude (Decimal Degrees) 

Trial Location Latitude (Decimal Degrees) Longitude (Decimal Degrees) 

Area(s) of Adaptation 

Morphology: 

I. PLANT: 

1. ________Plant Kind: 

1. Common 2. Durum 3. Club 

4. Spelt 5. Poulard 6. Polish 

7. Emmer 8. Other (Specify) 

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I. PLANT: (continued) 

2. ________Market Class: 

1. HRW (Hard Red Winter) 2. HRS (Hard Red Spring) 3. HWW (Hard White) 

4. SRW (Soft Red Winter) 5. SW (Soft White) 

3. ________Vernalization: 

1. Spring 2. Winter 3. Intermediate 

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Exhibit C (Wheat)

Form Approved OMB NO 0581-0055 

Expiration Date: 01/31/2022

4. Other (Specify) 

4. ________Coleoptile Anthocyanin: 

1. Absent 

5. ________Juvenile Plant Growth: 

1. Prostrate 

4. Semi-Erect to Erect 

2. Present 

2. Prostrate to Semi-Erect 3. Semi-Erect 

5. Erect 

6. ________Plant Color: (Boot Stage) 

1. Yellow-Green 2. Yellow-Green to Green 

3. Green 4. Green to Blue-Green 

5. Blue-Green 6. Other (Specify) 

7. ________Flag Leaf Orientation: (Boot Stage) 

1. Erect 2. Erect to Semi-Erect 

3. Semi-Erect 4. Semi-Erect to Recurved 

5. Recurved 6. Other (Specify) 

8. ________Flag Leaf Type: 

1. Not Twisted 2. Twisted 

9. ________Flag Leaf Glaucosity: 

1. Wax Absent 2. Wax Present 

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II. EAR 

1. ________Ear Emergence (Number of Days) 

2. ________Ear Emergence (Number of Days Earlier than* 

3. ________Ear Emergence (Same Number of Days as* 

4. ________Ear Emergence (Number of Days Later than* 

) 

) 

) 

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Exhibit C (Wheat)

Form Approved OMB NO 0581-0055 

Expiration Date: 01/31/2022

* Relative to a PVPO-Approved Commercial Variety Grown in the Same Trial 

III. ANTHER: 

1. ________Anther Coloration: 

1. Yellow 

4. Other (Specify) 

IV. PLANT HEIGHT: 

1. ________Plant Height Class: 

1. Semi-Dwarf 

2. ________Plant Height (cm) 

3. ________Plant Height (cm Taller than* 

4. ________Plant Height (cm Same as* 

2. Purple 3. White 

2. Standard 

) 

) 

5. ________Plant Height (cm Shorter than* ) 

* Relative to a PVPO-Approved Commercial Variety Grown in the Same Trial 

V. STEM: 

1. ________Stem Anthocyanin Coloration: 

1. Absent 2. Present 

3. Other (Specify) 

2. ________Stem Waxy Bloom: 

1. Absent 2. Present 

3. ________Stem Hairiness (Last Internode of Rachis) 

1. Absent 2. Present 

3. Other (Specify) 

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Form ST-470-006 

Exhibit C (Wheat)

Form Approved OMB NO 0581-0055 

Expiration Date: 01/31/2022

V. STEM: (continued) 

4. ________Stem: Internode Type: 

1. Hollow 2. Hollow to Semi-Solid 

3. Semi-Solid 4. Semi-Solid to Solid 

5. Solid 6. Other (Specify) 

5. ________Stem: Internode: Number of Nodes 

6. ________Stem: Peduncle Type: 

1. Erect 

3. Semi-Erect 

5. Recurved 

7. ________Peduncle Length (cm) 

8. ________Auricle Anthocyanin: 

1. Absent 

9. ________Auricle Hairiness: 

1. Absent 

4. Other (Specify) 

VI. HEAD: 

1. ________Head Density at Maturity: 

1. Lax 

3. Mid-Dense (Laxidense) 

5. Dense 

2. Semi-Erect to Erect 

4. Recurved to Semi-Erect 

6. Other (Specify) 

2. Present 

2. Present 3. Mix 

2. Lax to Mid-Dense (Laxidense) 

4. Mid-Dense (Laxidense) to Dense 

6. Other (Specify) 

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Form ST-470-006 

Exhibit C (Wheat)

Form Approved OMB NO 0581-0055 

Expiration Date: 01/31/2022

VI. HEAD: (continued) 

2. ________Head Shape at Maturity: 

1. Tapering 2. Strap 3. Clavate 

4. Elliptical 5. Other (Specify) 

3. ________Head Curvature at Maturity: 

1. Erect 2. Erect to Inclined 3. Inclined 

4. Inclined to Recurve 5. Recurved 

4. ________Head Awnedness at Maturity: 

1. Awnless 2. Apically Awnletted 3. Awnletted 

4. Awned 5. Other (Specify) 

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Form ST-470-006 

Exhibit C (Wheat)

Form Approved OMB NO 0581-0055 

Expiration Date: 01/31/2022

VII. GLUME: 

1. ________Glume Color at Maturity: 

1. White 2. Tan 

3. Other (Specify) 

2. ________Glume Shoulder at Maturity: 

1. Wanting 2. Oblique 3. Rounded 

4. Square 5. Elevated 6. Apiculate 

7. Other (Specify) 

3. ________Glume Shoulder Width at Maturity: 

1. Narrow 2. Narrow to Medium 3. Medium 

4. Medium to Wide 5. Wide 

4. ________Glume Beak Shape at Maturity: 

1. Obtuse 2. Acute 3. Acuminate 

4. Acute to Obtuse 5. Acuminate to Acute 6. Acuminate to Obtuse 

7. Other (Specify) 

5. ________Glume Beak Length at Maturity: 

1. Very Short 2. Very Short to Short 3. Short 

4. Short to Medium 5. Medium 6. Medium to Long 

7. Long 8. Long to Very Long 9. Very Long 

6. ________Glume Beak Length at Maturity (cm) 

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VII. GLUME: (continued) 

7. ________Glume Beak Width: 

1. Narrow 2. Narrow to Medium 3. Medium 

4. Medium to Wide 5. Wide 

8. ________Glume Beak Width at Maturity (cm) 

9. ________Glume Length at Maturity: 

1. Short (~7mm) 2. Short to Medium 3. Medium (~8mm) 

4. Medium to Long 5. Long (~9mm) 6. Very Long 

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Exhibit C (Wheat)

Form Approved OMB NO 0581-0055 

Expiration Date: 01/31/2022

7. Other (Specify) 

10. ________Glume Width at Maturity: 

1. Narrow (~3mm) 2. Narrow to Medium 

3. Medium (~3.5mm) 4. Medium to Wide 

5. Wide (~4mm) 6. Other (Specify) 

11. ________Glume Pubescence at Maturity: 

1. Absent 2. Present 

VIII. SEED: 

1. ________Seed Shape: 

1. Ovate 2. Oval 3. Elliptical 

4. Ovate to Oval 5. Ovate to Elliptical 6. Oval to Elliptical 

7. Other (Specify) 

2. ________Seed Cheek: 

1. Rounded 2. Angular 3. Mix 

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Form ST-470-006 

Exhibit C (Wheat)

Form Approved OMB NO 0581-0055 

Expiration Date: 01/31/2022

VIII. SEED: (continued) 

3. ________Seed Brush: 

1. Short 2. Short to Medium 3. Medium 

4. Medium to Long 5. Long 

4. ________Seed Brush Collar: 

1. Not Collared 2. Collared 

5. ________Seed Crease Width: 

1. Narrow (Width of 60% or Less of Kernel) 2. Narrow to Mid-wide 

3. Mid-Wide (Width of 80% or Less of Kernel) 4. Mid-wide to Wide 

5. Wide (Nearly as Wide as Kernel) 

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Form ST-470-006 

Exhibit C (Wheat)

Form Approved OMB NO 0581-0055 

Expiration Date: 01/31/2022

VIII. SEED: (continued) 

6. ________Seed Crease Depth: 

1. Shallow (Depth 20% or Less of Kernel) 2. Shallow to Mid-deep 

3. Mid-deep (Depth of 25% or Less of Kernel) 4. Mid-deep to Deep 

5. Deep (Depth of 50% or Less of Kernel) 

7. ________Seed Color: 

1. White 

4. Other (Specify) 

8. ________Seed Texture: 

1. Hard 

3. Other (Specify) 

2. Amber 3. Red 

2. Soft 3. Intermediate 

9. ________Seed Phenol Reaction (See Instructions for More Information): 

1. Ivory 2. Fawn 

3. Light Brown 4. Dark Brown 

5. Black 6. Other (Specify) 

10. ________Seed Weight (g per 1000 Seeds, Whole Number Only) 

11. ________Seed Germ Size 

1. Small 2. Small to Medium 3. Medium 

4. Medium to Large 5. Large 

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Form ST-470-006 

Exhibit C (Wheat)

Form Approved OMB NO 0581-0055 

Expiration Date: 01/31/2022

IX. DISEASE: 

1. Disease: Please Indicate the Specific Race or Strain Tested 

(0 = Not Tested, 1 = Susceptible, 2 = Resistant, 3 = Intermediate, 4 = Tolerant) 

1. _____Stem Rust (Puccinia graminis 6. sp. tritici) 

2. _____Leaf Rust (Puccinia recondita 6. sp. tritici) 

3. _____Stripe Rust (Puccinia striiformis) 

4. _____Loose Smut (Ustilago tritici) 

5. _____Powdery Mildew (Erysiphe graminis 6. sp. tritici) 

6. _____Common Bunt (Tilletia tritici or T. laevis) 

7. _____Dwarf Bunt (Tilletia controversa) 

8. _____Karnal Bunt (Tilletia indica) 

9. _____Flag Smut (Urocystis agropyri) 

10. _____Tan Spot (Pyrenophora tritici-repentis) 

11. _____Halo Spot (Selenophoma donacis) 

12. _____Septoria spp. 

13. _____Septoria nodorum (Glume Blotch) 

14. _____Septoria avenae (Speckled Leaf Disease) 

15. _____Septoria tritici (Speckled Leaf Blotch) 

16. _____Scab (Fusarium spp.) 

17. _____“Snow Molds” 

18. _____Kernel Smudge (“Black Point”) 

19. _____Common Root Rot (Fusarium, Cochliobolus and Bipolaris spp.) 

20. _____Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) 

21. _____Rhizoctonia Root Rot (Rhizoctonia solani) 

22. _____Soilborne Mosaic Virus (SBMV) 

23. _____Black Chaff (Xanthomonas campestris pv. translucens) 

24. _____Wheat Yellow (Spindle Streak) Mosaic Virus 

25. _____Bacterial Leaf Blight (Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae) 

26. _____Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus (WSMV) 

27. _____Take-All 

28. _____Foot-Rot 

29. _____Brown Necrosis 

30. _____Cephalosporium 

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Form ST-470-006 

Exhibit C (Wheat)

Form Approved OMB NO 0581-0055 

Expiration Date: 01/31/2022

IX. DISEASE: (continued) 

1. Disease: Please Indicate the Specific Race or Strain Tested (continued) 

(0 = Not Tested, 1 = Susceptible, 2 = Resistant, 3 = Intermediate, 4 = Tolerant) 

31. _____Ergot Race: 

32. _____Fusarium spp. Race: 

33. _____Other (Specify) Race: 

34. _____Other (Specify) Race: 

35. _____Other (Specify) Race: 

36. _____Other (Specify) Race: 

2. Homozygous for Specific Disease Resistance Gene 

(0 = Not Tested, 1 = Susceptible, 2 = Resistant, 3 = Intermediate, 4 = Tolerant) 

1. _____Stem rust 

2. _____Stripe rust 

3. _____Leaf rust 

4. _____Other (Specify) 

X. PESTS: 

1. INSECT: PLEASE SPECIFY BIOTYPE (Where Needed) 

(0 = Not Tested, 1 = Susceptible, 2 = Resistant, 3 = Intermediate, 4 = Tolerant) 

1. _____Stem Sawfly (Cephus spp.) (Specify) 

2. _____Cereal Leaf Beetle (Oulema melanopa) (Specify) 

3. _____Russian Aphid 1 (Diuraphis noxia) 

4. _____Russian Aphid 2 (Diuraphis noxia) 

5. _____Greenbug (Schizaphis graminum) (General) 

6. _____Greenbug (Schizaphis graminum) Biotype A 

7. _____Greenbug (Schizaphis graminum) Biotype B 

8. _____Greenbug (Schizaphis graminum) Biotype C 

9. _____Greenbug (Schizaphis graminum) Biotype E 

10. _____Greenbug (Schizaphis graminum) Other (Specify) 

11. _____Aphids (Specify) 

12. _____Other (Specify) 

13. _____Hessian Fly (Mayetiola destructor) Biotype A 

14. _____Hessian Fly (Mayetiola destructor) Biotype B 

15. _____Hessian Fly (Mayetiola destructor) Biotype C 

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Form ST-470-006 

Exhibit C (Wheat)

Form Approved OMB NO 0581-0055 

Expiration Date: 01/31/2022

X. PESTS: (continued) 

1. INSECT: PLEASE SPECIFY BIOTYPE (Where Needed) 

(0 = Not Tested, 1 = Susceptible, 2 = Resistant, 3 = Intermediate, 4 = Tolerant) 

16. _____Hessian Fly (Mayetiola destructor) Biotype D 

17. _____Hessian Fly (Mayetiola destructor) Biotype E 

18. _____Hessian Fly (Mayetiola destructor) Biotype F 

19. _____Hessian Fly (Mayetiola destructor) Biotype G 

20. _____Hessian Fly (Mayetiola destructor) Biotype GP 

21. _____Hessian Fly (Mayetiola destructor) Biotype H 

22. _____Hessian Fly (Mayetiola destructor) Biotype I 

23. _____Hessian Fly (Mayetiola destructor) Biotype J 

24. _____Hessian Fly (Mayetiola destructor) Biotype L 

25. _____Hessian Fly (Mayetiola destructor) Biotype M 

26. _____Hessian Fly (Mayetiola destructor) Biotype N 

27. _____Hessian Fly (Mayetiola destructor) Biotype O 

28. _____Hessian Fly (Mayetiola destructor) (specify) 

XI. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 

1. High Molecular Weight Glutenin Subunit Profile (Check those that apply): 

Glu-A1 Glu-B1 Glu-D1 

1 6+8 2+11 

2* 7+8 2+12 

null 7+9 3+12 

1* 13+16 5+10 

13+19 null 

17+18 

2. Translocations 

(1=Present, 2=Absent, 3=Heterogeneous, 4= Not Tested): 

____ 1BL/1RS ____ 1A/1R ____ 2NS/2AS ___ 4DL/4AgS 

1 1 1 1 

2 2 2 2 

3 3 3 3 

4 4 4 4 

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Form ST-470-006 

Exhibit C (Wheat)

Form Approved OMB NO 0581-0055 

Expiration Date: 01/31/2022

XI. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: (continued) 

3. Herbicide Tolerance: 

(1=Present 2=Absent 

A. Imadazolinone Tolerance Genes: 

1. _____Als-1 

2. _____Als-2 

3. _____Als-3 

B. Quizalofop Tolerance Genes: 

1. _____ACC-A1 

2. _____ACC-B1 

3. _____ACC-D1 

4. End Use Quality: 

1. Grain Protein 

2. Flour Protein 

3. SDS 

4. Farniograph 

5. Other 

[ PLEASE ENTER ADDITIONAL VARIETY TRAITS ON NEXT PAGE ] 

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 3=Not Tested) 
Form ST-470-006 

Exhibit C (Wheat)

Form Approved OMB NO 0581-0055 

Expiration Date: 01/31/2022

Disease Resistance: 

Insect Resistance: 

Comments: 

For more information and guidance: 

UPOV GUIDELINES FOR THE CONDUCT OF TESTS FOR DISTINCTNESS, UNIFORMITY AND STABILITY TG/003

https://www.upov.int/edocs/tgdocs/en/tg003.pdf 

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Form ST-470-006 

Exhibit C (Wheat)

Form Approved OMB NO 0581-0055 

Expiration Date: 01/31/2022

References: 

(a) L.W. Briggle and L.P. Reitz. 1963. Classification of Triticum Species and Wheat Varieties Grown in the United States. 

Technical Bulletin 1278. United States Department of Agricultur5. 

(b) W.5. Walls. 1965. A Standardized Phenol Method for Testing Wheat Seeds for Varietal Purity. Contribution No. 28 to the 

handbook of seed testing prepared by the Association of Official Seed Analysts. 

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